Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 118

Chapter 118: ADMIRATION FOR THEIR LUNA
The next trial would be held early in the morning. There were four important people from the council, who were accused of staging a coup during the royal ceremony for Zenith.

Therefore, the king was needed to attend, since he would give the final verdict after hearing all the evidence, but if the king was absent, the trial would be postponed. Even so, they still needed a clear explanation about what happened with the king, because it had been a while, since the last time he appeared in public.

Pyro couldn’t cover for such important event.

However, they couldn’t leak the king’s current condition, because it would cause another uproar to know the sovereign fell sick. It was so rare for a shifter to fall sick and if they knew how Zander was currently unconscious, it would shake the entire kingdom. It would give a leg for their opponent to cause more trouble again.

“The king will attend tomorrow trial. You don’t need to worry about that,” Pyro said sternly and when someone tried to make a demand to see the king again, the royal beta shot him down. He didn’t dare to pursue the matter further.

The morning meeting was done and all of them were in a gloomy mood, couldn’t wait for tomorrow trial.

A warrior approached Pyro when he walked back to the king’s bedroom. He had put a strong protection around Zander’s bedroom, so no one could see him, neither they would be able to sneak into the bedroom without his permission.

“Prince Zenith is on the move, but I doubt he will be able to reach the capital city by tomorrow.”

Pyro clicked his tongue. He should have asked Zenith to stay in a familiar place and create a portal to fetch him, in that way, it wouldn’t take much time for him to get here, because right now, he didn’t know where exactly he was.

“Keep me update with the elders’ movement.”

“Yes, royal beta Pyro.”

The warrior then left.

They thought this plan was flawless, but apparently those traitors still found a way to survive after that night when Zander chose to make a move on them.

And because Zenith’s intention was already well known, he couldn’t play both side anymore.

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“It will take half a day to get a new carriage,” a warrior reported to Darius about their current situation. Because the previous carriage was destroyed, they needed to get one from the nearby village. “It will be faster if the luna shifted into a beast and all of us went to the village together.”

“No, she can’t do that,” Darius said. He didn’t explain further, because it was not his place to spread this news without Dawn and Zenith’s permission. “You go and comeback right away.”

The warrior glanced at Dawn, but then he left.

“He must think of me as a spoiled brat,” Dawn sighed. She then glanced at the horse that they managed to save before the trolls ate it.

Previously, there were three horses that pulled the carriage, but they could only save one.

“Wait.” Dawn stood up. “I can ride that.” It would be very improper for her to ride one of the beasts, but a horse wouldn’t be a problem, right? Most men would ride it, even a shifter, if they had to go on a long journey.

“You can ride a horse?” Darius raised his brows. He didn’t know that Dawn could ride a horse.

“Hm. I can.” Actually, she didn’t.

However, in her first life, she remembered she learned how to ride one when she was in the west. It was Lucia, who taught her how and later on, she was quite skillful.

Dawn approached the horse. It felt weird when she tried to remember her lesson with Lucia. Yet, when she was on top of the horse, she felt the familiarity.

“Are you sure?” Darius looked worried, because falling from a horse could cause a miscarriage and he would need to move to different continent if something happened to their baby in order to get away from Zenith’s wraths.

“Of course,” Dawn said confidently and then galloped.

All of the warriors there were surprised too, because they didn’t expect their luna to be able to ride a horse. Not many women, who could ride a horse, or even wanted to learn it, because it took physical strength and most of the time you could get hurt.

“What are you doing? Let’s go!” Darius snapped at all the warriors, who stared at Dawn on the horseback, instead of following her, because they were astounded by their luna.

Darius then shifted into his beast first, followed by the other warriors, as they tried to catch up with their luna. They wouldn’t believe if she just learned it, since she looked like an expert when she handled the horse.

With this, they could reach the capital city faster than they had planned.

Their luna actually saved them from the trolls and now she could ride a horse, what else that she could do?

Back in the capital city in the next day, where the trial for four traitors would be held, all of them were waiting for the king to arrive.

On the high platform, where the king’s three advisors and two elders sat, the front seat of the king was empty.

Elder Renos looked around and then demanded Pyro’s explanation about this. “Where is the king?!”

Elder Max stood up as well, demanding the same question. He slammed his hand against the table and looked livid. “This is inappropriate for the king to let us wait for him!”

The other councils and the three advisors started to voice out their dissatisfaction for the king’s tardiness.

“In this case, the king is very irresponsible and no longer could be tolerated. Probably, it’s right for him to step down from the throne if he didn’t care about this kingdom!” Elder Max said loudly.

“You can join the traitor for what you said, Max.”