Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 100

Chapter 100: SHE WAS AWAKE
“Thank heaven, you killed her in your previous life.” Zander didn’t really like Aurel ever since she showed her interest toward Zenith, because she had crossed so many lines by doing so.

However, because her role was crucial in order to tame Zenith’s beast, the two of them couldn’t do anything about it.

“Why only now? We can get rid of Aurel quickly if you didn’t need her.”

They could use another healer for the healing power that Zenith needed alongside the concoction, thus without Aurel around they would be fine.

Their problem was; Aurel had been withholding the ingredients of the concoction, because she knew without it, she was useless for Zenith.

“I only remembered it now,” Zenith replied. He only remembered the ingredients of the concoction when he almost forced marked Dawn a few weeks ago.

“Is there more memory that you still couldn’t remember?”

“I am not sure.”

Zenith didn’t have any desire to remember anything at this point, he only wanted to be sure that his mate was awake. That was all his concern now.

“Zen. Do you think there will be a consequence for this?”

Zenith glanced at him. “I don’t know.” He didn’t even think about the consequence. Everything was fine with him, as long as he could obtain her forgiveness.

Yet, how he could ask for her forgiveness? Telling her about their first life? Would that help? Or let her be in the dark, because this kind of story was not something that you would fond of.

Dawn didn’t need to be in a heartache by telling her the life that she didn’t experience in this lifetime.

“We really need to call for Zaya to return.”

Zenith didn’t say anything.

And when Zander stood up from his chair, the sky had turned so bright, they spent the night by discussing this matter.

“What about the councils and the elders? What are you going to do with them?”

“What did I do in your first lifetime?”

“You killed them all.”

“Well, that’s what I am going to do now.” Zander stretched out his body. “They had been pain in the ass for so long. It’s time to use the gallows for good.”

With that, Zander left the room and issued an order to kill all the people, who got involved in the coup. The investigation about it was still going on and there were many people were being captured every day.

There were around a hundred people, who would be hanged a week from now and it would be done in public, so people could see what kind of punishment they would get for a treason.

Three days later, finally Dawn opened her eyes. She looked pale and lethargic.

“I will call a healer,” Zenith said.

Despite the uproar out there, the alpha couldn’t care less about it, since his role to help Zander was done. They reached their goal.

And for the mess in the palace, he burdened it on Zander fully, since he was the king.

Right now, Zenith only wanted to focus on his mate.

“How is she?” Zenith asked Celine, she was Lance’s mate, but as a healer, her power was not remarkable compared to Aurel, but she was the only healer available right now aside from Aurel.

“She will be fine,” Celine said, she smiled at Zenith and resigned herself. She was going to make a concoction for her.

“How do you feel?” Zenith sat down on the edge of the bed, holding her hand gently, as if she was so fragile and a little bit pressure would break her.

He was not exaggerating it, because right now, Dawn really looked like that.

“Thirsty…” she said in hoarse voice.

Zenith immediately went to pour a cup of water for her and helped her to sit down, so she wouldn’t choke when she drank.

“I have a nightmare.”

The cup stilled mid air, Zenith felt his heart stopped beating for a second. “What nightmare?” He resumed to help her to drink.

Dawn drink the whole cup of water and when Zenith offered to get more for her, she rejected it softly and continued with her statement about the nightmare.

“It’s very sad… I feel like my heart will burst with sadness…”

Zenith gritted his teeth. He put down the empty cup and held her hands again. “What made you sad?”

He was still unsure about telling her about their first lifetime, but now, Dawn saw it on her own, she lived in those memories during her unconscious state after being marked? Did that how it worked?

Zenith couldn’t say for sure.

Zander was right, they really needed Zaya to return. Their little sister had been spending almost her entire life in the Holy Kingdom. She was more knowledgeable about magic than anyone else here.

“I feel like I lost something… something precious to me, something so dear to me…” Dawn frowned. “But, I can’t remember what was that.”

Suddenly a tear fell on her cheek and she chuckled awkwardly, as she wiped her face.

“Oh, why am I crying?” Dawn looked surprised with her own reaction, but all she knew was her heart was in so much pain. “I don’t even remember what I dreamt about, but I feel so sad.”

Carefully, Zenith hugged her, as Dawn cried for an hour straight for something that she couldn’t remember clearly.

“I am sorry, I am really sorry…”

Dawn didn’t know why Zenith kept apologizing to her, but all she felt his apology was really comforting as if it resonated so well with the weird sadness that she was feeling right now.

Once Dawn was calm down, Zenith tucked her in and Celine came with a concoction for her.

“You don’t think she will poison me, right?” Dawn asked, after crying for so long, she felt her heart was a little bit lighter.

She teased Zenith when she saw him taking a sip of her concoction.

“Do you even know whether it’s poisoned or not?”

Dawn was right. Zenith didn’t know.