Chapter 558
The Alpha’s Unwanted Bride
LILY’S FLASHBACK
Lily had been excited to finally be leaving the pack.
With all that has happened with Jasmine and Xaden now, this meant that he could now be hers.
The Queen herself has requested that she come visiting.
Lily was delighted.
She watched the sun slowly rise and then the anticipation grew.
She began to undo her single braids ahead of her serving girls coming in to help her with them.
Xaden was her mate.
This was finally destiny.
This was her future.
She felt a knot as she remembered how terribly Jasmine had lost her baby.
Lily had had no idea what had happened.
But she had confronted Anna about it.
Anna and Lisa had been seated together chattering on like they had become best friends.
“Did you hear what happened to Jasmine?” Lily had to ask Anna once she had gotten wind of it.
“Who didn’t?” Anna asked with a shrug.
“She lost her baby.” Lily said.
No matter how much she had come to dislike Jasmine, her losing her child.
It was something terrible.
“Good goddess.” Lily said holding her tummy. “That is terrible. I can’t imagine what she is going through.”
Anna shot Lily a disgusted look. “How terrible? Can’t imagine what she is going through? What the devil do you mean by that?”
Lily blinked her eyes in disbelief.
“She lost her baby.” Lily said eyes hovering.
“And so what?” Anna spat.
Lisa folded her arms and gave a knowing glance.
“That’s your niece.” Lily pointed out.
Lisa scoffed and rolled her eyes.
“Well whatever it was, it’s dead.” Anna said distastefully. “And good riddance I must say.”
Lisa giggled.
Lily couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
What she was seeing.
And then it hit her.
“Anna did you have anything to do with this?” Lily said as she quickly grabbed her arms
Anna jerked her hand free. “Don’t grab me like that ever again!”
Anna scowled. “And I did? So what?”
Lily was taken aback.
“You killed an innocent child!” Lily had said blinking. “How could you do such a thing.”
“Well, look at you acting all innocent when you killed that stable boy.” Lisa said in a mimicking voice.
“Quiet you dirty slut!” Lily hissed at the nasty she wolf.
“She is right. You got involved before and all of a sudden you want to act good? Like you can’t hurt a fly.” Anna said.
“I had no direct hand in his murder and moreover that was different.” Lily said.
“Seems like the same thing to me.” Anna shrugged indifferently. “This is what you always wanted so why are you acting like it isn’t.”
“And it’s a little too late to be regret anything.” Lisa said as though reading her mind.
Lily was breathing hard and realized she had made the biggest mistake of her life.
Meddling with these two.
She was trapped and there was no way going out.
“You’re a monster!” Lily said. “I should have never listened to your lies about Jasmine. I was such a fool!”
“That’s fine. But don’t think you want out now. Don’t think you can meet my brother or anyone else. If I go down, you’re going down with me.” Anna promised.
And Anna was right, there was nothing she could have done, so she walked away like a defeated soldier.
And that was why when she had been told she was going to see the Queen it was an escape.
Escape from the guilt of being in the pack.
She heard a knock at her door and her eyes beamed in delight.
It must be one of her servants.
“Come in!” She said as she began to brush her hair.
Without looking up she began to speak when she heard the door open. “Where have all you been? My things need to be packed. The journey is this morning and I can’t afford to not be well organiz-
She turned and froze mid sentence when she looked up and saw who it was at the door.
It was Xaden.
She cleared her throat and rose to her feet.
“My lord.” She curtseyed her eyes downcast. “I had no idea it was you.”
“It’s fine.” Xaden said as he walked towards her bed where she sat.
She felt her heart skip.
He was such a handsome man.
He looked around the room.
“Can I seat?” He requested.
She ushered to the reclining couch not so far from her.
“Yes please.”
He took the seat and when he was relaxed Lily managed a weak smile.
Xaden had never come to her room before.
Why was he here?
And then she remembered her encounter with Anna.
She began to tremble in fright.
Had he possibly found out what had happened?
Before her thoughts could be any more frantic, he began to speak.
“I came to speak to you because it was of the most importance.” He said.
She nodded in anxiety.
“I came to reject you.” He said.
Lily abruptly froze.
It was though her heart itself had stopped.
She hadn’t expected to hear any of this.
“But the goddess joined us together as mates for a reason.” She said reasonably.
“I can’t be your mate Lily. That’s not what I want right now. And I don’t feel the same way you feel for me.” He explained, further crushing her heart. “I can’t keep on lying to you and leading you on. You deserve more than that.”
Lily just sat trembling unsure of what to say or how to react.
“You’re a beautiful woman. And having you here has been a blessing. But I can’t be the man for you.” He said.
And for once Lily saw clarity.
She saw honesty.
Xaden would never love her.
No matter what she did.
Even if they got mated to him, she woukd have hated him.
It was as though the lens prohibiting her from seeing had finally fallen to the floor.
“I’ll make sure you lack nothing.” He promised her.
“Does this mean I won’t be going to the royal pack?” She asked after a while.
“No you won’t.” He said.