Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 117

Chapter 117: THE NUMBNESS IN HER VOICE
Pyro needed to take all the precaution, since it was the king’s life that he had to deal with. He needed to take all the precaution.

He didn’t fully trust Aurel, but at the same time, he didn’t fully trust Dawn either, knowing she didn’t have any background to know this kind of stuff.

As far as Pyro knew, Dawn was alpha Tony’s daughter, that was all. There was nothing outstanding about her before she met with Zenith and became his mate.

Celine came with Lance not long after, she was a healer, but of course she was not on par with Aurel, but at the very least, she could tell them something, since the king’s condition was a top secret and she was the only healer that they could ask for this favor.

“I thought princess Dawn has handled this,” Celine said, as she checked on Zander, while the king was sleeping. She knew about what happened before from Lance, but she didn’t know the detail.

“Apparently not,” Pyro said grimly. “How is he? Is he fine now?”

Celine furrowed her brows. “I don’t think so.” She bit her lip. “Putting the king to sleep will not solve the problem.” She then told them her opinion, which was more or less the same like what Dawn said.

At the very least, if the king was awake, they could say whether the concoction or the method of treatment worked on him or not, he could also tell them how he felt, but with him sleeping like this, Zander wouldn’t have the ability to tell them and they were not able to be aware of his actual pain.

“The king’s heartbeat is erratic, it’s not a good sign,” Celine said, but then they startled when they heard a loud voice came from the door.

“What do you know about that? Don’t talk nonsense!” Aurel suddenly entered the room. They were too focus on listening to what Celine said, thus they didn’t realize Aurel was already in the room and heard everything. “What are you doing here?” Her sharp green eyes fell on Celine.

The other woman looked composed to see Aurel’s outburst, it seemed, she had gotten used with it.

“I am here to check on the king,” Celine said calmly, she looked at Aurel in the eyes and didn’t shy.

“Have I given you the permission?” Aurel narrowed her eyes.

“I am the one, who gave her the permission,” Pyro said. “I am still the authority figure here, respect that.”

Aurel pressed her lips, annoyed. “Fine.”

Didn’t want to escalate the situation, Lance took Celine away from the room. Thankfully, his mate didn’t insist to stay.

As they walked in the corridor, Celine said what she was thinking. “You didn’t say anything again.”

“What do you expect me to say?” Lance frowned, he became defensive. This was not their first argument about this kind of topic. “You know Aurel well, talking back to her will only worsen the situation. You need to understand.”

Celine stopped walking and then turned around to face the royal gamma. Her expression showed nothing, she looked detached emotionally, as if she was tired to talk about the same thing over and over again.

“I am always understanding,” Celine said. “To the point, I don’t even know whether this is my understanding or my stupidity.”

“Why are you saying that? Are you picking a fight with me?” Lance’s body language told Celine that he was ready for the confrontation, but she didn’t have the energy for that. She didn’t want to give him the satisfaction too.

“It will be nice if you directed this energy toward her and not me all the time.”

After saying that, Celine walked away, she didn’t lower her head and walk gracefully, nodded to the servants and the warriors, who greeted her.

She was no longer upset and this made Lance felt uncomfortable.

When Celine argued with him, Lance felt annoyed because she didn’t want to drop the matter, but when she didn’t engage, he felt bad because he felt she distanced herself.

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“How do you know that?” Darius was surprised to watch how Dawn’s plan actually worked and it saved them all.

“I told you there was a funny smell inside the carriage before.”

“When?” Darius frowned. He was too focus on digging the information from Dawn about whether or not she was pregnant, therefore, he didn’t pay attention to anything else.

Dawn scowled.

“How do you know about this?”

“The healer in my pack told me about it,” Dawn said.

It was only recently known that there was a certain smell that attracted a specific monster and the scent that Dawn smelled in the carriage was one that attracted trolls.

Lyra taught some of the scents and she remembered the funny smell only now.

“Someone orchestrated this.” Dawn couldn’t find another way to explain it. There was no way the scent suddenly inside the carriage and a horde of troll was close enough with them to catch the scent.

“Exactly what I am thinking,” Darius replied, his eyes darkened.

“I think the king is still unable to get rid of all the traitors within his people,” Dawn voiced out what Darius was thinking.

“Yes, I think so.”

Meanwhile, before their eyes, the horde of trolls destroyed the carriage that Dawn used earlier, they gathered there, didn’t even care about the beasts that surrounded them, watching their strange behavior.

And inside the palace, the situation was not very good. The king’s absent raised suspicion and concern from the elders and the councils. They were questioning about the king’s whereabouts, because it had been three days since they saw him.

Elder Renos demanded the king’s presence on the fourth day of the king’s absence, in the morning meeting that was held by the royal beta, in stead of the king.

“What the meaning of this beta Pyro? Did something happen to the king?” Elder Renos was being so loud. “The next important trial must be attended by the king!”