Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 156

Chapter 156: A ROUGH NIGHT
“Zander…?” Lance was shocked to see Zander, Zenith and Pyro here. How they knew that he would be here with Aurel? He had planned everything for the last two months.

“I told you that I knew about your little visit to the dungeon. You should be smarter and take the hint.” Zander didn’t wear his golden mask and beside him were Zenith and Pyro.

For the first time after a long time, Lance trembled with the sight of him. Zander couldn’t shift into his beast, but it didn’t mean, it made him less than a king.

His strong aura and the way the air shifted with his presence, showed his strong intimidation.

“Zan, I can explain this…” Lance couldn’t find a reason for what he had done, but he needed Zander to understand the situation.

“This is a treason to go against what your king ordered you to do.”

Lance widened his eyes for the accusation. It was a heavy accusation, he knew that Zander would be livid, but a treason was a heavy word.

“I will never betray you!” Lance knelt down. He lowered his head. “I know what I am doing is wrong, but if you kept going on like this, you will create more trouble with Holy Kingdom. You put the strain in two kingdom’s relationship by stop the selling of the magic stone and you even have a plan to kill Aurel.”

This was one of the reasons why Zander insisted for them to welcome people from Marca El in the Moonlight pack, right from the moment they stepped in this continent. Because he wanted to test Lance.

This was the final straw.

Zander couldn’t believe this. Not only he had to smoke out his enemy, but he also needed to smoke out the people close to him.

He was the one, who created this opportunity for Lance. He warned him, but he went straight to turn his back on him in the first chance given.

“Are you the king?” Zander asked coldly, Aurel trembled, her legs buckled and she knelt down beside Lance. “Are you the one, who made the decision? Should I follow your order now?”

“Zan, Zen, please remember what I have done for the two of you. I have taken care of you and keep your secret. I have been helping you for years!” Aurel was crying now.

The two of them were begging for forgiveness and Pyro felt bad that Lance had to end like this. They had worked together and shared the responsibility shoulder to shoulder, but the royal gamma’s mistake this time was unforgivable.

“I don’t have time,” Zenith said. It was a little bit over midnight. His baby usually would be awake within a few hours and that was all he cared about.

Zander clenched his jaw, his blue eyes were slightly darker and when he spoke, you could feel this chill ran down your spines. “Kill them.”

“Wh…?” Lance couldn’t even finish his word when Zenith cut his throat and clawed his heart.

Everything happened so fast, like a flash of lightening in the night sky, Lance’s dead body dropped to the ground before their eyes.

Aurel didn’t even have time to scream when she watched how cruel and crude the way Zenith killed Lance, even though they had known each other for years. There was no hesitation.

And when Zenith moved toward Aurel, she tried to fight back, by using dark magic, but to no avail. She was not a magic user to begin with, thus her attempt was very weak.

However, it was enough…

Aurel used the black magic.

The Holy Kingdom had been notified about this, but they wouldn’t take any action. Therefore, Zander wouldn’t be polite anymore.

Zenith managed to dodge the attack, but this time, he didn’t immediately kill her, instead, he strangled her. He broke her neck and killed her that way. Didn’t even scratch her skin.

After that, Zenith was standing still for a while, as all the memories rushed in his mind. The memories that belonged to the two of them.

“Lance under the influence, but it’s not that strong. The magic only enhanced his feeling toward her.” Hence, it clouded Lance’s feeling for his destined mate.

The reason why he always stood up for Aurel, but he couldn’t let go of Celine completely.

“She used the same magic on the three of us, but because we don’t have any feeling for her, it didn’t work.” Zenith opened his eyes. “Let’s talk in detail later.”

They couldn’t have the conversation right there and then, since the time and the circumstance were not favorable for them.

“I will go first.” Zenith then shifted into his beast and disappeared into the night, his black fur blended with the dark.

“Take care of this, Pyro. We will proceed to the next plan,” Zander said coldly, he gave one look to Lance and then lifted his head, staring at the night studded sky.

This was not the best outcome, but this was a possibility that he expected. He wished, it wouldn’t end like this…

Zenith reached the pack house and sneaked into his bedroom to find Dawn was still sleeping, with that, he cleaned himself, getting rid of all the smell of the blood.

However, Dawn opened the bathroom door.

“Do you need help?” Dawn asked.

“You need to take some rest.”

“I slept.” She had a restless sleep, thus when Zenith returned, she knew right away. She took off her dress and then joined Zenith to dip herself in the bath up. “How was it?”

Zenith let Dawn to rub his chest with soap, to get rid of the smell of blood. From the smell of it alone, Dawn could tell how the night went.

“A little bit rough.”

Not many people noticed this, because Zenith hid his feeling really well, but Dawn knew that killing Lance was not easy for Zenith too. After all, they grew up together.

Dawn kissed his chest. “Are you, okay?”

“I am fine.”