The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 7

Chapter  7

Everyone adjourned to their rooms for a short rest before dinner. The Lycan in Xandar was

already whimpering at the thought of parting with Lucianne.

‘Do you mind if I kept you until dinner, Lucianne?” He asked nervously. He couldn’t remember the last time he was this nervous, if there was such a time in his past at all. He was a King, and before that he was the Crowned Prince. There was never really an occasion that h

e had to feel nervous about. Overwhelmed, yes, with rogue attacks. Fearful, perhaps, like

when he was about to witness the death of his father. But never was he nervous.

Lucianne narrowed her eyes and said, “That depends on what you want.”

He smiled. It was a sad smile as he explained, “I want to talk to you more. I want to know you, really know you. I don’t want you to feel like you have to keep things from me.” He took her hand and kissed the back of it briefly before placing her palm on his chest, over his heart as h e whispered, “And hopefully, I can convince you that I can love you. I’m not like the rest, Lucianne. I only want you. You’re the only mate and Queen that I will ever be willing to

accept. Please,” he took her other hand and kissed her fingers. “Please, let me get to know you.

Lucianne was touched by what she just heard. His words went straight into her heart. She wondered if it was the effect of the mate bond. She cleared her throat before nodding her

head gently and uttered, “Okay.”

Xandar looked relieved and ecstatic. He took Lucianne’s hand and led her out of the dining hall. He drove them to his villa and ushered her into the living room. After making coffee,

Xandar passed Lucianne her mug and sat next to her.

When their eyes locked, Lucianne shrugged and asked, “So, what do you want to know?”

His eyebrows furrowed as he thought about what to ask first. What he really wanted to know was no doubt a very painful topic to touch on at this early stage in their relationship, if they are in a relationship at all. He was contemplating on the second thing he wanted to know

about her. “Who are your parents? What do they do? Any siblings?”

Her lips curled up, and she had a cheeky glint in her eye as she said, “That’s definitely not what you really wanted to ask first but I’ll gladly oblige if it makes you feel comfortable. So…”

Before she responded, Xandar asked with a smile, “How are you so sure that’s not the thing at

the top of my head?”

Lucianne simply explained, “Well, for one, you took a little too long coming up with the question. We travelled from the dining hall to your home so you would’ve had your first QUESUOH 10119 before now.” She chuckled. “And two, you have a look when you’re trying to lie.”

“Is that so?” He smirked as he moved closer to 1-19;

She chuckled and nodded, “You might be a good liar when you’re prepared but taken off- guard, you look very uneasy, like you’re coming up with an excuse after being caught stealing a candy bar from the fridge.”

“Well, you have to admit, if it’s my fridge then I’m technically not stealing.” He said with a

charming smile.

“You would be if it belonged to someone else in the house.” She said, and Xandar laughed. When his laughter died down, she looked at the marble floor as she spoke, “You want to know about the five rejections, don’t you?”

Her smile was subsiding, and she was avoiding his gaze. He took her hand carefully into his own as he said in seriousness, “We ‘don’t have to talk about that today, Lucianne. There are a million other things I want to know about you.”

gaze. “Yeah, butyour mind won’t be at ease until you know.” His expression said it all. He wanted to know. Not because he wanted to judge her worth or question her past. He just…wanted to know. He didn’t

by listening, he could take some of

sad smile, and chuckled once depressingly before she started, “It’s

I!
WES…

that. I want you to know something.” Xandar

to judge. I just want to know everything about you. And if something made you upset or has hurt you, I want to know that even more. I don’t want you to think that you have

started stroking his palm a s two stray tears trickled down her cheeks, and she looked away. Xandar held her hands tighter when she tried to retract them to wipe away

tears from her cheeks, tasting the saltiness

into her eyes as he whispered, “I’m not like them, I promise.

show you,

lost her

it. At that moment,

giving him a chance.

cleared her throat and started, “So, uh…my previous mates, all five

rejection. The first was a Beta from an ally pack. He didn’t think I had the build to be a Beta’s mate and rejected

a Gamma, just a warrior in training. We met at a training collaboration hosted by Blood Eclipse. What he told me was that the mate bond was messing with his head and objectively speaking, I wasn’t pretty by

and he felt that he owed it to his pack to choose her, who had Alpha blood, over me, who is not from that bloodline. That was definitely the most amicable severance.

wanted me even in his next life before accepting my rejection.”

stopped to take a breath. “I don’t know what was going through the Moon Goddess’s mind but she paired me with a Lycan for my fifth—chance

this one.

and me, he never chose to defend me, even if I had the facts and they didn’t. I didn’t think much of it because I just thought that was how most Lycans are brought up — spare the Lycans, punish the wolves. But the last straw was walking in on him sleeping with another Lycan when he told me that he was going to be with his father

her throat before she continued in a

every night to stop giving me a mate.

being bound to me like that.” She took a breath before uttering, “I have never prayed or even asked for a mate in my life. And after

her lips together in discomfort before she said in almost a whisper, “When we met last night,

that she could not even grant me my only wish. But from the start, you were

glistening as he imagined the pain she felt over and over

befallen Lucianne, who had done nothing but serve the werewolf population with nobility

and confused, not contemplative or relieved like the mates from my past. I thought, as a Lycan, you’ll feel disappointed about being bonded to a werewolf, like Sebastian was. But you aren’t like him. It’s almost 24 hours since we met, and I haven’t seen you

me after that. He was never really truly

to you, of all people and species. I don’t even understand

my life just to use me as a joke

said in a gentle tone, “No, don’t think that.” He lifted

forehead before holding her close to his chest. “The Moon Goddess knows you are meant

true leader, a Queen. Just being a

slowly and continued, “I’ve seen the way you interact with pack leaders and warriors. You stand apart on a whole different level. They love

approachable, or one to get to know my people on a deeper level. But meeting you changed that. Somehow, your existence made me feel that the people deserved a better King, one who saw them, heard them and felt them. You gave me that, Lucianne. It’s only been less than a day but I’ve never taken my subjects

the past eighteen years until last

before he said, “There’s no one more qualified to b e a Queen than you, Lucianne. You’ve already done so much more for the people than I have, than any Lycan

meekly as she held back her tears. “It was really nice of you to say all

Xandar.”

nice.” He said in a serious tone,

the way you carry yourself, which probably explains why I don’t feel comfortable when I see you bow to me. From

but now that I think of it…it’s more likely because I’m not worthy to have you bow

so awkward.” She pleaded, her eyes widened

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