Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 56

Chapter 56: THE DAY OF THE CEREMONY (2)
Darius laughed. “No. This is not alcohol. He asked a healer to make this potion so you’ll feel less nervous during the ceremony, it will help calm your nerves.” He tilted his head to observe Dawn. “I think he is right, you look so awful.”

Dawn squinted her eyes. “Just earlier you said that I am beautiful.” She glanced at the bottle. “A healer? You meant Aurel?”

She swore she wouldn’t eat anything that came from her, even if the potion was not poisonous, who knew if she spat in it?

“Of course not, knowing the bad blood between you two, there is no way Zenith will order her to make this potion,” Darius replied. “He asked a healer from our pack to make it. It was just delivered this morning, it should have been here last night, but there was a delay.”

Dawn stared at the bottle. “Thank you.”

“Oh, one thing…” Darius talked in a low voice. “Don’t tell Zenith that I just gave you the bottle this morning, okay? I lied to him last night saying I have already given you the potion.”

“Don’t tell me that the delay is because of you?” Dawn gave him a look and the gamma scratched his head, ruining his perfectly neat hair.

“Well… I was busy, you know, so I forgot to send a letter to the healer at the pack.”

Dawn chuckled. As long as this bottle didn’t come from Aurel, she was fine. “You owe me one, then.”

Darius grinned. “You are the best! Happy to have you as my luna!” He patted Dawn’s shoulder, but was chided by the maid again, because he was not even supposed to be here, let alone touch the bride!

“You are happy because there will be a lot of food.”

Darius widened his eyes, he feigned being offended. “I am not a foodie… I am truly happy for your union.” Dawn squinted her eyes. The gamma couldn’t care less about the union; that was the reason why he insisted on going with them to the capital city. “Well, to be fair, many people waited for this ceremony.”

“If you are done with your business, get out now, we still have a lot of things to do!” All the maids were anxious.

“Geez, I am the Gamma, but I am being shooed away. Royal maids are something else…” Darius got up and waved at Dawn, while she laughed.

Actually, with his presence and talking a bit with him, it helped her to calm her nerves. But, she still drank the potion after she was sure there was nothing worrying about the liquid inside this bottle.

It was thoughtful of Zenith to know that she would be very nervous and send this potion to her.

And he was right, this drink did help her to calm down a bit, she felt warm inside and her mood improved. She would ask what drink was this later.

There was one thing that Dawn felt slightly down about was the fact that her father was not here to see the ceremony, but at the end of the day, this was her decision.

“My lady, it is time,” one of the ladies said. She helped Dawn to stand up because the dress that she was wearing would make it difficult for her to walk, even so, she was expected to walk as gracefully as the princess she would be.

Today was not only a ceremony for the union between her and Zenith, but also a mark of the day, where she would be bestowed the title of the princess. Therefore, the procession would be long and tiring…

“Come, I will help you.”

“Thank you.”

“Don’t worry, my lady. I will remind you if you forget any steps of the procession.”

Dawn smiled. “That’s very comforting.”

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Ever since that day when the king was poisoned and Aurel didn’t have the ability to find a cure for him, she had been locking herself inside her bedroom.

She was waiting for that time, she was waiting for him to come looking for her, but even when the time came, he still didn’t find her and ask for her help like usual, thus the only way for her to know the reason was to look for him directly.

“Who allowed you to enter the room?” Zenith growled viciously when he saw Aurel was inside the bedroom. He was going to punish those incompetent guards who let her in.

Of course, Aurel used her status as the royal healer and a little bit of lies to be able to go through those guards.

“Why didn’t you come to me? Why didn’t you look for me?” Aurel asked directly, because she knew Zenith hated it when someone talked in a roundabout manner.

“Get out of this room. I don’t need your service anymore.” Zenith’s eyes turned darker when Aurel tried to approach him. Thankfully, the healer stopped her advances seeing how viciously the alpha glared at her.

“How?” Aurel couldn’t understand. “There is no way you didn’t need that anymore.” She shook her head. “Come here. I will alleviate your pain. I will…”

“Guards!” Zenith had enough of her.

“Zen, don’t be difficult, you will be hurting yourself if you refuse!” Aurel became a little bit panicked when the guards entered the room to escort her out. She wanted to stay, but she wanted to keep her dignity too. It wouldn’t look good if she was seen dragged out of the room. “You know how important this is for you! You know that it’s only me who can help you!”

Aurel was desperate.

“What are you waiting for?!” Zenith wanted to drag Aurel out himself, but he didn’t want to touch her. He was not willing to touch another woman right before the ceremony between him and Dawn.

“I care for you!”

“Then tell me what the concoction is.”

Aurel didn’t answer that.

“I see.”

“You will not look for me if I tell you.” Aurel looked miserable.