Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 103

Chapter 103: A WRETCHED LIFE
“Feeling better?” Zenith asked, concern laced in his voice when he handed her a glass of water to calm her nerves.

“Thank you,” Dawn mumbled, she took the galls and gulped down the water to moisten her throat. She had been crying for two hours straight for no reason at all, but at the same time, she felt justified to feel extremely sad for the memories that flashes in her mind.

What was that? It felt like she had gone through a lifetime of misery.

“How are you feeling?” Zenith stretched out his hand to caress her head, but Dawn flinched against his touch out of instinct. Zenith’s hand stilled and then he dropped it.

“I- I am fine, but can you leave me alone for a while?” Dawn asked, she fiddled with her fingers. She didn’t want to look at Zenith. There was this strong anger that she felt within her.

Meanwhile, Zenith could feel the mate bond between them strained and it was hard to hear what she was thinking. She was pulling away from him…

Zenith knew it was only a matter of time before she remembered everything that had happened in their first life. There was no avoiding it.

Dawn was still confused, but once she put all the pieces together, he would face her hatred. He knew what was waiting for him, but still… he wished thing would turn out differently.

“Where are all the report that I have to check?” Zenith came to Darius, which made the gamma was so happy.

“Here! Here!” The gamma beamed, as he bounced toward the table, where there were a lot of stacks of report that Zenith had to go through. “I know asking Dawn will be a great solution!”

Darius’s happiness didn’t last long, as he immediately noticed Zenith’s weird behavior. He didn’t talk much and focus on his task. Actually, he always acted this way, but after Darius witnessed how relax the alpha was whenever he was with Dawn, it felt strange to see him going back to his old habit again.

“Is everything alright?” Darius finally asked when the silence was too overwhelming. He felt the air was too heavy and the tension was palpable. “Did… Dawn kick you out from your bedroom to accomplish this task?”

Zenith didn’t answer him.

“Hey, I didn’t mean to cause trouble for the two of you… well, I will sort out all the important one, so you can return to her quickly.”

“Give me those reports,” Zenith said, pointing out the reports that Darius currently handled.

“You don’t have to…”

“Give me those reports,” Zenith repeated himself, ignoring Darius’s rambling.

Now Darius felt guilty. He felt like he had destroyed the beautiful relationship between the alpha and the luna.

Because he couldn’t deny the direct order, he handed over all the reports and left the alpha alone. After that, he headed toward their bedroom to talk to the luna, but she didn’t even answer the door. He knocked a few times, but there was no respond.

Darius knew Dawn was there, because her scent lingered around. But, after half an hour, he got the clue and left.

“Have I destroyed their relationship?” Darius pulled his hair frustratedly, as he talked to Lance. The poor gamma was under so much stress, since it had been two days and his alpha had not yet moved from his position, tending all the pack’s affair and the luna didn’t allow anyone to enter the room, unless the servant, who delivered food for her.

“I think so,” Lance replied casually, he buried his nose on his own report, because of the recent unrest, he was flooding with a lot of tasks. He didn’t have time to listen to Darius’s complain about his workaholic alpha.

“Lance! Can you sympathize with me a little bit?” Darius groaned.

“Look!” Lance slammed the parchment on the table and growled at the gamma. “I have a lot of things to do here, so can you complain somewhere else?! If you have nothing better to do than complaining, come here and help me with these!”

Darius hurried away when Lance finally had enough of his wailing.

And the situation between Dawn and Zenith continued like that for a week. It was Zenith, who finally decided to confront the situation between them.

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Emily was due in two months and she hated every second of it. She hated to be pregnant with Blake’s child when that man had nothing, but resentment toward her and her child.

Emily could see it in his eyes how he blamed her for his misery. He thought, she was the reason why Dawn hated him and refused to be with him.

“You should get rid of that thing inside your womb,” Blake said one day, after they were forced to have a family lunch together.

The alpha and the beta hoped the relationship between them could improve. After all, they had been together behind Dawn’s back, why would they want to be separated when they could be together openly?

More so, there was a child that they had to think about.

“How could you say something so cruel to me?” Emily held back her tears and anger. “If it was Dawn, who was pregnant, you will never say something like that.”

“Of course, she is my mate. She is way better than you!” Blake gritted his teeth, he balled his fists as if he was holding back the urge to slap Emily. “You are nothing but a wench!”

This time, it was Emily, who slapped him first for what he said. Her claws came out when she did that, thus it left wound on his face.

“How dare you called me that when I am pregnant with your fucking child!?”

At this point, if they had to be together, they would end up killing each other.

“What’s going on here!?” Ava approached the two of them and saw the wound on her precious son’s face. “How dare you harm him!?”