The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201: BEHEADED

The blood spattered across the floor and then over their faces as the head became still.

He just stared in absolute horror and gore.

To think that this had been Jasmine .

He felt his stomach twist with uneasiness, and he held it.

"Do not throw up." Erik said as he now stepped back from the dead creature.

Xaden manned up and swallowed it down to dissolve any feeling of nausea.

"W-why did it come for only me?" Xaden questioned. "All the men were still asleep, and I was the only one who wandered away, was I not?"

"The Ryilat feasts on your deepest desires. Your desire to see Jasmine and have her with you was obviously very strong. Stronger than all the other wolves around." Erik said as he crossed over the decapitated body.

"It was going to lure you into the forest," Erik said. "Thank the gods that I got you on time."

"How did you know I was in trouble?" Xaden asked.

"Elyon and I were on the night watch and when I returned you were already gone". He informed him. "I made Elyon stay and watch over the others while I went after you. It is rare for the beast to come out of the forest."

Then he turned to the line that separated them from the forest and pointed it out.

"You see that?" He asked Xaden. "That is the only thing that protects us from things like the Ryliat. They can not cross out we can only enter. But in rare cases ones pull for the desire of a lost one can drag one to come across. It is rare but it happens."

Xaden was quiet.

"Come on." Erik titled his head towards a different angle of their own forest. "That ryliat blood can stick if we do not wash it off. There is a stream nearby."

Erik led the way and Xaden followed him behind.

They walked down a path that did not cross towards the dark forest and descended a small, steep hill.

Then they saw a lake.

Erik followed the other side, and Xaden went down.

The moonlight shown against the beautiful and quiet lake glistening like diamond sparkles.

He knelt by the lake and set the water against his face.

"You care for her very much Xaden," Erik informed him after a short silence.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," Xaden said feigning confusion.

He rubbed the water over his face and washed off the ryliat blood.

"God, this smells so bad," Xaden swore.