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.”

He wanted to know. Not because he wanted to judge her worth or question her past. He just…wanted to know. He didn’t want there to be any secrets between them. As her mate, he wanted to know about the pain

that by listening, he could take some of

before she started,

I!
WES…

about that. I want you to know something.”

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.

palm a s two stray tears trickled down her cheeks, and

her cheeks,

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

to show

nodded when she seemed to have lost her voice for a moment. The

but he ignored it. At that moment, he was

giving him a chance.

previous mates, all five of them weren’t from my

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

already 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

me, who is not from that bloodline. That was definitely

even in his next life before accepting my rejection.”

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

one. He’s

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

her throat before

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

never prayed or even asked for a mate in my life. And after mate number five, I decided that I’ve had enough of the emotional roller coaster, and begged our Goddess to spare

in discomfort before she said in almost a whisper, “When we met last night, all I could

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

pain she felt over and over again.

had done nothing but serve the werewolf population with nobility

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 seen you upset over being with me yet.

just seemed like he was accepting me after that. He was

all people and species. I don’t even understand why I’m being bonded again. Sometimes,

me as a joke over

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

on his lap and kissed her deeply on her forehead before holding her close to his chest. “The Moon

of a true leader, a Queen. Just

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 loves you and respects you. Our Goddess sees this too. Before meeting you, I wasn’t even doing half of the things at this meeting that I’ve

changed that. Somehow, your existence made me feel that the people deserved a better King, one who saw

the past eighteen years

e a Queen than you, Lucianne. You’ve already done so much more

meekly as she held back her tears. “It

Xandar.”

in a serious tone, “I

way you speak and the way you carry yourself, which probably explains why I don’t feel comfortable when I see you bow

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, her eyes widened in

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