When Lucianne and Xandar stepped into the building after Sebastian was out of sight, Lucianne paused in her steps and studied her mate in concern. Her small hand reached for his cheek, and she started stroking it with a cute, little thumb as she asked, “Are you okay, Xandar?”
Xandar didn’t know why Lucianne pulled him to a stop until he heard those words. He leaned into her touch and a smile graced his features at her concern for him. He then kissed her forehead and said in a husky voice, “Of course I am. I’m always okay when I’m with you.”
Despite the sparks, Lucianne narrowed her eyes and continued, “Really? So, that means you didn’t just throw a fit at Cummings back there and the other Cummings this morning. Both times when I was right next to you. And how about the time when&h
Xandar noticed that they were garnering curious stares, and he caressed his mate’s shoulders in hopes of soothing her a little as he suggested in a gentle voice, “How about we discuss this at my place, Lucy? We’ll see the number of Lycan warriors we need.”Lucianne nodded numbly, and started walking towards the door with Xandar leading the way. Christian and the alliance followed closely behind. They didn’t say a word to each other throughout the drive, not even when Xandar walked Lucianne into his home and then his office. She was worried, and understandably so. But she was also quiet because she was mentally strategizing their options to keep every pack and its members alive.The Duke and the alliance strode in with equally ominous expressions as they took their seats around the table with their King a
Lucianne sighed as she said, “You’re an Alpha, Tate. You have a duty to fight alongside your pack. You can’t just abandon them. And Juan, as Blue Crescent’s Alpha,” she locked eyes with her brother and declared in a tone which left no room for discussion, “will NOT be following me to Forest Gloom.”Before Juan could speak, Tate continued in the same gentle but firm voice, “Fine. Don’t take the Alphas or the Lunas. Take all the Gammas, at least.” Contemplative murmurs of agreement soon filled the room.That was actually a viable option. Their packs were strong, and Lucianne had taught more than one warrior in each pack about strategy. So, every strong pack actually already had at least one ‘spare Gamma’ to take charge whenever the Gamma wasn’t around.
Lucianne’s eyebrows raised at the Duke’s question, and she said, “That really depends on you, Christian. You can come with Xandar and I to Forest Gloom, or you can remain here to guard Annie while we’re gone.” “Annie?” The Duke’s expression hardened at the mention of his mate. Lucianne explained when the room fell silent, “I’m being honest with you here, Christian. I don’t know what the rogues have in mind. These…simultaneous attacks on the strongest packs could be a trap for anything. If the Tacticians had done their research, which I’m sure they would have, they’d know that we now have access to Lycan warriors to defend our packs. And they would know that you and Xandar would come with us to fight, just as you two joined us in the Jewel Pack. I don’t know if the declaration of rogue attacks is just to distract us. And I don’t k
The rogue across the river was Jake, Alpha Clement’s brother.Xandar’s features stiffened, and he emitted a low growl in Jake’s way for speaking to Lucianne in that flirtatious manner. Jake had short, black hair with a good build to match his flawless bad-boy look.His stormy-grey eyes studied the King only momentarily before his sights returned to Lucianne. “I heard that you got yourself a King, Lucy. Can’t say I’m surprised you managed that, given your ability to charm…”It was Lucianne’s turn to growl, which seemed to have turned on a switch in Jake as she spat, “Leave now, Jake. You know this won’t end well for you and your friends.” Xandar’s eyes widened in realization at the mention of
Silver.Lucianne shouted her lungs out as she charged for the next rogue, “Wolves! Watch out for silver! They’re coming! Ten blades! Maybe more!”Most rogues were stunned to hear that. Some of them even got distracted as they exchanged glances with each other and linked, ‘How did she know?’. Their people with the blades haven’t even come out of the forest yet.The wolves defending Forest Gloom grew cautious, keeping an eye out for silver. Xandar gave the order for Lycans to shield any wolf from silver blades should they see the blades coming first. Silver only causes a slight itch for Lycans so they can be used as a shield for their cousin species.As Lucianne tore a rogue&r
Clement and Tate both stood protectively in front of Lucianne, and Phelton appeared next to them, ready to defend his Queen. Jake ignored all three of them, and glowered at Lucianne as he said, “I told you I would’ve given you everything, Lucy. Even if it meant ending my own sister’s life.”Jake just stood there like he was waiting for something. Lucianne’s grip on the knife tightened as she wondered what Jake was playing at. But when she smelled more silver, she left her spot to defend the wolves near the area. Clement charged towards his brother without hesitation, which was when Jake yelled out, “You’re not going to like what our client has in mind for you, Lucy! I would’ve refused their request if you had chosen me!”Clement and Tate instantly shifted into their animals
The Lycans and the two Alphas growled at the rogue but Lucianne’s eyes widened in realization. This was what Jake meant when he said she wasn’t going to like what their client ordered for her. The poison on the arrow could be one to render her infertile! It didn’t hurt because it wasn’t a fatal poison, it was a permanent contraceptive!Her eyes began glistening, which made the rogue smirk even wider. With gritted teeth, Lucianne lifted up the Oleander blade next to her before plunging it into the rogue’s collarbone. It was the slowest way to transmit the poison, according to her books. That was what she wanted for the rogue. A slow, painful death.She fixed her eyes on the rogue, wanting to see the light in his eyes dim before her. When his being gave in and his body lost its strength, her hand subconsci
When Xandar’s jet landed, the rest of the alliance along with Christian and Annie were there to greet them. Xandar brought Lucianne straight to Dr Yeil’s medical center, and everyone else followed them there despite Lucianne insisting that it wasn’t necessary for them to come.After Dr Yeil had taken her blood to run tests, Xandar convinced Lucianne to get a full body scan done to see if the poison on the arrow was affecting any other part of her anatomy. His biggest worry was that it was damaging her bones or her neurons.Dr Yeil and his nurse got Lucianne to lie down on a table in a medium-sized examination room with white walls. When the scan started, blue beams of light appeared from all four walls, moving up and down Lucianne’s body before the beams moved side-to-side.
Dear readers,We’ve come to the end of “The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King”. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who has given this book a chance, and for following through to the very end.I hope you can spare a few minutes to rate this novel and write a review here and on Goodreads. And hopefully, you liked the story enough to drop a Gem or two (or more) :)When I started typing away on my iPad, I told myself that I wanted to give readers not just a story, but an experience. I wanted the characters to be felt, not just imagined. I hope that some of the characters have inspired you, and touched your heart in more ways than one. Perhaps you’ve even developed a crush in the course of the story XDThat being said, and without giving too much away, I hope that:i) Lucianne has exemplified strength, resilience, self-worth, and has shown you the upside of opening up to new possibilities;ii) Xandar has exemplified how important it is to let those
Tears trickled from the corners of Lucianne’s eyes as the congregation clapped when Xandar came to the end of his wedding vows. Most of the women found it so heartfelt that they were already all teared-up. Even Christian pressed away the tears from his own eyes.After Xandar’s thumb wiped away his mate’s tears on her face, Lucianne cleared her throat and began reciting her vows which went through infinite drafts before this day, “Xandar, when we met, I was so blinded by my past that I almost gave up the best thing that was presented to me. You’ve always expressed how lucky you felt to be bonded to me but from the way I see it, I’ve been the lucky one.”“You asked me for a chance, a chance to show me that you’re different but you’re not just different, dearest. The way you lo
Six weeks later, the royal wedding took place, and it was the largest wedding in Lycan and werewolf history...because werewolves were never invited to a Lycan’s wedding, let alone the Lycan King and Queen’s wedding. In the confinement units of prison, the police once again tied each Kylton to a chair and placed the same televisions from the coronation day in each of their units, courtesy of the King. They taped the heiress’s mouth after her first scream this time. Xandar decided that he would use the short period of time after the wedding and before the honeymoon to tell Lucianne about forcing the Kyltons to watch her coronation and their wedding. He didn’t tell her when he sent out the order because he didn’t want Lucianne to blink her doe eyes and talk him out of doing what he wanted to do. It wasn’t as if he
Yarrington caught the Queen before she fell, handing her to the King as soon as he reached her side. Xandar rushed her to Dr Yeil’s medical centre. Christian, Annie, the alliance, Ken and Janice all waited along the corridor outside the doctor’s room.Xandar was looking at his mate’s unconscious body on the examination table in dismay. He felt her blacking out from across the hall, and the next thing he knew, he was witnessing her petite figure falling before the Education Minister caught her in swift motion.Dr Yeil extracted some blood, and got one of his nurses to go have it analysed. Two minutes into the body examination with his second nurse, Lucianne let out a moan. Xandar rushed to her side without a second thought and asked frantically, “Baby. Baby, can you hear me?”
A week later, the wolves flew to Lycan territory again to attend Lucianne’s coronation. Every living creature from Blue Crescent flew over, and they left the safety of their pack to the warriors from an ally pack.Every Lycan and werewolf who wasn’t at the ceremony turned on their televisions or went online to watch the live broadcast, even the prisoners. Greg sat in the cafeteria with a few new friends he made, beaming as Lucianne’s face came on screen.In a separate prison, the Aphaels and Tanners stared at the screen with zero enthusiasm. Livia was the only one with a scorn when Lucianne’s face came into view.In each of their solitary confinement units, the Kyltons were barking expletives when the police brought in high resolution television
Lucianne sat up and held her breath, as did everyone else. On the side, Greg seemed like he couldn’t care less what happened to him but it did concern him that Lucianne looked worried. She shouldn’t be under any stress given how hard the past few weeks had already been for her. He was only stealing momentary glances of her before but he was finding it difficult to look away now, until his cousin threw him a glare.Greg rolled his eyes just to annoy his cousin one more time before reluctantly looking away. Lucianne felt Xandar’s jealousy, so she pecked a quick kiss on his jawline to calm her beast. Xandar’s face softened, and he closed his eyes to take a whiff of her hair, indulging in her scent.Judge Cook cleared his throat and continued reading the judgment, “By law, the Duke’s act of poisoning t
The next three weeks passed in a blur, with the Kyltons’, Aphaels’, Tanner’s and Greg’s lawyers trying their best to save their clients. Some of the arguments and rebuttals got so ridiculous that the judges held their heads like they were getting a migraine. One day before the verdict was scheduled to be delivered, every pack leader and Gamma boarded flights to the Kingdom and stayed over in hotels before making their way to court the next day.When the wolves saw each other in court, they embraced and chatted. The noise died down when the accused persons were brought into the courtroom. Almost everyone scowled at the Kyltons, Aphaels and Tanners, emitting low growls as they walked past with police escorts to be seated in the area designated for them. When Greg was brought in, however, no werewolf or Lycan made a sound. They
Ken’s face was still as hard as cold metal when he turned to Janice, and exploded, “I knew I should’ve killed Idris’s b*stard son when he looked at Lucy like she was a piece of meat! How dare he try to take my daughter’s choice from her!”Upon hearing that, the four of them holding their breaths relaxed visibly. He was mostly mad at Jake. Thank Goddess!“OUR daughter, dear.” Janice corrected her husband. She wasn’t comfortable after listening to the tale either.“Sick b*stard!” Ken spat. He then scowled at Juan and shouted, “And what the h*ll was Faint Moon’s doctors doing?! How could they not have enough blood on hand?!”Juan
At Blue Crescent, Lucianne dashed to the packhouse first while Xandar, Juan and Hale took a little more time. She wanted to butter-up her overprotective adoptive father before he met her mate. Ken and Janice didn’t live in this packhouse after retiring as Alpha and Luna but they stayed here for the past month to babysit the grandkids. Juan and Hale’s kids were still in school, so it was just the adults and the two servants in the house now.Ken was already waiting at the entrance when Lucianne ran into his open arms as she called out “Daddy!” like a little girl. After squeezing the girl he raised as his own, he managed a small smile and asked, “Buying brownie points for your mate, baby girl?”Lucianne showed her doe eyes and said, “Xandar is really nice, dad. And I really love him. Promise to