Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 95

Chapter 95: THE GUT WRENCHING SIGHT
FIRST LIFE

(((ZENITH’S POV)))

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Axel took the matter into his hand, thinking that this was one of her episodes, where she was trying to get an attention from the alpha, despite had been told that Zenith couldn’t be bothered at this moment.

The beta had observed Dawn all this time and he was a little bit irritated with the way she acted recently.

Therefore, instead of disturbing the meeting and telling Zenith what was going on, he went outside to meet with Dawn directly and told her that the alpha couldn’t be bothered.

“He is in the middle of an important meeting. You need to leave now,” Axel said.

“Have you told Zenith about this?” Dawn looked panic and Axel almost fell for it.

“I have.” No. He didn’t say a word to Zenith. “You need to leave now. He will dispatch a few warriors to come with you.”

Axel indeed sent a few warriors to help Dawn to search for Rex, thinking the little boy only played hide and seek like usual, but Dawn made a big of deal out of it when she couldn’t find him.

That was what the beta thought until the second report came from the warriors that informed him that they couldn’t find Rex anywhere and not long after, Dawn came again to ask for Zenith.

Only then, Axel realized the gravity of the situation and immediately informed Zenith about this.

Once Zenith learned about what was going on, he didn’t even have time to be angry with his beta as he immediately ensued orders to all the warriors, leaving the important meeting behind. Nothing was more important than this.

Zenith took the lead as he mobilized all the warriors in search of his son.

Later on, they found out that Rex had entered the forest, or to be specific, the untouched land, the nest of the monster in the north.

“I will find him,” Zenith said grimly when he watched how devastated Dawn was. She didn’t cry, but she had a hard time to breath. “Stay here…”

Zenith held her for a while, but he couldn’t stay for long because his son needed him. He had never been a proper father for him, neither he was a good mate for Dawn, but at the very least, he should be able to give them protection. Yet, he failed this too…

“No, I will go with you,” Dawn insisted.

“You can’t come with me, Dawn.”

“No. I will go with you.”

Zenith didn’t have time for this, he needed to leave soon, so in his frustration because Dawn was persistence, he raised his voice, which was not a solution at all.

“Enough! Stay here!”

Dawn stopped crying and looked at him, she was mortified, but Zenith had to leave. He would make it up to her later after he was sure that their son was safe.

More so, Dawn was barely able to hold her beast form, it would be the same as suicide if she came with him.

Therefore, after Zenith snapped at Dawn, he left her to head toward the untouched land.

However, it was not as easy to track down Rex, because it had been hours and there were so many scents in the air. It was so hard to get some clue about his whereabouts.

And the more time that passed without them knowing his whereabouts, the more slim the chance to find him alive.

Zenith was agitated, he could feel his beast was aggravated with the pressure of the situation and on the third day, the alpha couldn’t hold it anymore.

Zenith shifted into his black beast and ran rampant inside the untouched land. Not only he killed all the monsters that he could find, but he also killed the warriors that followed him there. He went crazy and didn’t know how to control this rage within him, until he felt it.

No. He saw it with his own eyes.

There was his son.

He was crouching down near a big tree, staring at Zenith with his blue eyes, hugging himself tightly. He looked so small.

However, there was something wrong with it. There was something not right. It felt different. His son felt different.

And the shock came after when the reality of the situation hit him so hard, his beast retreated to the back of his mind because the pain was unbearable. The agony was enough to suppress his beast’s rage…

His son was dead, he was seeing his spirit.

It crushed him, where words couldn’t describe.

Zenith approached his son’s spirit. He was staggering. He had never been this scared for his entire life, but this new feeling gripped his heart so tight.

“Rex…?” His voice was exceptionally small, shaking, as if it was not him, who was talking. He walked toward his son and Rex lifted his head. He looked at his father with tearful eyes.

‘Where is mommy? I want mommy.’

Zenith balled his fists, until his claws stabbed his palms and blood dripped from his hands, but there was no pain could be more painful than losing your own child.

“I will take you to mommy, okay?” Zenith knelt down in front of him, he reached out his hand to touch his son. It was very ironic when one thought about it.

When he could touch him, hold him and hug him, he never did, but now when he couldn’t even feel the heat from his little body, he was so desperate to reach to him.

What a failure he was. He let them down again and again.

“Can you tell me, where are you?” Zenith asked again with the voice that didn’t sound like him. He couldn’t touch his son. His spirit was there, but all he could feel was an empty air.

Rex wiped his tears and then nodded. He stood up.

‘I was in so much pain daddy,’ Rex said. ‘But, I am not in pain anymore…’

Zenith couldn’t hold it back, he bent his body and hollered. His whole body was shaking, he wanted the ground to split and swallow him. This pain was too much and he couldn’t bear it any longer.

His claws dug the ground and this anguish feeling racked his whole body. He felt his soul was crushed.

His son was in so much pain and he failed to protect him. How his son was crying in pain and begged someone to help him, but him as a father couldn’t do it.

He saved this kingdom from those filthy people, who wanted to take it down, but he couldn’t even save his own son.

How many times Rex cried for help? How much in pain he was when death came? And he was alone facing it.

Zenith failed. He was a failure…

Once he found his son’s body, there was nothing much left of him. He had seen more gruesome scene than this and even part of the reason the other person met their mortifying demise, but there was nothing more gut wrenching than the sight before his eyes.

It took more than a few hours for Zenith to get his bearing and wrapped whatever remaining of his son in his cloak and took him back to the pack.

Back to his mother…