Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 76

Chapter 76: LOST TRACK OF TIME
***** Zenith’s first life *****

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***Dawn’s POV***

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“Zen, Axel has been looking for you, you need to see him. There is something urgent from the capital city,” Aurel said hurriedly.

“Okay, you can leave.” Zenith nodded.

“But, you need to come now.”

“You can leave.” Zenith emphasized his answer.

Aurel looked like she wanted to retort, but knowing Zenith, she knew it would only annoy him, thus she nodded and left, but not before she threw a nasty look at Dawn.

Dawn didn’t understand why Aurel hated her so much when the interaction between them could be counted with only one hand.

And from the way she talked to Zenith, it seemed, the two of them were close. Obviously, the healer was close with beta Axel and gamma Darius too.

“I will walk you back to your bedroom.”

That was it. Zenith walked her back to her bedroom and after that, he didn’t come to take her to the dining hall again.

Dawn took the initiative to get her breakfast in the dining hall, but Zenith was not there. From what Pyllo said, the alpha was very rarely seen eating together with the other people.

It was not common to see the alpha in the dining hall.

Therefore, Dawn could draw a conclusion, he only did it when he introduced her. With this thought, she didn’t feel really bad to think Zenith had never asked her to eat in the dining hall, since he was not there either.

However, Zenith didn’t see her again until a day before their ceremony, he came to her because they would need to greet the king.

This was the first time for Dawn to see the king. She heard rumor about him and his golden mask, but she had never seen him in person.

Even though you couldn’t see his face, but the aura around him was very intimidating. Dawn found herself cowered behind Zenith’s back.

“So, this is her?”

“Yes.”

And that was it. That was the only interaction Dawn got from the king, because after that, she returned to her bedroom and was busy for the ceremony the next day.

“If only you gained a little bit more weight, you will look pretty,” Fern said. “I mean, you already look beautiful.”

“Yes, her skin looked paler. You need to exercise more, Dawn,” Pyllo chimed in.

“This white dress will look good on miss Aurel,” Kynes said. “I didn’t mean this dress doesn’t suit you, but miss Aurel has a pair of beautiful green eyes.”

Dawn didn’t understand what she meant with that, sometime, her mind would go blank and she couldn’t grasp the hidden meaning behind their passive aggressive comment.

Dawn fiddled with her fingers. She wanted the ceremony to end quickly. She didn’t want to hear their comment anymore or to be surrounded by people. She wanted to curl herself on the bed and close her eyes.

Thankfully, the ceremony went well without any hiccups. Dawn smiled to all the people, who congratulated her, but it felt very fake, because she could see how they disliked the fact that she was the luna of the pack.

They would flock around Aurel, talking about something while glancing at her direction. Of course, they did it subtly without the alpha noticing it, because he was busy talking with the king. From the look on their faces, it seemed something serious.

But, Dawn was grateful because after that, the alpha came to her and get her out of the party, going straight to the alpha’s bedroom.

“You are going to stay in this room. If you don’t like it, you can décor this place as you like,” Zenith said. He took off his cloak and looked a little bit annoyed. “I will clean up first.”

After that, Zenith went to the bathroom.

Meanwhile, Dawn looked around her, this room looked rather dull, but she found all of her clothes there. He must have asked someone to move all of her belongings here.

Dawn waited for Zenith to come out, so she could clean herself too. Tonight would be a long night. She had prepared herself for what would happen after.

But when she waited for Zenith, someone knocked on the door. No one should bother them now.

“Yes?” Dawn went to the door and immediately know that it was Aurel. She could smell her scent. “Do you need something?”

Dawn caught Aurel’s surprise expression, she must have expected Zenith to open the door.

“I…” She was hesitated, but then she gave Dawn a genuine smile. “I know that this is not the right timing, but I want you to know that I am truly sorry for the way I treated you all this time. I hope we can be a good friend in the future.”

“Okay.” Dawn didn’t expect anything from her and her curt answer put Aurel in an awkward situation. She talked something else more, but Dawn didn’t really hear it. She was not even sure what she was talking about until she left and she closed the door to find Zenith was done with his bath.

“You don’t need to talk to her if you don’t want to.”

“Okay.”

Dawn then went to the bathroom, her mind was not in the right place and she didn’t even realize the way Zenith stared at her.

The alpha deep blue eyes darkened a little bit.

Meanwhile, Dawn was lost track of time in her own mind when she dipped herself inside the bath up, until she heard someone opened the door and saw the alpha stood in front of her.

“How long do you want to dip in?”

“What?” Dawn was confused.

“Do you want to avoid the next procession?”

Dawn didn’t understand what he was talking about. “I need to clean myself.”

“For three hours?”

“Three hours?”

Dawn furrowed her brows, but Zenith had left her there alone with her confusion. She didn’t think that she had been here for three hours, but when she checked, Zenith was right. She didn’t realize three hours had passed.

“I am sorry, alpha.”

Dawn approached Zenith, she stood in front of him with only her robe. There were going to do it after all, there was no need to put on dress.

For a moment, Zenith only stared at her and she lost herself in those deep blue eyes.

“You don’t want to do it.”

“I want it.”

If in the past Dawn would chase after him to ask about her father, Dawn right now didn’t even know what she wanted or what the purpose of her life. She walked, ate, drank and talked without feeling anything.

“Come here.”

Dawn approached Zenith and stood in front of him. He was very tall and muscular and when he put his hand on her nape, she was sure he could snap her neck. Somehow, there was this intrusive thought where she imagined the alpha did it. So, she could stop feeling this numbness.

Slowly, Zenith lowered his head and he pressed his lips against hers.

How long it had been since the last time someone held her like this? How long it had been since the last time someone kissed her or paid any attention to her?