Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 248

Chapter 248: THE PUNISHMENT
“Luna, you shouldn’t wear that dress anymore. A month has passed,” Yara reminded Dawn, because she was still wearing black dress.

For the pack member, it only a week for them to wear black clothes, as a symbol that they mourned their alpha, but for the luna, she had to wear it for a month.

And yet, a month had passed and Dawn didn’t even try to wear anything aside from this color.

“No. My mourning is not over yet,” Dawn said. She didn’t think it would be over. She looked at her reflection on the mirror and sighed deeply.

She didn’t have any energy or desire to wear another color. She loved this black color, because it reminded her of Zenith’s black beast. She didn’t mind to wear this color for the rest of her life, until the day she could be with him again.

“But, luna…”

“It’s enough, Yara.”

Yara shut her mouth and didn’t say anything anymore, as she went outside and then gathered all the omega in the main hall.

Today, Dawn would get to the bottom of the rumor. She was not going to let this slide. Tomorrow, Emily, Tony and Arren would leave for the Moonlight pack, but she wouldn’t let her go without any consequences.

The last rumor that she heard from them was about how she was so heartless to kick her own sister, niece and father to the Moonlight pack, when she already knew how ruined that pack was.

Alpha Tony would only rule ashes if he returned.

They felt sorry for Emily and Arren because they had to leave.

“Luna Dawn,” all of them greeted her politely, they looked confused because they were gathered in the main hall.

They were worried that the rumor reached her, but at the same time, they assumed the luna didn’t care much about it, because she had never showed any interest in that.

Dawn nodded at all of them, most of the people that she gathered in the main hall was women, there was only a handful men among them.

“Do you know why I gathered all of you here?” Dawn asked, she looked at them one by one, she looked so calm, but this calmness didn’t bring peace. The calmness didn’t give them peace of mind, as if Dawn could explode at any moment.

All of them looked at each other, but they didn’t dare to look at Dawn in the eyes, there was something that made them scared to look at the luna right in the eyes. This must be because of their guilty conscience.

Dawn didn’t want to prolong this uncomfortable situation.

“I heard a lot of rumor about me and beta Axel, some of you even went as far as to accuse me of cheating on alpha Zenith when he was still alive. Some of you even questioned the blood in my son’s veins, whether or not he is the alpha’s son.”

Dawn didn’t raise her voice, but it was clear for them to hear the severity of her wrath.

The whispered died down and they lowered their head, staring at their toes. They were afraid. They had never seen the luna was angry before.

“Let me asked you, who started this rumor?” Dawn asked.

Right at that time, Axel entered the room, which made all of them became even more terrified because of the presence of the beta.

They didn’t know Dawn for that long, but obviously, they respected the beta, just as much as they respected the alpha, since it would be Axel, who was taking care of the pack house whenever the alpha was not there.

“I really don’t appreciate such nasty rumors about me and the luna,” Axel said, he looked at all of them one by one, his hard gaze sent shiver down their spine.

Because the rumor just spread for a week, thus it didn’t cause so much damage, especially when it was a groundless rumor without any proof.

But, it was enough to tarnish the luna’s name.

“Is this the person, who started the rumor?” Axel asked again and he allowed Tony to enter the room, along with Emily with him.

Emily looked angry, but she clamped her mouth. This was a humiliation for her.

“I know the rumor came from her,” Dawn said. “If no one wanted to speak, I will let all of you to go with her to the Moonlight pack tomorrow.”

Her last statement caused an uproar among the women there, they didn’t want to leave this pack, they had lived here for decades.

“Just like what you have learned, the Moonlight pack has been ruined beyond recognition because of the last battle, more so, the pack will need a lot of people as their new member, not only that, the pack will also need help with a lot of things, so I will let all of you to start your new life there.”

“Luna… please, no…!”

“That’s her! That’s her who has spread the rumor!”

“That’s her, who had told us about those nasty things!”

“We don’t believe her!”

“Luna! You couldn’t kick us out of the pack! The alpha will be not happy with this decision!”

Dawn glared at the person, who said that, she walked toward her and she immediately knelt down, knew that she had messed up and crossed the line.

“What do you think the alpha would have done if you tarnished my name and questioned his son as his?” Dawn’s words carried venom. “Have you forgotten what the alpha did to Fern when she wronged me in the past? What do you think the alpha will do if he heard this? This punishment for all of you, who have been questioning his son would be like a child play.”

They were trembling in fear, they knew if it was the alpha, being kicked out of the pack, would be the mildest punishment for them.

They would be very lucky if they were still able to see the sun tomorrow.