Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 206

Chapter 206: AN ILLUSION
Zaya bit her tongue the moment the words left her lips and she feigned innocent under her brother’s sharp gaze.

“What did you say?” Zander narrowed his eyes dangerously, even though you barely saw his blue eyes behind his golden mask.

“No!” Zaya blushed. “I didn’t mean it in that way, don’t make a wrong idea.”

“Explain to me what wrong idea that I should have about this whole thing?” Zander raised his brows at his sister. “Do you like him?”

“Of course not.” Zaya shook her head vigorously. “But, we need him, right? We need his knights.”

Zander didn’t let her off easily. He took a step closer, while Zaya instinctively took a step back, which only made Zander became even more suspicious. “I know that you have been sneaking out and he came with you…” he talked cautiously. “Did something happen during that time?”

Yes, they shared a kiss.

“No. Of course not.”

“Zaya.”

“Zander.”

“Did something happen?”

“No.”

However, the blush that crept on her cheeks gave away and this made Zander took a step closer again, but Zaya created a shield around her.

“You are being ridiculous. I don’t have time for this.” Zaya then turned around and then left. She didn’t want to talk about this matter anymore. She went to Pyro and tell him that they should go immediately.

All the preparation was ready and they only needed to leave.

“Okay,” Pyro said, a little bit confused because Zaya looked so flustered.

“Be careful, okay.” Dawn was there with baby Zade, who looked around him curiously, his big blue eyes found Zaya and giggled at her.

This sight melted Zaya’s heart. “Oh, you cheeky little thing, I am going to see you soon, okay?” Zaya couldn’t help it and kiss both of his cheeks. She hugged him and kissed him again. “Let’s play after I returned, okay?”

“Say bye bye, Zade.” Dawn waved her hand and Zade mimicked her.

“Byee… bye…” Zade was a happy child. He laughed when Zaya created a little fire that dance in the air for a few second before it popped.

“I feel like I want to put him in my pocket,” Zaya said, feeling helpless with the baby.

But thankfully, Pyro managed to drag her back and they go to Moonlight pack again along with the twenty warriors.

After that, Dawn went back to her bedroom. She felt really exhausted, but how could she fall asleep when Zenith’s situation was still unclear, especially with the new information that she just figured out.

His life was in danger.

Based on the plan, Zaya would talk to king Rowan, while Pyro would go to see Zenith. He needed to return immediately and let Sebastian to take the lead.

Knowing Zenith, Dawn knew it wouldn’t be a smooth sailing conversation to persuade him to do so.

However, when she walked in the hallway, she felt there was something off. It was very quiet. She looked around and couldn’t find her four personal warriors.

Usually, Burke and the other would follow her, they kept their distance, making their presence as less as possible, in order to give her privacy, but right now, she couldn’t see any of them.

“Burke?” Dawn looked around her, she pressed Zade’s head against her chest. She felt uneasy. This quietness was not usual.

“Ma… ma….” Zade babbled. He looked around him, as if he could feel the peculiarity of the situation and his mother’s anxiety.

“It’s okay, Zade. Let’s go back to uncle Zander, okay.” Dawn traced back, but no matter how far she went, there was no end for this hallway, as if she was walking on the spot and this only added more to her anxiety.

“Mama… want to see dada…”

“I want to see your father too, Zade.” Dawn kissed his cheek, she tried to calm herself down. She was not sure what happened with her, neither she knew what was going on, but something was not right. It was either a hallucination or a magic…

But then, she saw him. This must be the first time she saw him again. He walked from the other end of the hallway. His expression was devoid from any emotions, as he approached her.

“Dawn…” He called her name intimately, but when his eyes flickered toward the baby in her arms, there was murderous intention that permeated in the air, this alerted Dawn.

“How can you be here, Blake?” Dawn’s voice was frosty. She threw a dagger look at him.

“Don’t you happy to see me again? I am here to take you back to Moonlight pack. The place where you belonged.”

“I belong to wherever my mate is.”

Blake’s eyes became a few shades darker when he heard that. “You shouldn’t have provoked me, Dawn. The reign of king Zander is over.”

Zade pursed his lips at the man before his eyes, he didn’t like him and the way the little one looked at Blake only pissed him off even more.

“Come. Come with me and we will start a new life together.”

“You are delusional, Blake.” Dawn narrowed her eyes. “You are going through insanity.”

“Yes, and it happened because of you.”

“No. It’s not because of me.” Dawn looked at Blake in the eyes and she was no longer recognized him. He used to be the sweetest man that she had ever met.

The only person that she was comfortable with, they spent their childhood together. They talked with ease and there were days that filled with only laughter. She used to be looking forward to see him, but right now, all of those sweet and happy memories were fading away.

The person before her was not the same person in her memory.

“Come with me, Dawn. Leave that bastard child and come with me. We are mate for a reason. You are my destined mate for a reason.”

But, when Dawn didn’t want to listen to him, Blake shifted into his beast and charged forward to attack Zade.