Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North
Chapter 96: NO MERCY

Chapter 96: NO MERCY

FIRST LIFE

(((ZENITH’S POV)))

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The funeral for their little one came and went just like that. Zenith was not sure what happened after that, because everything was a blur to him.

He didn’t even remember how many hours he spent just sitting at his desk, staring at the reports before his eyes without understanding a word written in them, because all he could see was the mangled body of his son.

The beast inside him was on a rampage, he felt like he was going crazy.

And when he checked on Dawn, the only thing she said was; ’why didn’t you believe me when I said our son had gone missing? If only you had believed me, my son would still be here with me.’

Dawn only said that single sentence, but he never knew that Dawn came to him for a second time just to make him go looking for Rex.

"What’s all that about?" Zenith finally asked Axel. Because he would never put a meeting above the safety of his son.

Dawn didn’t need to come to him for a second time to tell him about Rex going missing for Zenith to go looking for their son.

Darius glanced at Axel. He knew what happened, but he also knew what would happen next if Axel admitted his error.

"Zen..." Darius tried his best to deescalate the situation, it had been a stressful week and the gloominess had been hanging above their heads, but Axel beat him to it and knelt down.

"I am sorry." Axel took full responsibility for his mistake. He was the one who turned Dawn away and didn’t take the matter seriously. He was racked with guilt when he realized his mistake had cost his alpha’s son’s life.

"What have you done?"

Zenith looked calm and collected, but one could see it was only a matter of time before his feral side showed its ugly side.

"I am sorry, Zen. I am truly sorry." Axel then explained what actually happened.

He asked for forgiveness, but he was well aware that he didn’t deserve any. No amount of apologizing or feeling repentant could compensate for his mistake.

However, after hearing everything his beta said, Zenith still remained exceptionally calm. He approached Axel, who was still kneeling down.

There was one thing that not many people knew about him. Not even his beta and gamma. It was the fact that he could see a person’s full memory when he killed them.

Their life would flash before his eyes when Zenith took their life. He would own all the information and thoughts of the person that he killed.

Only Zander knew about this apart from himself.

"What else have you done?" Zenith asked when he finally stopped in front of a kneeling Axel.

"I am sorry, Zen. I didn’t mean to..."

"I don’t believe you," Zenith said. He then grabbed Axel’s hair and in one swift movement, he ripped his head apart from his body.

It happened very fast, Darius didn’t even have time to discern what he just saw when Zenith came to him and plunged his sharp claws into his chest and crushed his heart. There was no retaliation whatsoever from the gamma when his body fell to the ground lifelessly.

Both their memories came flooding in Zenith’s mind. He saw through their memories and learned what Fern had fed them about Dawn to the point they hated his mate.

Fern talked so badly about Dawn, pictured her as an annoying person saying how she demanded all ridiculous things they couldn’t afford and how Dawn would throw a tantrum if she didn’t get her way.

This was ridiculous and from Darius and Axel’s memories, Zenith learned something very disturbing; the whole pack had been talking about his mate. False rumors had spread around like a wildfire, and people believed them blindly. Even those who had never met Dawn personally.

Who had started this? Was this the truth?

His beast took over his consciousness. The only thing that Zenith wanted was to find the truth. The whole truth. He wanted to know what people had seen, what people had heard and what people were thinking about his mate.

And without him knowing it, Zenith had let loose his beast. He didn’t even try to control it, as it killed everyone that he knew, everyone that he saw. It was a bloody night, where so many people died.

Dead bodies littered the ground, the floor, the corridor, each room of the pack house and beyond that.

The whole pack was slaughtered.

This was the first time Zenith let his beast loose and he didn’t have any intention to reign in his rage and as a result, the whole pack was slaughtered within a night.

And now, Zenith knew the whole truth. All the lies.

When he had been scheming against those people, who tried to bring calamity to this kingdom, his people had been fabricating lies, painting his mate in a bad light, feeding her with poison to mess up her mind, but when she reacted, she was the villain.

Fern had always lied to him when she said that Dawn didn’t want to see him. She had lied to him when she said Dawn hated their baby and there were so many lies that Zenith didn’t realize and did not bother to check with Dawn himself.

Fern worked with Aurel. The healer was the one who provided her with the poison even when she was not here.

Dawn’s two personal servants also knew about this and they were all in it together.

The alpha had been fed with lies by his own people and now, these were the consequences.

Zenith learned the whole truth, but those people, who were responsible for everything, had already died. And now, there was nothing left for him.

Everything was very quiet, eerily quiet when the beast headed toward the sweetness of his mate. It was almost impossible to pick her scent amidst the thick smell of blood, but the beast was able to do it.

Through the crack of the door, he watched his mate sitting on the bed, unperturbed with everything that had been going on, as if nothing could bother her. She was at a loss. She was in a world that he couldn’t reach.

Blood dripped from the thick fur of the black beast, the blood of his pack members. His mind was heavy with guilt and the memories of the whole pack. The people he had killed.

And when the morning came and the rage of his beast had ceased, Zenith shifted into his human form. He walked into the room and approached his mate.

Dawn stared at him with her lifeless eyes. She didn’t even flinch when she saw how much blood Zenith had on him.

"I am sorry, Dawn. I am really sorry..." Zenith said. He knelt down and reached out his hand to grab hers, but she pulled away.

"You killed my son..." Dawn said in a small voice, but her expression didn’t change at all, as if she had been chanting this word for so many times. "You killed my son... monster. Monster..."

Zenith knew that his wretched life was beyond salvation. There was no mercy for him...

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