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.”

to judge her worth or question her past. He just…wanted to know. He didn’t want there to be any secrets

take

She said with a sad smile, and chuckled once depressingly before she started, “It’s okay.

I!
WES…

you tell me about that. I want you to know something.”

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 to bear those emotions alone. I acknowledge that I can never fully comprehend what you went through, and there’s no way to transfer those feelings to me or to someone else but I was hoping…” he sighed in frustration before shaking his head and

not.” She said with glistening eyes. “It really isn’t.” Her thumb 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 the tears. He leaned

from her cheeks, tasting

her eyes as he whispered, “I’m not like

show

she seemed to have lost her voice

it. At that moment, he was grateful that

giving him a chance.

again, she cleared her throat and started, “So, uh…my previous mates, all five of them weren’t

didn’t get awkward and uncomfortable back home after each rejection. The first was a Beta from an ally pack. He didn’t think I had

tell, I’m really small, even for a wolf. The second was a warrior, not 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 his ‘uninfluenced’ standards. He also didn’t want his mate to be a warrior. He preferred a female who had a ‘less aggressive job’, in his words.

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. Consensual and amicable. The fourth mate wasn’t the type to settle for one female so it was a no brainer to sever that bond. However, he made it

me even in his next

a breath. “I don’t know what was going through the Moon Goddess’s

this one. He’s Sebastian

popping up. When it came down to another Lycan 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

throat before she continued in a softer

Moon Goddess every night to stop giving me a mate. I told her that

prayed or even asked for a mate in my life. And after

before she said in almost a whisper, “When we met last night, all I could think about was what could I have possibly done

from the Moon Goddess that she could not even grant me my only wish. But from the

felt over and over again. Despite

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

continued, “When you looked at me at the meet—and—greet, I couldn’t see any hesitation or disappointment in your eyes. Even now, I still can’t find it. You seem so sure, so certain that the mate bond is not a mistake. And when Ibrought up the matter about rejection, you seemed genuinely hurt 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

was accepting me after that.

head, “I don’t know why I’m bonded to you, of all people and species. I don’t even understand why I’m being

just to use me as a joke over and over

said in a gentle

and kissed her deeply on her forehead before holding her close to his chest.

of us that you have the makings of a true leader, a Queen.

her arm 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 you. Every commendable werewolf

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

eighteen years

than you, Lucianne. You’ve already done so much more for the people than I have, than

her tears. “It was

Xandar.”

nice.” He said in a serious tone, “I was speaking the truth.

which probably explains why I don’t feel comfortable when I see you bow

first but now that I think of it…it’s more likely because I’m not worthy to have you bow to me. If anything, I should be the one bowing

don’t do that. It’ll be so awkward.” She pleaded,

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