Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: DEATH SENTENCE
FIRST LIFE

(((ZENITH’S POV)))

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Ogregon continent was in utter chaos again, but right now it came from the north. Alpha Zenith massacred the whole people in his pack and only left his mate untouched after the death of his son.

People talked about this and the rumor that spread around became more and more furthest from the truth.

They were mortified with the demise of the northern pack, but at the same time, they wanted to hear more about the story of the alpha, who went insane because of the grief.

This would be written in the history and there wouldn’t be any justification for what Zenith had done.

However, after that night, the alpha had gone. He vanished. There was no one knew about his whereabouts. A lot of the royal warriors had gathered in the north, but they couldn’t find him at all. There was no sign from him and there was no clue about where he had gone.

People were scared, because they believed the alpha had gone crazy and would start with his killing spree again.

Everyone demanded for the king to give a death sentence for his own brother. Despite the revelation and the fact that they had been working together all this time, people didn’t trust Zenith anymore. They wanted him to be dead.

There were so many conspiration theories that circle around among the people.

The tension and the demand didn’t cease down at all ever since they learned about what happened in the north.

Three months later, the king finally issued his verdict to kill alpha Zenith.

“I have told you so many times not to let me issued a death sentence to my own brother,” Zander said grimly, as he stood in front of Zenith.

The wind from the harbor blew coldly and in the distance, they could see the ship that was approaching.

“How could you end up like this?” Zander couldn’t understand.

Zenith didn’t need to kill his whole pack, he only needed to kill those, who took responsibility for the death of his son.

Apparently, it was his own warriors that had done it. They didn’t know that the result would be like this, because in their mind, they were helping Fern to save their future alpha from the clutch of his abusive mother.

Yes, people thought Dawn was abusive because Fern had spread the rumor.

Apparently, two of the warriors took Rex near the forest when he played hide and seek with his mother and told him to hide there, while they were waiting for Fern, so the old lady could play with Rex, but they didn’t realize when Rex wandered off and entered the forest ground alone.

Fern did show up very late, because Dawn made a big ruckus when she figured Rex was not around and after that, the situation escalated out of control.

“Dawn?” Zenith asked.

His face was covered under the hoodie of thick cloak that he was wearing. His ship was already here and probably this was the last time he would be in this continent.

“She is in a good hand. Someone from her pack took her back.” Zander glared at Zenith, he didn’t know whether he had to hate his brother for his impulsive action, or he had to remind him about the prophecy.

Yes, he was not literally dead, just like what it mentioned in the prophecy, but it seemed death would sound more merciful for him right now.

“Don’t you want to say something?” Zander asked when Zenith turned around to leave.

But, there was nothing. Zenith didn’t want to say anything. He only had one goal in his mind; to find Aurel. That wench was the main reason of all these misunderstandings and all the unnecessary pain that he and Dawn had to endure.

The healer returned to Andelus continent the moment she learned that Zenith had killed the whole pack in one night.

Probably, she could sense his wrath from afar and no matter how much she loved him, there was no way she would wait for him to kill her.

Called this an intuition, but Aurel seemed to know that Zenith would come after her.

The reason why Zenith had to leave this continent was because he needed to avoid Zander’s death sentence and also because he needed to get his hand on her.

“I guess not.” Zander clicked his tongue, as he watched Zenith’s retreating back. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Tonight was a full moon and the reflection of the moon could be seen on the surface of the dark sea. Once again, Zander lost his people…

“Am I cursed to be alone?” The king wondered.

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It took seven days for Zenith to reach Andelus continent. Thankfully, he paid close attention to his lesson about Andel language when he was little, therefore, there was no problem for him to be here on his own.

This continent had changed since the last time he was here… was it twenty years ago? Twenty two years ago? Zenith couldn’t remember, but it didn’t seem like it would be a matter.

Zenith sat in a restaurant in his inn and chose a table close to the window, where he was waiting for someone.

It had been so long since the last time he met with her and even wrote to her.

And there, someone entered the restaurant, her scent reached him and when he turned his head, he saw a young woman with bright blue eyes and curly, auburn hair that reached her waist breezed in.

She looked regal, calm and composed, as if there was nothing in this whole world could disturb her peace.

Her scent felt very familiar and he sensed this feeling of longing. It was so weird, since he had not felt anything ever since that bloody night.

However, instead of a warm hug or anything like that when she finally reached him, that woman actually kicked his leg, she looked so mad, but worried at the same time.

“What have you done, Zen?!” She hissed in low voice and scooted over to sit next to him, so she could pinch or punch him as she pleased, showing how mad she was.

“Long time no see, Zaya.”

“Long time no see my ass, you just annihilated the whole pack! How could you do that?!” Zaya gritted her teeth, but when Zenith didn’t say anything, she took a deep breath to calm her emotions and then gave a brief checked up on her big brother. “Are you, okay?” Concern laced her voice.

No. He was anything, but fine.

“Tell me where is Aurel. She has returned around three weeks ago.”

Zaya narrowed her eyes, her blue eyes looked very sharp and despite how docile she appeared, one should know not to mess with her.

“What? Do you want to kill her?”

Zenith looked at her dead in the eyes and replied. “Yes.”

“Reason?”

Zenith didn’t want to recall what happened, but Zaya wouldn’t budge with a simple explanation and currently, she was his best bet.

“You are so stupid, Zen. I have told you that you are very trusting. People have their own mind. You are just like father.”