Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 52

Chapter 52: THE DAY OF THE TRIAL
They were shocked because the trial moved up two days and this made Ava breakdown. She was crying so hard because she was panicking. This would be the first time for her to see her son again in weeks, especially when they heard the king would personally come to oversee the situation.

“What should we do? What should we do?” She cried to Jason. “Why is the King here? Why should the King be here?”

It would be harder for them to get Blake away from the punishment, even more with Blake’s case, because he stood accused of coveting the chosen mate of a royal family member.

“Calm down, Ava, calm down. We will get our son out of there,” Jason said, though he didn’t know what he was actually talking about. He looked at Alpha Tony, but the alpha didn’t look like he could help either.

Beta Jason really wanted to curse him out for ruining his chance to reconcile with Dawn. Maybe then, Dawn could have agreed to help them save Blake from this predicament, but Tony chose to be very stupid and brought Julia and Emily with him, which further upset Dawn.

Now, Jason didn’t know what else could help Blake.

When Ava was crying so hard, as they waited for the trial to begin, she spotted someone and before her mind could comprehend, she had dashed toward her.

“Ava!” Jason was startled because Ava moved very suddenly, but when he saw the person she was clamoring to approach, he breathed sharply.

It was Dawn. She came here for the trial!

A glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes! Jason had known Dawn from when she was little. He knew that if she was here, she was absolutely going to help them!

Jason wanted to talk to her at first, but he didn’t know how, since Tony ruined his meeting with his daughter.

Ava reached Dawn first and started crying, begging, pleading, kneeling down in front of her, which drew all of the attention from the people inside the room.

“Please! Please! Please, Dawn! Please, save Blake! Please, save him…” Ava cried, she didn’t even try to lower her voice. “Please, talk to the King and ask him to pardon Blake. Dawn, Blake really loves you, he loves you so much, he braced himself to come here and ask for you, he is on the verge of going insane because he couldn’t lose you!”

Dawn widened her eyes when she heard that. She tried to make Ava stop talking nonsense, because Zenith could hear her and that man definitely would take offense.

Every word that Ava said would only bring her son closer to the gallows!

Dawn felt dreadful, she could see malice flicker in Zenith’s blue eyes. It seemed if it was possible, he would be the one to drag Blake to the gallows and tighten the rope around his neck.

Meanwhile, Tony tried to approach Dawn, he knew this was not the right time, but he needed to clarify something with her. He wanted to talk to her in private and apologize sincerely for what he had done.

But, surely, his timing was very bad…

“Blake Michael Gillian enters the room!”

The guard announced Blake’s presence and Ava stopped crying, she turned her head and started wailing again. Her cries started to irritate Dawn.

However, when Dawn saw Blake for the first time in six months after she left her former pack, she was shocked too.

Blake looked skinnier, his eyes sunk into their sockets, his lips chapped and his clothes… you couldn’t call them clothes, because a sack might look fancier compared to the fabric that covered Blake now.

Dawn started wondering if he received torture inside the dungeon. He had only been there for two weeks, but he looked like he had lost half of his soul.

But, probably Dawn underestimated Blake’s determination, because the moment he saw her, the emptiness in his eyes disappeared, his eyes lit up. His mouth moved, as he called her name under his breath.

Of course, this sight infuriated Zenith even more. He caught sight of Lance, who had brought Dawn here, but the royal beta avoided his eyes. He knew he was in trouble and prayed Zander would return before Zenith got his hands on him.

“This way!” A guard snapped at Blake when he tried to approach Dawn.

This room was akin to a mini stadium, with a capacity that could reach a hundred people. There were these seats circled around the room, where the back row was higher than the front one.

But, in front of them, there was this high platform, where the king and his three advisors, also two elders, sat behind the sovereign to watch how the whole trial unfolded.

They would advise the king what the right punishment for the crime was. This council was formed ten years ago. And all this time, Zander had never been on good terms with the three advisors and the two elders.

“Mr. Gillian! This way!” The guard grabbed his shoulder and dragged him to the spot, where he should stand, but Blake fought back.

He insisted on going to Dawn. “D- Dawn! Dawn please!” Blake was crying now. “I am sorry! I am so sorry! I didn’t mean to hurt you! Let’s go back home! Let’s go back home together! I can fix this! I can fix us!”

Jason and Ava took a sharp breath when they both heard this. Their intention was to deny the accusation that Blake was still infatuated with Dawn, but what his son did right now left them with nothing to help him.

“Dawn!” Blake fought back. What happened right now to Blake must be the next step of insanity. The room filled with Blake’s voice, expressing his regrets and wanting Dawn back with him.

Zenith stood up from his seat, you could tell how furious he was. His voice boomed inside the trial room.

“Drag him out to the gallows!” The king hollered. His wrath was palpable.