Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 53

Chapter 53: DAWN’S SUGGESTION AND HER WAY TO SMOOTH THINGS OUT
After what Blake had done to her, of course, Dawn hated Blake, she despised the man and his guts to betray her in the worst possible way.

But then, giving him a death sentence was simply going too far. No matter how much Dawn hated Blake, she wouldn’t feel good to know that she had some involvement when he met his demise.

Yet, these people didn’t help at all!

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

Ava immediately started wailing again when she heard the king’s order, while Beta Jason immediately jumped in to protest with this decision because the trial had not even happened. Alpha Tony helped to smooth the situation by trying to approach the king to plead Blake’s case, but he was being stopped by the royal guards.

However, they were not the only people who protested because the three advisors and the two elders also asked for the king to reconsider his decision.

Meanwhile, Blake didn’t seem to realize his predicament as he kept begging Dawn to go back home with him. Blake kept apologizing to her and begging her to come back to him, which infuriated Zenith even more.

“Dawn! I am sorry! I love you! You are my destined mate! You are my everything! Don’t throw away our time together because of this one mistake!” Blake hollered desperately when the guards dragged him out. “Dawn! Please! I know you still care about me! You came here because you care about me! I know that!”

Dawn felt sick to her stomach when she heard that, she couldn’t help second guessing her idea to help him now. Just because she didn’t want to have his blood on her hands, it didn’t mean she still had feelings for him.

Now Dawn realized she didn’t have an ounce of love for him. The rejection and the severed mate bond worked well on her part, but from the looks of it, she couldn’t say the same thing about Blake.

The trial room was in chaos, many people shouted their pleas and the advisors and the elders kept telling the king this was not how the trial worked.

“Look here, My King!” Jason grabbed Emily, who had been very quiet during this whole mess. “She is pregnant! She is pregnant with my son’s baby! Please, at least for this baby’s sake, spare him! Don’t let the baby be born without a father!”

Emily hated it whenever her pregnancy was mentioned, but she could only endure the humiliation. Her face turned red because of the rage she felt within, while Julia couldn’t do anything.

Ever since that night, she was so scared to confront her daughter, or even to talk to her in private.

However, the king didn’t budge. He wanted to get rid of Blake once and for all! This man was an eyesore to him!

Lance, who was watching everything unfold, could only pull his hair in frustration. How could one clean up this mess? The elders would give Zander more trouble in the future.

Right at that time, Dawn finally approached the king’s platform, which meant she had to walk past Blake.

Misunderstanding Dawn’s intention, Blake beamed with happiness, he fought the guards and was about to approach her when Dawn snapped at him, the hatred in her eyes stopped him.

“Don’t you dare come closer to me!” Her voice rang inside the trial room and everyone quietened down, wondering what Dawn was going to do.

“What do you want?” The king asked. He waved his hand at the royal guard, who wanted to stop Dawn from approaching the platform he was sitting on.

“My King, can I suggest a solution for this matter?” Dawn stopped right in front of the king’s platform, she faced Zenith, while everyone else was behind her.

“Death sentence suits his crime the best.” The answer was curt and Dawn grimaced, how could no one notice that the person behind the mask was Zenith and not Zander?

“My King, just as you can see, there is a woman, who is pregnant with his child. It will be heartbreaking for the baby to be born without the father.” Dawn chose to echo the same sentiment as the advisors and the elders, which calmed them down and made them listen to what she said. “More so, there was no harm done.”

Zenith didn’t like this, but at the same time, he didn’t stop Dawn. He wouldn’t embarrass his woman and give trouble to her and Dawn knew this, thus she took advantage of this fact.

Zenith sat down again, he crossed his arms in front of his chest, completely upset, but still entertained Dawn.

“My King, I am the victim here, can I at least give my opinion on this matter?”

“So, what is your suggestion?”

Dawn smiled, she knew she got him. “Since the two of them will have a baby soon, they are practically mates now.”

“I am not her mate!” Blake refused that directly.

Emily gritted her teeth, she felt very embarrassed! Tears streamed down her cheeks, she hated Dawn even more!

“Shut him up!” Zenith roared because Blake intervened when Dawn was speaking. The guard immediately stuffed a rag into his mouth.

Dawn continued. “They should be mates now with the baby on the way.”

“Your suggestion?”

“Let him mark her to make it official. In that way, the mate bond will bind them together for life.”

For some people, it sounded rational, but Dawn knew it would be a punishment for Blake and Emily. Looking at the tense relationship between them, probably, they would annoy each other to death sooner or later.

More so, this punishment could calm down the advisors and the elders, as they thought it was more acceptable.

“Death is a mercy, My King.” Dawn added, which made Zenith’s eyes flicker. Years ago, someone said the same thing to him. “My ceremony is around the corner, I don’t feel good to have someone in the gallows only a few weeks before my happy day.”

Lance was astounded. “This woman is a smooth talker…”