The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 220

Chapter 220: LOYALTY FOREVER

Xaden looked at Erik. "Jasmine is someone of whom I am afraid. She scares me because even without my heart, my feelings tell me otherwise."

"Who said you could not be with her?" Erik asked. "I’ve fallen in love I would do anything to have her back. I carry the pain of what happened to her but never have I ever said I would rather have my heart taken away. The pain is what makes me alive. It makes me remember her, makes her alive in me. So much that there is barely any pain in here."

And then Erik pointed at his own chest. "I will not give up my memory of the life I lived for any other reason."

"She is a slave," Xaden said. "You know I could never. She is beneath me."

"But you married her, did you not?" Erik asked.

Xaden’s face changed. "You know that I had to."

"Perhaps all of this happened for a reason," Erik said. "Every single step and action happened for a reason."

"Why do you even support her the way you do?" Xaden asked with a frown. "Is there something that perhaps I should know?"

Erik felt insulted instantly.

Xaden knew that since his wife had died, Erik had been with no one at all and then he regretted his choice of words.

"I apologize for saying such," Xaden said, genuinely sorry.

Erik said nothing, and then he turned to his best friend and Alpha.

"Even if you go, if you insist then we will all do it together." Erik said.

"What is our mortality rate?" Xaden asked with a weak smile. "Do we even know what we are facing?"

"All I can tell you is that tomorrow is going to be a big day ahead of us. But we will do it together. Why do you think we are all here? Because we are loyal to you, even if we die, we will die for you."

Erik raised his fist and held it firmly to show his solidarity.

Xaden was not even sure of what to say.

He was overwhelmed by the acknowledgment of the fact that he had men who would die for him.

He felt that he did not even deserve to have such positive and loyal subjects.

He was their leader. He was the one who was supposed to protect t them not the other way round.

Then Erik said. "So you assure me that we go together? As a pack."

Xaden sighed and finally gave in. "Yes, I do."

Then they turned to go back towards where they had made camp.

"Wait Xaden," Erik said, stopping him.

Xaden turned around and saw Erik taking off his shirt.

"What are you doing?" Xaden asked.

Erik pulled it over his head. "The men can not see that you are badly in pain or they will vote against you going after the antidote."

In rare instances, wolf pack members were allowed to vote against their Alpha.