Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 41

Chapter 41: THE ALPHA OF THE MOONLIGHT PACK
Stirring this concoction was not as easy as it seemed, you have to know when you have to stir it slowly or fasten your movement, and to top it, you need to control the fire as well. It couldn’t be too small, but couldn’t be too big either, because it could spoil the concoction.

In other words, within those three hours, you need to focus on the concoction alone and must not get distracted. This was the most tiring part and when the healer in her pack taught her this concoction, Dawn felt like giving up and forgetting about it several times.

Thankfully, she didn’t.

“You have to keep the color dark green like this, if the color changes into light green, you need to add salt and if it turns to a darker shade, you need to check the fire and slow down the stirring.”

Dawn explained all of this to Zenith, when he insisted for her to let someone else do it.

“That’s why, I can’t let anyone else do it,” Dawn said, she added a pinch of salt because the color changed.

Zenith was not happy with this, but there was nothing he could do when he knew nothing about the concoction while his brother’s life was on the line.

And after three hours of boiling the concoction, finally it was done. She got only two bowls of it.

“Let’s go,” Dawn said, she massaged her hand, which felt so numb. She was tired and wanted to clean herself because she was sweating.

But, before Dawn could take the tray, on which she put the two bowls of concoction, Zenith stopped her. “Let someone else bring this.”

Zenith then called one of the omegas to bring the tray to the king’s bedroom, but she didn’t enter the room, because Zenith took it from her hands and dismissed her.

The omegas, who worked in the kitchen, started talking about how the king was making something with the alpha’s chosen mate. Speculation started and rumors spread slowly…

“You need to make him drink this every five hours.” Dawn pointed to the two bowls. “I will make another batch later. He needed to drink this for three days at least, after that, let’s see his condition.”

“Every five hours?” Darius frowned. “And, after making this for three hours, you only got two bowls? How many times do you have to repeat the process?”

Dawn yawned, she stretched her body. Her hand was numb now. “As many as necessary.” She then reminded them again to give the concoction every five hours. “I still have less than seven hours now to make the next concoction. I am going to rest, wake me up only if it’s important and don’t forget to find those two ingredients as soon as possible. This concoction will not be able to cure all the poison, he will get side effects too if he consumes this too much.”

And after giving a few other pointers, Dawn left the room, she stopped Zenith from coming with her.

“No. I don’t want rumors flying around.” It was already bad enough for people to see her going inside the king’s room very casually.

More so, as the alpha’s daughter, she knew the decorum and she had to keep her image clean. She didn’t want a scandal, okay? The problem with Blake was already scandalous enough.

With that, Dawn left them and went back to her bedroom, after she cleaned herself and changed her clothes, she went to bed and slept.

But, little did she know, when she was already fast asleep, Zenith entered the room and checked on her…

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Jason was extremely furious with Ava because of what his son had done.

“And only now you told me about this?!” Jason was so mad, he raised his voice, something that he had never done before.

“Please, understand our son…”

“You lied and then covered up for him! That’s what I understand!” Jason roared and this made Ava clamp her mouth shut and lower her head. She was very afraid of her mate right now. Tears streamed down her face.

Blake told him that he was going to the harbor to take care of the problem there, but it didn’t take long for Jason to get a report that he had never arrived, only then Ava confessed what their son was up to.

Livid was an understatement to describe what Jason felt right now.

“He went to the palace and there was no news from him for days?!” Jason growled angrily, while Ava kept crying and apologizing.

“What should we do now? Do you think the King punished him? What should we do now?”

Jason wanted to lash out again, but he held himself back. There was no point in screaming in his mate’s face. Right now, he needed to figure out what happened to his son in the palace and the only person who could help him was the alpha.

Jason didn’t say anything, as he stormed out of the house and went to the pack house to tell Alpha Tony what was actually going on.

At first, Jason thought the alpha would scold him, but as it turned out, he was very calm and agreed to go to the capital city.

“We will leave tomorrow.”

“I will make the necessary preparations.”

Actually, Tony had been wanting to go to the capital city since he heard about Dawn’s whereabouts, but he didn’t have the courage to face his daughter. The disappointment in her eyes still haunted his sleep.

Not only that, Julia also kept discouraging him from going. She kept blowing into his ear that Dawn would never forgive him for what he had done and now his relationship with Julia and Emily was very tense.

Later that night, when Julia learned about Tony’s plan to go to the capital city to see Dawn, she made a fuss again.

“Do you really think she will agree to see you!?” Julia’s voice was so harsh, it was heavy with anger. “There is no point in meeting her! She hates all of us!”

“She is my daughter! She will understand!”

“She is going to marry into the royal family! She is going to make our lives miserable!” Julia shouted back. “I am going with you too!”

The fight was so loud, a few pack members avoided the alpha’s quarters altogether. They had been fighting a lot these days and they felt bad for their alpha.

Tony stormed off after this meaningless fight and didn’t return that night, he chose to stay in Dawn’s bedroom. He missed his daughter so badly.

“Mother.” Emily entered the room, she looked visibly pregnant now. Not only her mother, she was also under so much stress because Blake had been treating her horribly. She couldn’t believe that he was still hung up on Dawn even when she was pregnant with his firstborn. “Do you think it’s a mistake?”

“What are you talking about?!” Julia snapped at her daughter. She didn’t want to have another argument after her fight with Tony, but Emily talked nonsense.

“Alpha Zenith is part of the royal family, if I mated with him instead, wouldn’t that have made me a princess?” Emily was not happy with this fact. Dawn’s position right now was actually hers, but because of her mother’s interference, Dawn would have a higher rank than her.

No. She would be the highest ranked female shifter in this continent after the ceremony, since the king had not yet found his queen.

The thought of that alone made her sick.

“We are talking about Alpha Zenith! Haven’t you heard how cruel that man is?” Julia was frustrated. “Do you want to live in that pack full of monsters? Spending the rest of your life there?!”

Emily grimaced. That was the bad part of being Alpha Zenith’s mate. “But, if I can be a princess, I don’t mind living there.”

“That alpha could kill you!”

“Dawn is still alive now.” And she was going to have a big ceremony for her union with Alpha Zenith. She would be a princess. Emily felt her stomach churning. Anger and hatred boiled in her veins.

“It’s not worth it. The Alpha from the north and the King don’t have a good relationship.”

Emily didn’t seem to listen to what her mother said. “She is going to be part of the royal family. That position should be mine.” Her brows furrowed deeply with the realization.

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As Dawn promised, she woke up after sleeping for three hours and then ate before she continued to make the next concoction for Zander. The process was exhausting, but thankfully, Zenith was not there to accompany her.

But, even on the next day, Dawn didn’t see Zenith, she didn’t see him during breakfast or dinner, but she didn’t really mind it, because she was busy as well.

Only on the third day, Dawn finally saw him. He gave her a small box when she came to the king’s bedroom to check on Zander.

The king was still unconscious, but he was not as pale as before.

“Is that what you are looking for?” Zenith asked, he gestured for her to open the box.

The small box was a little bit heavy and inside, Dawn could see the thing that she was looking for and she was rather surprised. “Yes! This is what I am looking for!”

“Great! You can make the concoction now, right?” Lance asked excitedly. The royal gamma started to warm up to Dawn and sometimes, he would even volunteer to accompany her in the kitchen.

“Absolutely.”

But Pyro entered the room and informed Zenith that someone requested to meet with him. “Alpha Tony and his beta from the Moonlight pack.”