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
What would you have done to the psycho rogue?
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.
Xandar fixed his death glare at the reporter who labeled his mate’s bravery and nobility as “undignified’. The King then asked in a low voice, “What is your name and who do you work for?” The reporter swallowed a lump in his throat and opened his mouth but nothing came out. Xandar growled in impatience, and demanded in a roar, “Answer me!” The reporter shook as he stuttered in response, “A-Apologies, m-my K-King. M-My name i-is Ian P-Pollock, and I w-work for T&C News Corporation, your Hi-Highness.” “Truthful & Credible News Corporation?” Xandar muttered his way. The reporter nodded and tried his best to fidget less but the fear spurring in his being made it impossible for him to stand still. Xandar huffed condescendingly and said, “So, T&C’s stance is that a Queen fighting alongside her peopl
Xandar’s smile turned into a frown as he leaned into her to hold her in his arms. “That’s what you’ve been worrying about? Lucy, if kids really mean that much to you, we could always consider adoption.”“You mean…you don’t mind…not having your own kids?” Lucianne asked in a coarse and broken voice.He held her tighter as he whispered, “I only mind not having you, Lucy. I don’t even care if we didn’t have any kids.”“But you wanted…a daughter.”Xandar sighed, already regretting the way he expressed so much enthusiasm in having a little girl with Lucianne that she now felt like having a daughter was a must when it
Lucianne coughed profusely after choking on the broccoli she was chewing in her mouth when they were told that Christian was one of the people they’d have to investigate for sexual harassment. Her choking made Xandar’s eyes snapped wider in worry as he took his phone from her hand and placed it on the couch while he rubbed comforting circles on her back, holding a glass of water near her. “My Queen! Are you alright?!” Weaver’s panicked voice came through the line. After a few more coughs, Lucianne took a few sips of water before she managed to say, “F-Fine, Sir Weaver. Thank —” Cough. “Thank you. Sorry about that, Lord Yarrington. Please continue.” Weaver spoke before his mate could, “My Queen, this is
At breakfast the next day, Christian was still pissed. The only consolation he got was that Annie didn’t believe he did any of those things alleged by the so-called ‘victims’. Yarrington and Weaver assured the Duke that they were looking into the complaints made against him first, and asked for an alibi for the dates and times mentioned in the ten complaints.He and Annie went through their photographs in their iCloud Drive, and managed to negate the validity of two complaints. Then, they got out their photo albums, where Annie had a habit of writing the dates on the back of every photograph. Christian began regretting not making time to upload every photograph they took together on the Drive.They scoured through the thousands of pictures they took over the years, praying that there would be a date and time w
Chief Dalloway shook his head woefully, and the policeman who stood at the door held his head low. The Chief then said, “The Oleander bullets penetrated right through their hearts. The medical team couldn’t save them.”Lucianne inhaled deeply and exhaled sadly before she said, “I am so sorry for your loss.”“Thank you, my Queen.” Chief Dalloway responded with a polite smile, and the policeman gave her a grateful nod.Lucianne then cleared her throat before asking, “As for the location where the helicopter was found, do you happen to have any pictures of the site?”“I do, in fact. A moment please, your Highness.” The Chief took out his phone from his p
“Livia Aphael?” Lucianne asked, clearly oblivious. When the Chief nodded, even the policeman at the door was surprised to see Lucianne looking lost as she said, “I don’t know anyone by that name.” The Chief was surprised at her answer so he unlocked his phone to look for a photograph before showing it to Lucianne and asked again, “Do you really not know her, your Highness?” Lucianne’s eyes widened in recognition as she exclaimed, “Oh, her! I’m sorry, Chief. I didn’t know that was her name.” “But you seem to remember her quite well, my Queen.” His tone wasn’t accusatory. It just held genuine confusion. “I do. I’m not sure if you’re aware, Chief. But Sebastian Cummings was my previously-bonded mate, and I seve
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