Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North
Chapter 84: A SMILE APPEARED ON HIS LIPS

Chapter 84: A SMILE APPEARED ON HIS LIPS

FIRST LIFE

(((ZENITH’S POV)))

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Zenith didn’t remember that little girl anymore, because after he returned to the palace, he fell sick and told his mother, Iris, about what happened.

The queen then told him that Dawn was safe and the funeral for the luna of the Moonlight pack would be held in two days. During that time, Zenith was in and out of consciousness several times, while his mother stayed by his side to neutralize his beast’s aggressiveness.

Zenith forgot about Dawn and his life went as usual, until a big change happened in the capital city when his father fell sick and Zander didn’t have any other choice, but to step in to take the throne, where he was crowned as the king at the age of sixteen.

On the same day after his coronation, their parents, the previous king and queen, and also their younger sister, went to the Andelus continent to seek a cure for their father’s illness.

Things started to take a drastic turn for them. The people, who worked for their father started to rebel because they couldn’t accept the coronation.

Many people voiced their displeasure.

Zander was too young. The previous king handed over his responsibilities to his immature son too soon. Zenith was way more capable than Zander to take care of the state affairs. Zander had so many flaws. Zenith should help more.

There was so much pressure, too many schemes and turmoil inside the palace and the court. It was too much for two sixteen year olds to handle, despite the enormous help that they received from the people that were still loyal to their father and mother.

Still, it was not enough.

In addition, Zenith had to endure his episodes when his beast ran rampant. Before the queen left, she created a stone for him. It could calm down his beast whenever he was having his episodes.

However, something big happened when Zenith and Zander turned eighteen. That was the time when Zander found his destined mate.

She was a young and beautiful magic user from the Karam continent, but as it turned out, she was a spy.

Nobody really knew what happened the night Zander’s destined mate died. She was killed brutally and the prophecy about Zenith was sounded the same night. Not many people knew about the prophecy, but those who knew, believed it would come true.

Zenith would be killed by his own mate. The woman that he would mark. That was it.

After that night, Zander started to appear wearing a golden mask and Zenith was sent to the north to handle the monster attacks there.

The previous alpha of the north died during a monster attack and his sister couldn’t fill the role as the alpha, as she found her mate and had to move to the Karam Continent, because he was a merchant.

There were many conspiracies surrounding the death of Alpha Cezi, because at the same time he died, there were so many movements to get rid of Zander’s supporters, to the point, nobody was safe by his side.

At that time, the only solution that Zenith could think of was something Zander found too dangerous.

"You are putting your own life in danger, Zen," Zander said. He looked at his brother grimly. His expression was hidden under the golden mask, but Zenith didn’t need to see his face to know how pissed he was. "You are putting yourself out there as a target."

"To make it clear. You are the target, Zan. I am just a bait."

"This is crazy."

"Do you have another solution? People are dying out there while we are talking here." Zenith’s expression hardened. "The very people who followed you and pledged their loyalty to you blindly."

"I don’t want to give a death penalty to my own brother."

Zenith rolled his eyes. "Do you think I will allow you to give me that verdict?" He sighed deeply. "I only want to buy you enough time to gather and strengthen your power, once you are able to do so, you can get rid of those rats from the court."

They realized this fact that no matter how strong their father was, they wouldn’t be able to achieve the same feat as him. The loyalty and respect of their father’s followers couldn’t be handed over as easily as when their father gave the crown to Zander.

"If you feel sorry for me, find a solution to get rid of those pests quickly." Zenith walked toward the door. "Once I step out, people will know that we are standing on opposite sides. Don’t pester me anymore."

That night, Zenith went to the north as per the decree of the king. People saw this as a punishment from the king for whatever happened the night Zander’s destined mate died.

People thought Zenith had something to do with the death of the future queen, but no one would be able to know for sure, aside from the two of them.

Those people who opposed Zander joined Zenith, as they rallied behind him to put him on the throne, but with that, Zenith was able to know all the people who opposed Zander. He was also privy to their schemes.

However, he couldn’t be so blatant with this, because it would be very obvious Zenith played them if every plan that they hatched ended up failing.

Zenith and Zander had to play this excruciatingly painful and complicated game for so long, until the king had the real power to get rid of them from their roots in one movement, not allowing them to retaliate anymore.

Zenith completely forgot about his encounter with that little girl and his first murder, because after that, he killed so many people in the dark.

Until one day, when Alpha Tony came to borrow his warriors to help him control the protest in the west. There was a coup there and Alpha Tony volunteered to control the unrest.

By that time, people had known Zenith for his unforgiving and merciless nature, thus it was only right for him that he demanded a hefty compensation if his warriors died under Alpha Tony’s command. Unfortunately, none of them returned.

Only when Zenith finally came to the Moonlight pack to collect the debt and take Alpha Tony to the capital city for trial, did he meet with Dawn again for the first time after so many years.

Eleven years had passed by the point he saw her again. The little girl with red eyes that hugged him tightly, while still trembling in fear. She had grown up to be a beautiful young woman, a fierce one.

However, she didn’t seem to remember him at all. It was understandable...

"Zen, I don’t feel good about this plan. Alpha Tony has a young daughter. She has no one aside from her father," Darius said. He didn’t feel good about separating the daughter and the father.

However, Zenith decided to keep going with the original plan and for years, Dawn kept trying to approach Zenith whenever he came to this pack. She tried so many ways to get to him and to his amusement, he enjoyed seeing her struggle.

Zenith would always be there, standing just behind the curtain, everytime Dawn climbed the wall before one of his warriors caught her, only she would do it again the next time.

A smile appeared on his lips.