Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 245

Chapter 245: THE RESPONSIBILITY
“Momma, where dada will come?” Zade asked when Dawn tucked him to sleep. She laid down next to him and caressed his cheek. His eyes looked sleepy.

“Dada will not come…” Dawn felt this pang in her heart, but she didn’t want to sugarcoat or even lied to him. She didn’t feel that was the right thing to do.

Zade opened his eyes, he pursed his lips because he didn’t agree with her. “Dada will come.”

Dawn took a deep breath, for a moment, she didn’t know what to say about that or how to response to his determined answer, but she watched how sleep finally took over and Zade’s breathing became even.

“I hope the same thing too, honey. I wish nothing but for him to come home too.” Dawn kissed Zade’s forehead. She fought back her tears, but in the end, she lost.

Dawn cried the whole night in silent. She wanted to believe that Zenith would return, but it was so hard to hold onto such hope when she knew it would never happen.

She really hoped what Zade said was true.

The next day, Axel came to her. He had been taking care of the affair in the pack, thus as the luna, Dawn would be the one, he gave his report to.

“Play with Yara, okay?” Dawn kissed Zade’s cheek and gave him to Yara.

“Come on, I will show you the rest of the pack! You will like it!” Yara looked happy to return to the pack, because she could meet with her parents again.

However, the death of the alpha still lingered heavily in the air. All of the pack members were wearing black color, as a sign of mourning, while Dawn would wear black dress for a month.

“I am sorry to bother you with this matter when you are still mourning,” Axel said, he led them to the alpha’s study room.

“I can say the same thing to you.” Dawn walked toward the chair, where Zenith used to sit. She caressed it and curled her fingers, as she composed herself. “You knew Zenith longer than me. We all lost him.”

For a moment, the atmosphere was so heavy inside the room, before Dawn cleared her throat and sat down on the chair, while Axel took the opposite seat.

“So, how should I do this?”

Axel took a deep breath. He furrowed his brows. “Maybe I should come back later. This is too early.”

Dawn shook her head. “If you came to me, it meant this matter is urgent. I want to hear that.” More so, it would help Dawn to distract her mind from her grievances.

Axel then started to talk about a few important things related to the pack and how they need to be prepared for the winter.

Dawn tried so hard to focus on what Axel told her. She had never taken care of a pack before, she really had to learn from zero.

“Dawn?” Axel called her. “Did you listen to me?”

“Oh, what? I am sorry, what did you say?” Dawn’s mind was drifting off and Axel could see that. He felt so bad for her, because losing a mate was something that no shifter wanted to feel.

“I don’t think you are ready for this…”

Dawn shook her head vigorously. “No. I need this.” She was desperate. She would go crazy if she let her emotions ran rampant.

There was time when she felt so numb, but there was also time when she felt very overwhelmed. She wanted to scream to the void to ease this pain.

“There is another way to do this, actually.” Axel crossed his arms, he looked reluctant to give this suggestion.

“How?” Dawn narrowed her eyes.

“You can take another alpha as your chosen mate, or…” Axel quickly added when he saw the look of disgust in Dawn’s eyes. “You can ask your father to act as an alpha for the pack.”

Dawn didn’t like the second suggestion either. “Why don’t you become the alpha then?”

Axel chuckled when he heard that. “If I became an alpha, it means you and I must be together. I don’t think it will work.”

Dawn couldn’t see Axel in that way. “No. I will be the luna.”

“If that’s your decision, you will be the first luna, who led a pack.”

“There is always the first time for everything, right?” Dawn smiled, but it didn’t reach her eyes. She had been crying for the whole night.

“It will not be easy, Dawn.”

“I know.” Dawn nodded. “But, I have you and Darius. Both of you will help me right?”

“Obviously.”

More so, she had the king and Zaya. There was nothing she should be afraid of.

===================

Alex, the gamma from the Moonlight pack, returned with the merchant from Karam continent before the winter was here and the sea was frozen.

Because of what happened, the first thing that Zander had to take care of was food supply and Alex had been in Karam continent all this time to take care of that.

The Holy Kingdom was no longer a problem now, because they were proven to breach the rule countless time, there was no mercy for them anymore, especially when the elders and the leader of the Holy Kingdom were not there to defend their territory.

It was pretty easy to take them down and now, Andel Kingdom was the only kingdom in Andel Continent. The relationship between Ogregon continent and Andel continent was better than ever.

However, grief was still very thick in the air, as they lost a lot of people, especially the aftermath of the war, where all the shifters were not able to shift into their beast anymore.

It was a great lost for them, since they relied on their beast form so much in the act of defense and attack.

They were still adjusting to this new situation.

Meanwhile, in the north, the winter came early, the wind was so cold and it was even colder at night.