Chapter 553
The Alpha’s Unwanted Bride
Jasmine lurched at Anna.
“Jasmine don’t!” Nanny Nia screamed in a bid to reach out to her.
“Wait don’t!” Hildegard pleaded.
But Jasmine was already down with Anna.
She touched Anna’s feet.
And in a split second that she had done that, Anna froze.
All the veins disappeared, the fluctuations of her shifting from wolf to human immediately came to a halt.
It seemed like the pain and shifting had just disappeared in a split second.
As though it had never been there in the first place.
Jasmine pulled her hand away quickly.
She was absolutely confused.
Nanny Nia came down to where she was and gently held her shoulders.
“Jasmine you shouldn’t do things like this.” Nanny Nia scolded.
But Jasmine couldn’t take her eyes away from the gaze beside her.
Anna slowly stirred.
Her face was still very much bright red, but you could tell that the storm had past.
It was as though the exact moment that Jasmine had touched Anna’s feet, the entire thing had vanished.
Hildegard went over her to check.
She touched Anna’s forehead.
“She isn’t shifting anymore.” Hildegard said as she looked up at them. “It seems to have completely stopped.”
Jasmine was breathing hard now.
She looked down at her hand own and turned it around.
Was it because she had touched Anna?
Was that why it had stopped?
She was baffled.
It seemed the other two women had barely noticed she had even touched Anna.
“Thank the goddess or she could have attempted to kill us all before killing herself.” Hildegard said examining her body.
Anna was seemingly motionless.
“I’m sure she would have pleased about the former.” Nanny Nia said dryly.
Jasmine’s mind was barely even there.
“Is she dead?” Jasmine asked as she peeped.
“No she isn’t.” Hildegard said as she touched her wrist. “She still has a very firm pulse. Her wolf has been stabilized.”
At that very moment, the doors burst open and Xaden and a few guards came in.
Xaden remained standing at the door to survey what was going on.
The very moment that he saw Anna lying down on the floor, he sprung into action.
He was by her side on the floor in a split second.
Jasmine’s heart fluttered the moment she saw him especially when he was barely spaces away from her.
“What happened to her?” He asked as he very gently cradled his sister into his arms.
“We aren’t sure yet.” Hildegard said. “But she was yelling and all of a sudden she just collapsed and started vibrating. I think she was having some sort of conflicts with her wolf because they both kept shifting.”
“This was a few seconds before she was about to hit Jasmine.” Nanny Nia chipped in quietly.
Jasmine looked up at Nanny Nia.
“What?” Nanny Nia mouthed back. “It’s the truth and you know it.”
Xaden didn’t seem to notice the interactions between Jasmine and Nanny Nia.
He just rose to his feet and cradled his sister in his arms.
“Is she okay?” Jasmine found herself asking.
The last time she had spoken to him, she had been kicking him out of her tent.
He didn’t look at her and just when Jasmine thought he was going to ignore her, he very quietly said. “I hope so.”
And with that he walked away, his scent going with him.
Jasmine just stood as she felt his presence disappear utterly.
The guards went behind him and the servant who had gone to call him simply stood still shaking.
Nanny Nia gently helped Jasmine rise to her feet.
“Are you okay?” Nanny Nia asked she held Jasmine shoulders.
“Umm… I’m fine. Thank you.” Jasmine mumbled.
She was still unsure what had just happened.
“That girl must be a really really bad she wolf.” Hildegard said.
Jasmine turned to face the older woman.
“What do you mean?”
Hildegard shrugged. “Well for your wolf to be rejecting itself from its body, most times the wolf isn’t connecting with the soul anymore.”
“And it’s a very rare scenario. When that usually happens, it means the wolf is so fed up with its body it wants to break free. But you have to have exhausted your wolf so much that it doesn’t want to be part of you anymore.” Hildegard said.
“How many have you ever seen?” Jasmine asked.
“Just one.” Hildegard responded. “This would be the second. And she is the youngest that I’ve ever heard of. Good goddess.”
“So why did it stop?” Jasmine asked.
“Most times it’s not supposed to.” Hildegard responded. “A lot of the times they go feral and become mad. Killing any and everyone in sight.”
“You see! That’s why you should have never gone close to her.” Nanny Nia scolded me annoyed.
“Her just stopping and healing. In fact I’ve never for once heard of someone just stopping and being okay.” Hildegard stated.
Hildegard gasped as she covered her mouth in disbelief.
Jasmine looked at her hand that she had touched Anna with.
She flashed her fingers in clear view.
Was it because she had touched her?
Why did she feel overwhelmed in the wolf palace.
It was as though she felt a resurgence of power within her.
As though this place, did something to her.
Made her feel stronger and powerful
She shook it away from her mind.
It wasn’t possible.
She was nothing but an unshifted wolf.
“Come we should leave this room.” Nanny Nia said gently patting Jasmine’s back and looking around the room in disdain. “It feels like bad luck already.”
Jasmine nodded and then paused.
She turned to Hildegard. “Please I need to ask. I’m looking for someone. He said to be an astronomer?”
Hildegard rose a brow. “Do you mean Otto?”
“YES!” Jasmine snapped.
She had been raking through her mind on what his name was. “That’s who he is Otto.”
“Yes he is an astronomer.”
Hildegard nodded.
“I’ll like to meet him.” Jasmine said.
“Well I hope you’re ready. Because he doesn’t like people.” Hildegard replied.