<h4>Chapter 483: GOODBYE HUNTER</h4>
Jasmine fingered the seams of her dress AA she sat on her bed and looked out through her window.
She had tried breaking it, but the windows were heavily fortified.
Even if she ever did seed, she would have to be able to break through the iron bars.
There was no escape from the room.
She heard a knock at the door and that alerted her.
She assumed it was the maid so she mumbled a e in."
The door creaked open.
Jasmine looked up from the window, to find Alpha Hunter standing just inside.
She became tensed and suddenly cautious of the fact that they shared the same space.
She hadn’t seen him since the day he had told her he had wanted her from the beginning.
Luckily enough, he had let her be.
Until now that is.
His towering frame filled the threshold, his cloak billowing slightly from the breeze.
He didn’t speak immediately.
Instead, he looked at her like she was a puzzle he’d solved toote.
"May I sit?" he asked, his voice strangely soft.
She frowned.
Did she even have a choice?
"And if I don’t want you to?" She found herself asking.
He gave a cocky boyish grin that would make a young girl scream.
But not her.
"Then I would respect your wish and wouldn’t." He responded.
Jasmine didn’t answer with words.
She simply gave a small, cautious nod. Her fingers clutched the edge of her shawl tightly.
Hunter moved slowly, lowering himself into the chair across from her with the quiet grace of a man who knew he was feared.
"I’ve decided to let you go," he said inly.
Jasmine blinked once. Then again.
"Wh... w... what?" Her voice croaked.
"I’m sending you back to the crescent pack." He said clearly.
"You’re lying," she said, voice hoarse. "You’re ying tricks."
"I’m not."
Silence.
Sheughed—dry and empty. "You expect me to believe that? After locking me up... almost killing Xaden, killing his men, terrorizing everyone and now all of a sudden you’re just letting me go?"
He didn’t flinch. "I said what I said."
"Why?" she asked.
Hunter looked away for a long moment before answering. "I think it’s safer that you don’t know."
Jasmine’s brows furrowed. "What does that mean?"
"It means that I’m going against someone’s wishes and letting you go." He said. "I told you I wanted you. Jasmine the only reason I attacked Xaden and his men was because of you."
Jasmine blinked confused.
"What do you mean by that?" She said further confused.
He sighed heavily. "I was told to get you. I was going to use Xaden as leverage for you toe. I didn’t know you woulde here yourself."
Jasmine’s eyes widened in shock.
"Who told you to get me?" She asked.
"I owe a debt." He stated matter of fact. "And I had to pay it in you. They asked for you."
"Who asked for me? Who is this person? What are you even saying? Who would want me? I’m a... a nobody." She wailed in confusion.
He shook his head. "Jasmine, the things you don’t know about yourself. There is a lot you don’t know."
"What are you talking about????" She asked bewildered.
What did he mean by someone wanted her?
"You don’t need to know." He stated.
"Is it someone I know?" She asked confused as her mind raced through.
He gave a bitter chuckle. "The person I’m indebted to hasn’t crossed into our world for twenty years."
She frowned. "What do you mean hasn’t crossed into our world?"
"There is so much you don’t know." Hunter stated.
His jaw tightened, but he didn’t answer. Instead, he stood. "It’s better you don’t know. Trust me."
Her heart began to race. "Tell me."
"I said no," he growled—an edge creeping into his voice again. "What you would face....."
"Death?" She asked worried as her hands went down to her belly.
"What you are going to face is worse than death." He stated as he rose up from his seat.
Jasmine stood too, shaking her head. "None of this makes sense. You tried to kill the Alpha of my pack. You kidnapped me. And now you’re just—what? Letting me walk away?"
He said nothing. "Are you trying to act like a good man now? You killed Marro’s family. What about them? How do I know you aren’t so bad but you murdered them."
Hunter stared at her. His eyes, dark and tired, held something sad.
"I’m not a good man. Never imed to be one." He said. "But even I know when something’s been broken beyond repair."
She said nothing.
He turned, walked to the door, and opened it.
Momentster, two men stepped in—pack guards, both of them unfamiliar but not threatening.
"Horses are ready," Hunter said. "They’ll take you close to the Crescent border. You’ll be safe."
Jasmine stood frozen.
"And what about Xaden?" she asked, barely a whisper.
Hunter paused.
"He’s gone. Escaped days ago."
The room tilted.
"Gone?" she echoed. "So... he doesn’t know I was ever here?"
Hunter shook his head. "Not unless someone told him. He left you behind."
Pain hit her like a de.
She said nothing.
Just stared out the window like she could will him back.
Hunter walked forward slowly, and to her shock, he kissed her hand—a strange, oddly formal gesture that felt older than time.
"I hope you get the life you were dreaming of," he said.
Jasmine didn’t answer. Couldn’t answer.
And then—she was gone.
As she passed by she saw cold stare down at her back.
She turned and saw the dark eyes of Leviathan.
There was something about his demeanor.
Something meaner than usual.
Something diabolical.
She turned her face away.
At least she was never going to see him again, even if they killed her on the way.
She was escorted down stone corridors. Lifted onto a horse.
Taken out of that ce where shadows whispered and wolves watched her every breath.
She looked back, only once, to see Hunter standing by the massive balcony watching after her as she left.