The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 169

Chapter 169: THE DINNER WITH HIS LOST ONES

GENERAL POV

Lily’s face fell from the impact of Aurora’s words, and Xaden’s face was thunderous.

Aurora saw that she had crossed a huge line and adjusted.

"I mean." Aurora cleared her throat. "I just had quite a busy day fighting off some rogue packs."

Lily smiled as she bit down on her lamb. "I quite understand you. You are doing quite a good job yourself. I dare say I admire you. I can not fight."

"Oh really," Aurora said, raising a brow. "And yet you remained hidden for a very long time without anyone taking note of you."

Lily managed a smile. "It was not the best time. We had guards, and the rest of us who escaped were well-equipped to handle any future problems. Well, except for me. I barely made any such contributions. I grew up there and had to learn how to do womanly duties. I wish I knew how to fight."

"Lily did more than enough." Uther chipped in as he bit down on his chicken leg. "She took care of us, and it was lovely seeing her grow from a child into a woman."

"And what of your mother? Have you none?" Aurora asked in a malicious tone.

Xaden’s fuming anger could be smelt from afar.

"That is none of your business," Xaden said. "Forgive her."

Lily tucked her hair behind her ears. "No, it is quite Alright. My mother did not make it. She died on the way of an illness. So I never knew her. I was but a baby when we were taken away."

Then Lily resumed digging through her plates.

Xaden gently reached out his hands to touch and hold her firmly.

She turned to look at him shyly, and then he said. "You are safe now. And you are here that is all that matters."

She blushed. "I was only a baby when we were young. Forgive me, for I can not remember you. I wish I could have those memories."

He gently let his hands massage hers. "You have no need to apologize. I am the one to apologize. I never knew that you and my uncle or others from my original family pack had survived.

She smiled at him knowingly.

Aurora was furious. She held her fork so hard that it snapped into two.

Lily quickly withdrew her hand from Xaden’s, and then she turned to Aurora.

"I see that you work quite hard here. And you are familiar with this place. Perhaps you have a high rank in this pack as a woman heading the other she-wolves?" Lily asked.

Aurora gave a very stiff smile and said, "A woman heading other she-wolves? Oh no, you have that all wrong. I am Alpha Xaden’s very own, one and only mistress."

Utter choked on his wine

Lily paused her eating, and Aurora took glee at her work.

Lily gently patted her lips.

"Oh, I had no idea," Lily said. "Well, he is an Alpha and, therefore, a man with needs. He would need a mistress."

"An only one." Aurora declared. "Because all his needs are already being satisfied by me."

The side where Xaden, Uther, Aurora, and Lily sat went calm.

Even the other wolves who were seated could sense the energy.

Then Aurora smiled. "Look at me. My bad mood has thrown you off the high road, has it not? I do not even know you."

But it was a lie. Aurora had heard.

That Xaden’s first and only mate was alive and had come to the pack.

It infuriated her.

She had finally gotten rid of Belle; now, she had only told herself she would handle Jasmine.

What she was sure of was jasmine, who at most had very dark secrets.

So powerful that Alexander had died with his mouth shut to conceal it.

But then here she was again.

With another woman.

This was even worse.

This was a supposed mate of his

And everyone knew what a mate bond could do.

But how had they just upped and come after all these years? After such a long time?

And of all time, why now?

"Do tell me about yourself," Aurora said.

Lily smiled. "There is nothing special. My name is Lily, and I am from the old crescent pack. But then I grew up in the distant wolf because of my safety."

"She is also Xaden’s mate," Uther said from afar.

Aurora felt her throat clock together.

So it was true.

She eyed her.

"His mate, I see," Aurora said. A very stiff smile sprung on her face.

Xaden said nothing as he bit through his meal.