Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North
Chapter 88: HER LONELY BACK

Chapter 88: HER LONELY BACK

FIRST LIFE

(((ZENITH’S POV)))

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Zander was frustrated when Zenith changed the whole plan because of Dawn. They were supposed to use Dawn’s death as an opportunity to meddle with the problems in the Moonlight pack, but because Zenith decided not to mate and mark her, their plan wouldn’t work anymore.

Thus, instead of going on with their original plan, Zenith mated and marked one of the council’s daughters. Of course, this caused an uproar because people knew about the decree from the king and that Zenith was supposed to mate with Dawn.

Moreover, the practice of having more than one woman had been eradicated decades ago under the rule of King Cane, their father. And what Zenith had done was tantamount to wanting to bring the old practice back.

It caused so much problem in the court. Some people were elated, because they were still thinking it was ridiculous to have only one woman. Now what Zenith had done would lead to a better change. Not to mention he was part of the royal family, thus the impact was unthinkable.

Zenith’s supporters cheered at his decision to take a mistress, but Zander’s people cursed at him.

"You are so close to getting me to kill you, Zen," Zander said grimly. He disagreed with Zenith’s decision, but there was nothing much he could do at this point since he had already mated and marked Alia.

Therefore, it was inevitable that they would have the ceremony next.

For Alia’s dissatisfaction, she didn’t get the royal ceremony. It was only a small ceremony that was held privately, just to mark their union. Zander’s supporters felt it was more than enough, because they couldn’t flaunt Zenith’s infidelity in public. On the other hand, Zenith couldn’t care less about the ceremony.

"What are you going to do with the Moonlight pack?" Zander asked. He put on his golden mask again, a sign that he was very pissed and didn’t want his brother to read his facial expression. "All the dirty deals are still happening in their harbor. We can’t do much without hard proof."

"I got in contact with Alex, their gamma."

"You meant their beta?" Zander corrected him. "Jason became the Alpha shortly after you brought Dawn from that pack."

"He is still the gamma. Jason put his son as his beta," Zenith said, and shot his twin a look because he was not updated about the current situation.

"Hey, there are a lot of things I have to handle, I simply forgot that little detail, okay?" He raised both of his arms. "Is he trustworthy?"

"Let’s see."

After that, Zenith returned with his bride, the woman that he had mated and marked, to the north. It had been a year and from the reports he got, Dawn was still the same. She refused to go out and spent most of her time inside the room.

She still hated being there. There was no letter from her either for the last year.

Zenith didn’t expect anything when he returned, because he accepted that Dawn didn’t care enough about him and even hated him. But he was a bit surprised when he saw her among the other people, who were waiting for him.

She looked upset and... hurt, especially when she saw Alia. Why would she be when she despised him? She was no longer asking about her father, nor was she pestering him for any news related to her father.

All the people in the pack cheered and gushed when they saw Alia’s beauty. They were very happy to have her as their luna, but Zenith’s eyes were on Dawn’s retreating back. That back looked lonely...

After that, Zenith started sneaking into her bedroom and often watched her sleeping. She looked skinnier and there would always be this furrow between her brows.

Sometimes, Zenith would stay for a few minutes, but other times, he would stay until early morning, but he had never approached her during the day, thus no one knew about this, aside from all the warriors or the servants that happened to see him go in and out of her bedroom.

Yet, no one told Dawn about this. From what Zenith knew, people always said that she was a little bit off.

However, hearing this news, Alia was very upset.

"You don’t come to my room, but you go to that bitch’s room every night?!" Alia screamed at Zenith, she stormed into Zenith’s study room and yelled at him.

Zenith’s eyes darkened, he waved his hand to gesture for his beta and gamma to leave them alone, which they gladly did.

"Watch what you say."

"What? Am I wrong?!" Alia was furious. "You didn’t touch me ever since you mated and marked me! People are asking about a baby, but how can I carry your child if you don’t even visit me?!"

Alia was being hysterical right now and it was understandable because she was not getting the treatment that she deserved, which led to her exploding, and she let out all her grievances.

By this time, it had been a year and half since she came to the northern pack.

"Why are you doing this to me!?" Alia went to hug Zenith. "I love you and I accept you... but, why do you do this to me?"

"Love me?" Zenith found the word too foreign in his ears. It was almost laughable. "By reporting my every movement?"

Zenith’s supporters started to feel there was something wrong and suspected Zander and Zenith were in cahoots. They started to get suspicious that the two brothers actually worked together and Alia was there to report everything.

"Are you telling them about our dead bedroom too?"

The arms that wrapped around his body stiffened. Zenith knew that he had said the right thing. "Wh- what do you mean?"

After that, Alia stayed in her bedroom. Zenith said that she was sick, but it was not usual for a shifter to get sick.

"If the Luna is sick, why don’t you let Aurel check on her, Alpha?" Fern suggested one day, but Zenith didn’t say anything, only when she left did he turn to look at Darius.

"Aurel is still here?" Zenith thought she returned to the capital city after their ’business’ was done.

Darius shook his head helplessly. "It seems she never entered your eyes, but it is very callous of you not to notice her all this time."

Zenith paid no mind to that. He had another thing to take care of. He needed to get rid of Alia.

Two years after Alia entered the northern pack, she was found dead when she took a walk, falling victim to the monster attack.

It was an accident, since there were so many monster attacks in the north, but not everyone believed that easily, yet they didn’t have any proof to say otherwise.

Once again, there was a turmoil between the two parties, but this time, Zenith lost so many supporters and there were also many people who came to kill him, as they believed he had been deceiving them all this time.

On the day of Alia’s funeral, there were two attempts to kill Zenith, thankfully, Thean had been well prepared.

However, when they thought Zenith was in great danger and couldn’t do anything, he actually held a ceremony for him and Dawn.

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