Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 116

Chapter 116: ZANDER’S PREDICAMENT
“Why are you angry with me?!” Aurel talked back to the magic user, as she stepped forward and checked on Zander again. From the look of it, the pain became more unbearable now. He had been like this for two hours straight, but the king started to feel the discomfort ever since last night. “You trust her judgment before, you should ask for her now!”

“Stop being ridiculous! The king’s life is on the line right now!” Pyro snapped at Aurel, while Lance was trying to deescalate the situation.

“I will call Celline to check on Zander,” Lance said.

“There is no need for that, she only knew basic treatment, do you really think she can handle this?” Aurel was being a little bit rude there.

However, Lance chose to hold back his tongue, because he would only worsen the situation if he talked back to her and defend his mate.

“If I have to treat the king, I want you stick to it. I don’t want my treatment being interrupted again.” Aurel squared her shoulders and looked at Pyro right into his eyes. “Can you do that? No more intervention from anyone.”

It was obvious who Aurel’s meant with ‘anyone’.

Since the king was not here and Zenith had not yet arrived, thus the royal beta was the one, who could make the call.

“I am sure it happened because you messed up the treatment that I gave to him and instead trusted that woman. She is not even a healer to begin with. She only knew some poison and you believed her right away.”

Pyro fell silence for a while, before finally he spoke. “Fine. Do whatever it’s necessary to save the king.”

However, Aurel was being greedy, as she demanded more, knowing they couldn’t do anything without her. “There is one more thing that I wanted you to do…”

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Dawn could hear the commotion out there when the warriors fought off a horde of troll. Darius was right, they shouldn’t have met with troll when they took this route, there was rarely a monster around this forest.

Dawn sat inside the carriage uncomfortably, because she heard how the fight grew increasingly vicious. Roars and growls filled the air, as she she tried to calm her nerves down. She bit her lip and peeked through the window.

The warriors that Darius brough with him was not a small number, but they were not prepared for a horde of troll and now, it was very obvious that they were outnumbered.

Dawn wanted to help, but if she went out there, with her current condition, she would only be their liability instead of help.

It was not a good feeling to be a burden, especially when she saw those warriors, who were injured in order to protect her.

When Dawn was trying to think of what she could do, the carriage was shaking and she saw a troll managed to get closer to her carriage. Darius in his grey wolf tried to intercept and jumped on the troll’s back.

The gamma bit a good chunk of the troll’s flesh viciously, which caused the beast to fall, but unfortunately, it fell on the carriage, which trampled it to the other side.

But thankfully, Dawn saw that and acted immediately, she jumped out of the carriage quickly before the troll’s body could crush it and she sustained injuries because of it.

Darius, who didn’t see that, killed the troll as fast as he could and rushed toward the carriage. He shifted into his human form and started shouting Dawn’s name, calling her and trying to lift that heavy metal, thinking she was trapped under.

“Hey, I am fine,” Dawn said, she appeared from behind the bushes.

“Oh, you almost give me a heart attack!” Darius wailed. He clutched his chest, he didn’t forget with his dramatic trait.

“What are we going to do now?” Dawn looked around, she was not familiar with a fight against a monster, but she knew for sure, they were going to lose this fight if they kept it going.

“Come with me, we need to leave right away,” Darius groaned. He didn’t want to leave the battle, but his main priority was Dawn.

While the warriors could hold them back, he would use this opportunity to escape with Dawn. They could buy them enough time.

“What about them?” Dawn realized what Darius was going to do.

“They could hold them back.” Darius took Dawn’s hand. “The smell of those trolls’ blood is really disgusting.”

“Smell?” Something clicked in Dawn’s mind and she swatted Darius’s hand. “Call them all to retreat!”

“What do you mean?” Darius couldn’t understand because Dawn looked excited. It was enough to have an unpredictable alpha, please, did not let the luna have the same antics too.

“Just trust me and call them all to retreat.” Dawn was not a hundred percent sure, but it was worth to try.

Meanwhile, in the palace, Aurel actually put Zander to sleep, so he wouldn’t be in pain. On the surface, it looked like she had managed to cease down the king’s pain, but without her knowing it, it was a fatal decision, since it didn’t help with the main problem and Zander’s condition became even worse without them knowing it.

Dawn had told them not to put the king to sleep after all.

“See? If you just let me do my job, none of it will happen,” Aurel said smugly. “It is fine for now,” she said to Lance and Pyro.

The king was indeed no longer growling in pain, but they couldn’t say for sure.

“What are you going to do now? You can’t put Zander into sleep forever,” Pyro voiced out his concern.

“I am going to make a concoction,” Aurel said, she stood up and went out of the room, she lifted her chin, satisfied with herself.

“Call Celine,” Pyro said once Aurel was out of the room. “I want her to check on Zander.” The royal beta was being cautious.