Replacement Bride for the Alpha of the North
Chapter 98: THE END OF BEGINNING

Chapter 98: THE END OF BEGINNING

FIRST LIFE

(((ZENITH’S POV)))

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Their father was a good king, but there was a time when his judgment was clouded, because he was too trusting of his own people.

It was not like they would mean harm to their father intentionally, but people had their own minds and they had no control over the way they thought.

They might think what they had done was in their king or alpha’s best interests when as it turned out, it only brought more calamity than good. After all, every individual interpreted loyalty differently.

Their father also made the same mistake in the past once. Too trusting of his subjects...

"Zaya, where are we going?" Aurel asked, she was close to Zaya and every time she returned to the Andelus Continent, she would come visit her and chat with her.

After all, Zaya was Zenith and Zander’s sister and Aurel just wanted to get close to her, thinking of her as her own sister.

"There is someone who wants to see you," Zaya said calmly, as she led Aurel in the direction of the forest, where the Great Shrine was located.

For years, this place had never been visited. They didn’t dare to get into this forest without a map, because one could get lost for eternity there. This forest held so much magic, and it wouldn’t allow just anyone to enter.

"Zaya, we are going too close to the forbidden forest," Aurel said, as she crept closer to Zaya. As a healer, she didn’t hold any magic power, she would be in great trouble if she were to get lost here.

"Don’t worry, we are almost there," Zaya replied, her expression didn’t change at all.

"Who wants to see me?" Aurel asked. She was actually terrified about getting stuck in this forest after the sunset, but because it was Zaya’s request, she couldn’t turn her down.

"There." Zaya nodded to the darkness before them. "That was the person who wanted to see you." They stopped walking and aside from rows after rows of big trees on their left and right, Aurel couldn’t see anything.

"Who?" Aurel narrowed her eyes, trying to place the person that Zaya had pointed out through the thick darkness.

At first, it was only a silhouette, but then his figure could be seen, but before this person could be seen clearly under the moonlight, Aurel could already guess who that was.

She shrieked and was about to run away when Zaya created a protection rune around her, trapping the healer with her magic.

"Zaya! What is the meaning of this?!"

Zaya shrugged. "I thought you would be happy to see my brother." She looked at Aurel innocently. "I wanted to surprise you, don’t you want to thank me?"

Aurel became frantic. She tried to get away from Zaya’s magic, but she couldn’t. She was only a healer after all.

"Zaya! I thought we were friends..."

"I thought you liked my brother."

Aurel was crying at this point, she blabbered nonsense, or probably, she tried to beg for mercy, but seeing the coldness in Zenith’s eyes, she knew right away there was no mercy for her.

"He is going to kill me..." Aurel then turned to look at Zaya. "He is going to kill me... how can you help him kill me? We are in the Holy Kingdom... you can’t do this to me..."

"Well, he is my brother," Zaya stated simply. But then she approached the barrier and her voice turned cold. "You should have thought thrice before messing with my brother’s mate."

After saying that, Zaya turned to look at Zenith and warned him that she didn’t want to get involved in this.

"Don’t give me more trouble, okay?" She approached Zenith and kissed his cheek. She hugged him tightly. "I am sorry about what happened."

Zenith hugged Zaya back briefly. "Take care, Za."

And with that, the two siblings parted ways and once Zaya disappeared, the barrier around Aurel vanished as well.

The healer immediately tried to run away. This must be the first time for her to turn in the other direction from Zenith.

However, Zenith didn’t have time to play with her, as his claws elongated and they pierced through her chest. He literally crushed her heart.

Aurel kept apologizing, but Zenith couldn’t hear her voice, because all of Aurel’s memories started flooding his mind and now he learned everything that she had done.

He wanted to kill her over and over if that was possible, but he knew the only person that should be blamed was him.

However, the moment Aurel’s blood dropped to the ground and death claimed her life, something happened. Zenith’s surroundings shifted and the wind became very harsh.

This was sacred land, the forest where the great shrine was. There shouldn’t be a murder here, there shouldn’t be blood that was spilled.

Zaya certainly didn’t know about this, because she wouldn’t have brought Aurel here and let Zenith kill her, knowing it would put her brother in danger.

Zenith stared at his hands that were covered in blood, while Aurel’s lifeless body fell to the ground. The wind howled so loudly and that was the last time for Zaya to see him.

Zenith disappeared. No one had ever seen him again, the same was the case with Aurel’s body.

Zaya didn’t think much about it, because she thought her brother had probably gone into hiding, but years passed and there was no sign of him.

Zander tried to figure out whether Zenith had returned to the Ogregon continent, but it didn’t seem so. Neither of them could find anything about their other sibling.

Meanwhile, Zenith was being punished for the murder he had committed in the sacred land. The torture and pain never stopped. He was not sure whether it was day or night. He couldn’t breathe, it was suffocating, as if he was under the water, but he couldn’t die either...

His agony continued for so long, until a hand grabbed him and pulled him out of this misery and the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a pair of beautiful blue eyes.

For a moment, Zenith was stunned, because it had been so long since the last time he saw her.

"Mother..." he muttered, utterly exhausted.

The woman smiled and kissed the tip of his nose and once she did that, his pain subsided significantly. For the first time after such a long time, Zenith could finally breathe.

The pain became more bearable.

And the moment Zenith opened his eyes, he was standing in front of a small house. The night was so quiet.

But nothing mattered because right at this moment, her sweet scent was the only thing that mattered to him.

Zenith entered the house. He expected to see her and there she was... she looked different, a little bit older and haggard, her beauty was hidden beneath the pain in her eyes.

"I came back. I promise to fix this."

Dawn had been waiting for him, but she had more for him. A silver dagger in her hand found its way into Zenith’s chest.

However, after the endless torture, this pain was nothing.

Zenith pressed the dagger deeper into his own chest, so he could hug her a little closer.

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