The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 605

Chapter 605: GODDESS GIVE HER MERCY

XADEN’S POV

The moment I stepped into my bedroom, I felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness.

My bedroom looked the same.

The room was clean and didn’t look like I had been away for almost two weeks.

The beautiful dark curtains, the wall paintings.

The bed, the mattress, the beautiful antiques on the dress —everything.

It was the same, and yet it felt different.

I couldn’t shake this overbearing feeling of loneliness.

I took in an intense breath and took off my shirt.

I picked up one of the hangers and hung it.

The moment I stepped away from the dresses, I perceived her.

She hadn’t been here for a while, and yet it felt like she had spent every day with me.

I looked at the bed and flashes of watching her sleep the night before I left the Royal pack came flashing to me.

The door was opened without invitation.

None other than Erik stepped into the room.

"Xaden," Erik said, marching up to where I stood. "What the hell happened?"

I sat down on my bed and took off my boots one by one.

"Did you know that Anna lied about how she was raised in the moonlight pack?" I asked him.

Erik stopped and stiffened.

I knew that face.

And more so, I knew what it meant.

"Sweet Goddess," I said, exasperated. "You knew? You didn’t think to tell me?!"

"I didn’t exactly know for sure," Erik said. "I mean, I knew. But I didn’t have proof."

"Goddess," I swore.

I couldn’t believe it.

This entire time, Erik had known and kept it from me.

Kept me, his best friend and Alpha, hidden in the dark from the truth?

"My sister has been living a lie from the moment she walked through that door. You knew and you don’t think to tell me?" I spat in rage as I rose to my feet.

"Don’t put this on me, Xaden," Erik warned.

I blinked, taken aback.

Did everyone now have a knack for gaslighting me?

Did they now all see me as a fool to lie to?

"Are you being fucking serious right now?" I asked.

"Yes! Xaden! Ugh!" Erik pressed his fingers to his temple angrily and walked away from me.

He paced the room before speaking angrily. "Have you seen yourself lately? Your decisions lately? The moment someone goes against you, they become your enemy. I could tell you, but you would never have believed me. All you have ever done is take Anna’s side. Things were obvious to you, but your hate for Bale blinded you. Deep down, you had questions too, but you chose to ignore them, and now you’re suddenly surprised."

I clenched my fists, angry at Erik’s words.

Mainly because I hated to admit he was right.

Whenever I considered any of Anna’s lies, I shut them down.

I didn’t want to believe that Anna could set Jasmine up in such a way.

I prayed to the goddess, but it wasn’t true.

And I never prayed.

But the revelation that she had lied about her upbringing had now prompted me to seek out more lies.

The loophole in Jasmine’s affair with Hunter.

And if she had, then that means she had been the one to set up Jasmine.

Frame her with the diamonds.

"And Jasmine?" Erik asked. "Why did you send her away?"

"She is safer there. Moreover, she intends to find her mother’s family. I’ve been a hindrance to the life she deserves long enough." I explained. "She is free now. Doesn’t need to be attached to this pack anymore."

I heard Erik sigh heavily.

"Are you sure that was the right decision?" Erik asked me. "Jasmine had come to love people here. Loren, Fiona, Marro, Kire, Nanny Nia, and the servants. She was finally getting happy. Did you ask her if it was what she wanted, or you didn’t want her around because you couldn’t forgive yourself for what you had done?"

I felt the guilt burning within my wolf.

It ached so deeply I felt intense pain.

I said nothing about what he said.

Eventually, a loud, exhausted sigh was heard, and Erik began to walk to the door.

He stopped short and said.

"What happens if you find out Anna was the one Xaden?"

"Then may the goddess give her mercy, because I wouldn’t," I swore.