Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: I LOVE YOU
Julia was at a loss when she had to face her daughter’s outburst. She was very furious and didn’t want to listen to her explanation.

But what else Emily had to hear when she kept singing the same old tune?

“If you hadn’t meddled in this matter, I would have been the one becoming a princess now! People would be talking about me! And the grand ceremony of the royal family?!! All of that would have been mine!” Emily was furious. “But now, what?! I have to be with a man, who didn’t give a shit about me and my baby. He is not even going to be an alpha!”

“Blake will become the alpha, who else will take the position if it’s not him?” Julia tried to talk sense to her daughter. “Your father was upset, that’s why he said what he said. But, think about it, there is no way Dawn will take the role, she has her own pack in the north.”

“She became part of the royal family!” Emily kept hanging onto that fact, it irked her.

“Emily…”

“What else do you want from me?! Did I say something wrong?!” Emily snapped. “He is not even my father!”

However, from outside of the door, they didn’t realize that someone had been listening to their bickering and this was not a conversation he wished to hear.

Tony was standing there like a statue, his hand hovering over the door knob, but he clenched his fist and walked away.

This was the girl he treated like his own. Despite his intention to use her as a replacement for Dawn, he had never mistreated them at all. He had never even raised his voice and always provided them with everything they wanted, even at the expense of hurting his own daughter.

But, this was what he got in return? They didn’t even feel grateful for what he had done.

No. That ungrateful woman didn’t even think of him as her father.

Tony gritted his teeth. The only thing that was in his mind was this question; what had he done? He pushed Dawn away to please those ungrateful people.

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Dawn was surprised when she learned that Zander couldn’t shift into his beast. That was a huge matter and as a king, it could cause tumult within his court.

No wonder Pyro looked so upset when Zander and Zenith blurted this out before Dawn so recklessly.

“What happened?” Dawn furrowed her brows. “Is it because of black magic? Poison?” The only poison in her knowledge that could repress a shifter from shifting into their beast was the Rottingbane leaves.

“That’s a long and wonderful story,” Zander said with a grin, as if it was something casual. “I will tell you over some evening tea in my back garden. What do you think?”

Dawn narrowed her eyes. “No, thanks.” She immediately declined. “I will just ask Zenith about it.” She did not care enough to know more about Zander.

“Ah, you are the first woman who turned my offer down. I am quite hurt.” Zander was being dramatic now.

Dawn then explained about the cause of why some of the royal warriors couldn’t shift into their beasts and after some investigation, she came to a conclusion, but she was still not sure about this, thus she wanted to ask for their opinion.

“The kingdom’s treasure?” Pyro slid his gaze to the king. “Yes, we use a certain spell to trace them.”

“Do you want to say that the poison reacted to the magic, which made it lethal?” Zander concluded. “How do you know?”

Dawn pointed at the golden mask. “You put the same spell on this mask too, right?”

“You are right.” Zander nodded. He was deep in thought and Pyro looked very much concerned about the whole thing. There was no doubt, someone within Zander’s council was trying to get on their nerves.

“You need to check your treasury, I am sure there is something missing there.”

Zander and Pyro were deep in thought, but the king suddenly grabbed Dawn’s hand and kissed the back of it, smiling brilliantly all the while.

Zander did this all of sudden, which caught Dawn off guard. After all, she didn’t expect him to make such a move.

“Thank you for your hard work,” Zander said cheerfully. “You have solved half of my problem… ah!”

Zander writhed in pain when Zenith swatted his hand forcefully from Dawn, he was sure that his brother had broken his hand.

“Zen!” Zander roared, while Pyro could only grimace and Dawn was lost for words.

“Let’s go,” Zenith said, he took Dawn’s hand and escorted her out of the bedroom. Since Dawn was done with her task, she didn’t need to indulge Zander or his antics.

“Zander, I think you broke his hand,” Dawn said in a small voice.

“Hm.” Zenith couldn’t care less about that and took her to the fountain to wash her hand, the one that Zander had kissed and this made Dawn laugh.

“Are you jealous?”

“No.”

“You can’t lie with a straight face.”

Zenith wiped her hand dry and looked at her. “Jealousy is for something that you don’t have, but you are mine.”

Dawn blushed when she heard that, but she pursed her lips when she remembered something. “You don’t even like me.” Zenith said it himself.

“I don’t like you, I love you.”

Dawn was surprised to hear this confession, but before she could ask further, Zenith pressed his lips to hers, which forced her to swallow back her question. His kiss was so gentle and the way he touched her was very careful, as if she was made of glass.

However, Dawn was still unable to understand the sadness in his eyes and all of the dreams and prophecies that surrounded him. She knew Zenith and Zander took it seriously, though.

After Zenith had enough of her lips, he raised her hand and kissed the back of it as well, before he stood up and took her with him.

Dawn was speechless, this man could be very petty. “Hey, did you just say that you love me?”