The Alpha Prince And His Bride
Book 3 The Alpha’s Substitute Bride – Episode 29

~MAGGIE~

I was pissed. I expected a much better reaction from Hunter after returning to him. I was supposedly dead for five years and the man acted like I was gone for a day! I didn’t understand it. Our bond didn’t feel as strong as it had done in the past and I definitely think that it had something to do with that b***h. He couldn’t take his eyes off her the entire time I was there! It took all of my control not to snap at the girl! She sat there looking all innocent and hurt at everything that came out of my mouth. She was pathetic to look at.

I thought that he would happily accept me back into his life. After all, I’d seen him suffer without me. I’d seen him beg for me. I’d seen so much. Yet when I was finally in front of him, he acted like I was the last person he wanted to see.

I expected him to take me back into his life and back into his bed. Not that I wanted to be in his bed, I loathed any form of physical contact with Hunter but that wasn’t the point. The point was that none of those things had happened. Instead, I was placed in a guest bedroom while he slept in bed with that other woman! They weren’t even officially married! Their wedding was nothing because Hunter and I were never divorced. Now that I was proven to be alive, our wedding was the one that mattered. But Hunter nor that girl Isabella seemed to care about that. They were only concerned about being next to each other.

Now here I was all alone in this room while he was there comforting her when he should be over here comforting me! For all I knew they were doing a lot more than just that. I expected him to care about my feelings but ever since I came back I could sense that he was only worrying about her. She was the one he was concerned about . . . Not me. I was not used to this odd behavior from him.

I never knew that something could affect me more than my brother’s death but this definitely did. I was accustomed to being the one that Hunter went crazy over. Now it was hard to see him give that same attention to someone else.

What did this mean?

I was his mate. I was sure of that. What could have possibly changed in these years that could bring about these massive changes in Hunter? I never allowed him to mark me . . . Was that the reason for all of this? Could his wolf be retaliating?

What exactly was going on?

I wanted to scream. I needed to do something, anything to get Isabella out of our lives before she managed to bring about any more changes in Hunter.

I needed to act quickly. I couldn’t believe that woman was right all along when she’d told me that Hunter was already crazy over Isabella. Even my aunt had told me that Hunter had threatened her after she’d insulted Isabella but I didn’t think it was this bad until now. He was falling fast for her and I was running out of time.

But what could I do to get what I wanted?

I had to find some way to get him to let her go. And if he wasn’t willing to let her go, I had to the second best thing. I would need to find some way to make her leave on her own will.

I needed to make her believe that I was the only one for Hunter. That he would be happier with me. If she cared for him like I could already see in her eyes, then she would want to do anything to make him happy again.

I also needed to do something to get rid of Esma. She didn’t seem too happy with my return. I shouldn’t be surprised; we never liked each other, not even a little bit. But this time there was this suspicious look in her eyes every time she looked my way. She wasn’t buying my story and neither was Isabella.

The both of them seemed to be getting along pretty well also. If anyone saw them from the outside, they would think that this was a happy family.

That only made me angrier. Hunter couldn’t be happy! I’d went through so much just to see him miserable and I wouldn’t let it all go to waste just because of one girl!

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~ISABELLA~

I wasn’t happy when Maggie came barging into our room in the middle of the night. Well she didn’t exactly come barging in, but she did knock a good few times, waking both Hunter and I. He’d taken one look at me before bolting out of the bed and rushing to the door.

I tried not to be bothered that they were both out there talking but I couldn’t deny wanting to know what they were speaking about out there.

I gently climbed out of the bed and tiptoed my way to the door. I should be able to hear them clearly from here.

“I can’t see you in the same bed with her Hunter. We’re mates; it hurts me when you’re alone with Isabella. Please don’t do it anymore.”

My forehead creased as I tried to stomach her words. Did she really just ask Hunter to throw me out of our room? I wanted to rip her throat in half! Hunter was mine!

I swallowed my anger and tried to stay calm. Why wasn’t Hunter saying anything? Was he actually willing to do as she asked of him?

Why should I have expected anything differently? He’s never once hidden how much he cared for Maggie. Now that she was back, I was no one to him.

He would do anything to make her happy.

I just wasn’t sure that I could stay and witness the man that I loved worshipping another woman. It would be too much for me. There was only so much more that I could take!