The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 554

Chapter 554: THE VERY GRUMPY ASTRONOMER

Jasmine rubbed her arms as Hildegard knocked at the door.

They had marched up stairs and stairs ascending to the highest point of the pack palace.

Jasmine was so breathless and exhausted.

Why would anyone want to stay so far up.

"Are we getting any closer?" Jasmine had asked as she was panting heavily.

They had been marching for so long Jasmine had no idea when or if they would ever arrive.

"A bit." Hildegard had said.

Nanny Nia has gone not even half way up the stairs when she decided that she couldn’t continue.

So it was just Jasmine and Hildegard who went all the way.

By the time they had reached the door, she was breathless.

"This is really far." Jasmine said. "Does he ever come back down?"

Hildegard shrugged. "No not really. He likes to keep to himself. He most importantly does not like being disturbed."

Then she knocked while Jasmine waited.

It was the only door in the entire space and the hallway was like a cubicle.

No other rooms or doors in sight.

Just the wooden one in front of them.

"Do you think Anna is going to be okay?" Jasmine asked.

Hildegard shrugged. "Who knows?"

Jasmine looked down at her hands.

And then it occurred to her.

She had seen how close Hildegard and the Queen had been.

Especially when the Queen had been ill in the crescent pack.

"I wanted to ask you, if you would let me." Jasmine begun, knowing that there might not be another chance for her to.

Hildegard nodded. "Yes go on dear."

"How is the Queen? The last time I had seen her, she had been terrible ill and she had had to be using lyrrun herb." Jasmine explained. "She looks much better now."

"It’s kind of you to remember. She still appreciates you for how you helped her then." Hildegard said and pounded at the door once again.

Then Hildegard looked at her.

"It was poisoning." She said.

Jasmine’s face fell instantly at the reveal.

"What?" Jasmine whispered. "Why? Who would have done such a thing."

Hildegard shook her head. "It wasn’t a pleasant experience. She is past it and she is much better now."

Jasmine was horrified.

Someone wanted to kill the kill?

How long had they been poisoning her for.

It seemed Hildegard didn’t really want to talk about it.

So Jasmine waved it off by saying. "I’m just happy for her. She looks so much better and healed. Especially now that she found her grand daughter."

Hildegard scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"Indeed."

Jasmine furrowed her brows.

Had she just imagined that?

Or was it that Hildegard wasn’t happy that the Queen had finally found her daughter.

Jasmine started to speak. "Wh-

The door was flung open interrupting anything Jasmine had to say.

To her amazement, the man at the door wasn’t who she was expecting.

He seemed to be his early forties, with brown long brownish hair, small lips, a perfect nose and a nicely made jawline.

He was handsome and not what she had expected.

She had been expecting perhaps someone old and grumpy.

Someone like Loren.

Not someone young, attractive and grumpy.

She was so taken aback that she has no idea she was staring.

"Why are you banging at my door?" He demanded rudely. "Can I help you?!"

His dude attitude snapped Jasmine back to reality.

She turned to Hildegard for support.

"I told you he is always in a bad mood." Hildegard said to Jasmine before turning back to step in.

She pushed him aside and went into the room.

"You can’t just come in." He complained going back in after Hildegard.

Jasmine wisely followed them behind and the exact moment that

She was inside the room, she understood why he had chosen to live in the highest spot in the palace regardless of how many stairs it was going to take to get there.

It was similar to Xaden’s mother’s astronomy room.

Except it was more narrow and yet more picturesque.

There were no curtains just full wall to ceiling windows.

It was like a mini loft with lots of equipments on the floor where they stood and then small steps that led to a visible higher ground.

It was all within the open space.

She gawked at the sheer beauty of the place around her.

It was nothing like she had ever expected.

"You’re not allowed in here." The grumpy man marched after Hildegard.

I looked around through his bookshelves as they discussed with each other.

"You need to get a house cleaner." Hildegard said. "This place is a mess."

"The agreement is that I’m left alone." He snapped back.

"Oh don’t be a grumpy wolf. It doesn’t look well on you." Jasmine heard Hildegard respond.

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