The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29: NIGHTMARE

XADEN’S POV

"Xaden, Xaden, wake up." A familiar female voice stirred him awake. "Wake up, my love."

He stirred in his bed to face where the voice was coming from, and then his eyes fluttered open, and he saw his mother looking up at him, seemingly sad.

"Mummy, "Mummy, what’s wrong?" He asked.

"We have to go," she told him.

His sister Anna was on her hip, her hand still on her thumb.

"I want you to be a good boy. Be the brave young boy you are." She said, tears filling her eyes. "Mummy loves you. Take care of Anna. I love both of you."

"What’s happening?" He asked her, confused.

His mom always told him that she loved him.

Even his dad. Dad. Why was she saying it? It sounded like something was wrong.

There was shouting and shouting and loud noises outside.

Why was there such a lot of noise? Wasn’t it just bedtime?

He looked out the window and saw that it was still dark.

Or was there a festival happening?

She dropped Anna on the bed.

Anna was sound asleep.

"I need you to wake up." She said. "I want you to protect your sister. She won’t be awake. I gave her something to knock her out."

Anna wrapped herself around his neck. She was only two years old.

"Where is Daddy?" He asked, hearing a familiar voice.

"Your daddy is trying to protect us." She said. "And I’m going to protect you. If anything happens to me, I want you to run. Run as fast as you can."

There were more noises, and they were getting louder. As if they were getting closer,

There were tears now on her cheek, and she hurriedly wiped them.

Some footsteps were approaching before he could reply or ask any more questions.

"Hide," she said, pulling him up.

His sister clung to his neck.

"Don’t open the door, " she told him as she shoved him into a closet.

"What about Daddy?" He asked. "Where is Daddy?"

She went quiet, and her face went ashen.

"Your father is protecting us." She assured him.

He wanted to ask more questions, like what was happening.

He wasn’t a baby like Anna. She could tell him, and he would understand.

But she cut him off.

"Don’t come out." She said. "No matter what, Stay inside. Do you understand me, Xaden?"

He nodded.

And then she kissed his forehead and his sister’s.

She looked at them slowly for a while and finally stepped away.

Then she closed the door.

The main doors were flung open, and he could hear Uncle Bale’s voice approaching.

Uncle Bale! He was here to save them! Now, whatever was about to happen, he would save them.

He wanted to jump out, but his mother’s voice stopped him.