Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 123

Chapter 123: FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
The audacity of this woman was appalling. How dared she implicate Dawn in her own failure. It was very subtle, but Zenith was used to many schemes.

“If within two weeks you couldn’t heal him, I will have your head on the gallows along with those traitors.”

Aurel was shocked, so did Pyro and Darius. The royal beta thought the alpha took things too far.

“How could you do that? You will create trouble with the Holy Kingdom!” Aurel raised her voice out of fear. “If you killed me, the Holy Kingdom will not drop the matter casually. You know that too! Don’t take things too far.”

“If you are so confidence with your power, to the point you didn’t allow anyone to check on the king, I think that’s a fair bet.”

Aurel didn’t want anyone to take care of the king. This might appear as Aurel’s arrogance, but Zenith could smell something else about this behavior.

However, it could be only him, overthinking things like usual.

“You doubt my capabilities?” Aurel pressed her lips, she looked offended by what Zenith said.

“No. Just your intentions.”

Aurel’s eyes widened in surprised. “What intention do I have? I have helped you all throughout the years and I always by your side, keeping all of your secrets. I never breathed a word about it.”

Zenith said nothing, but his eyes turned darker. He had this feeling when you had a gut feeling that things were not as they seem.

“I wish to see my brother in the end of two weeks.” Zenith didn’t leave any room for argumentation. “And stay away from Dawn.”

Aurel looked hurt, she stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind her so hard.

“Her personality is getting worse,” Darius muttered.

However, Darius shut himself up when he saw the tension between Zenith and Pyro. Both of them only stared at each other, didn’t say anything, but you could tell they were having a mental war with each other.

Darius wondered why he had to be here, since he had nothing to do with all of this and it was always terrifying to witness Zenith’s wrath. The look in his eyes could kill you.

“How can you give up to her request very easily?” Zenith questioned Pyro. The royal beta must be among a handful people, who could still stand under the alpha’s pressure.

“That’s a desperate call. My apology, alpha.” He told him briefly about what happened that day and he needed Aurel to treat Zander, despite her ridiculous request. “But, I am sure lady Dawn could handle the situation, giving her current status, no guards could stop her from coming into the palace ground, unless the order came from the king himself.”

“Yeah, be grateful that our luna is smart,” Darius chimed in. It annoyed him to be stopped by a mere guard.

“Your chosen mate must be someone exceptional.” And now Pyro praised Dawn to appease Zenith’s rage. No wonder he was the royal beta.

After that, Pyro told him about everything that happened and the progress that Aurel had achieved and just like what they expected it, the healer was not really transparent with her explanation.

“I am sure it’s because she only wanted to one up Dawn, because of her jealousy. I don’t think she can handle Zander’s relapse.”

On the surface, it appeared that way, but Zenith didn’t completely agree with that.

“I want you to pay close attention to her.”

“Why?” Pyro frowned. “She is a vain woman. I don’t think she has hidden agenda. We all know how she is.”

After all, she had been here for years.

“Pay close attention to her.” Zenith didn’t budge with his order. “What about Zaya?”

His last conversation with Zander was when he told him they needed to call Zaya back home after what he told him. Zander was worried there would be a consequence for the magic that their mother had performed to turn back time.

There was no way, there wouldn’t be any side effect or anything because of that.

“Apparently Zaya already left the Holy Kingdom when Zander’s letter arrived.” Pyro counted the day. “She would be here within a week, more or less.”

There must be something that Zaya knew that made her leaving Andel continent and quickly returned back home after so many years she was away.

Later that night when Dawn woke up from her sleep, she found Zenith was laying next to her, staring at her. She was still sleepy, because of the long journey.

“I can’t lift a finger. I am so tired…” Dawn whined, she moved closer to snuggle into his arms, looking for comfort.

“That’s what you got when you insisted to go back on horseback,” Zenith scolded her lightly. He kicked Darius when he learned that Dawn was on horseback on their way back instead of taking a comfortable carriage.

But, he became even more furious when he learned there was a horde of troll that attacked them.

It started.

Those people, who managed to escape from Zander’s trap, targeted him now. While their bad blood with Zander was obvious, but in their eyes, Zenith was a traitor, who actually fooled them.

Dawn was not happy to be scolded, she lifted her head and narrowed her eyes at him. “I thought you wanted to see me quickly?”

“Of course, I do.” Zenith kissed her forehead and they stayed like that for a while. He patted her back lightly. “Thank you for forgiving me so fast,” he said finally.

Zenith had braced himself for the worse, he didn’t think he would be hugging her right now after she remembered everything from their past lives, especially with the way she avoided him for more than a week, but Dawn actually forgave him faster than he imagined.

“Who said that I have forgiven you? You were so awful. You didn’t even trust me at all. You should make it up to me for the rest of your life.”