Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 68

Chapter 68: DEPRESSING REALITY
***** Zenith’s first life *****

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***Dawn’s POV***

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Dawn was inconsolable for a few days. She refused to eat and drink. She felt so ashamed for what her father had done and now the people in this pack looked down on her even more for a sin she didn’t even commit.

On the other hand, while Julia was being cursed to death by the pack members, Emily actually came out of this whole ordeal unscathed. She gained people’s sympathy and appeared as a delicate girl, who kept apologizing for what her mother had done.

But people said it was not her fault.

If it was not Emily’s fault, how could they think it was Dawn’s fault? She was as innocent as her too! The hypocrisy there was appalling.

Ava and Lyra came to check on her occasionally, while Blake had stayed with her the whole time, but eventually, it took a toll on him, as he felt unhappy with this situation and even more with Dawn. She had been feeling down for weeks.

Blake could understand if she was sad for a week or two, but it was almost two months and she barely got off the bed. She was literally a living corpse.

“I don’t want it, Blake,” Dawn said, pushing Blake away from her when his kiss implied other intentions. He had been making a fuss about mating and marking her, though he knew Dawn didn’t want to do that without a ceremony. But, Beta Jason didn’t want to give them one, saying they were too young.

That was bullshit.

“You can’t punish me for what my father did, Dawn,” Blake growled in frustration. “You won’t let me mate and mark you, what kind of mates are we?”

“Not now Blake, I am not in the right mind.”

However, Blake didn’t listen, he literally pinned her down and tried to mark her forcefully, but Dawn snapped at him.

“Get away from me!” Dawn roared, she used her alpha’s voice to get him off her.

Blake was startled and then stopped. He stormed out of the room and it made Dawn feel so bad for what she had done to him.

“Dawn, it has been two months, you should get over it,” Blake said one day, because he was tired of taking care of her. He wanted the happy and cheerful Dawn back.

Dawn sat down and looked at Blake. She knew that he started being impatient with her. She could feel it, but she couldn’t bring herself to act like everything had returned to normal, especially when Beta Jason decided it was a good idea for Emily and Julia to return to the alpha’s quarters and every time Dawn opened her door, she would be reminded of her father’s infidelity.

She looked up to her father so much, his betrayal broke her in a way she couldn’t describe, she felt like she was hurt on behalf of her mother as well.

“You can leave, Blake. I thank you for always being here with me, but you can go out and do whatever you want. I need a bit more time.”

“It has been two months, Dawn.” Blake was frustrated. “Emily also has her own problems, but she is not drowning herself in misery.”

Dawn didn’t even have the energy to fight him. “Don’t compare me with her,” she said, as she laid down on the bed again. It upset her especially when he also mentioned her name.

Blake was pissed. “I am in a hard position too. Do you think I can just walk away from you? What will people say? Do you want me to look bad?”

“I want you to leave my room,” Dawn said firmly, she opened her eyes and Blake felt flustered with the hatred that he could see there.

“Fine, I will do whatever I please!”

After that, Blake didn’t return for the next three days, after that, he would come occasionally. Sometimes, he would treat her gently, but other times, he would look sad and often, he would look like he was uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, time went by in a flash and Alpha Zenith’s entourage was due to arrive in three days. It had been years since the last time he was here.

Dawn had been waiting for this moment and when she heard the alpha would come, she found the strength to get up from the bed and prepared herself. It had been ages since she came out of her shell and the pack house looked lively, but at the same time, the atmosphere was very depressing.

The reason for this was; they had to let go of their sweet Emily, since she would leave with Alpha Zenith to be his chosen mate.

All of them felt bad for her and Emily played her part as a pitiful girl very well, garnering a lot of compassion.

But, unlike them, Dawn was waiting for Alpha Zenith’s arrival. She really wanted to get closure about her father. She wanted to hear Emily was his father’s daughter with Julia herself, that he had betrayed her mother all this time.

She wanted to stop thinking about ‘what ifs’… if she had to hate her father for what he had done, she didn’t want to have second thoughts about whether or not her father was innocent in this matter.

“You dolled up because Alpha Zenith is coming?” Blake asked, as he entered the room, looking upset. It must be one of the days where he was in a very bad mood.

“Don’t start it, Blake.” Dawn was already very tired, she didn’t want to spend her energy on fighting with him. “You know exactly the reason why I am waiting for him. Stop your nasty thoughts.”

Blake glared at Dawn, but she ignored him. She didn’t doll up like he accused her, she simply looked more presentable than her ‘living corpse’ state.

When Blake left, Dawn took a deep breath, she knew that she had been awful to Blake, she would make it up to him later.

“Alpha Zenith is here,” Lyra said, as she entered Dawn’s room.