The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 12

‘Lucy!’ Luna Hale’s mind-link woke Lucianne from deep sleep.

‘What? What happened, Luna? What?’ Lucianne mind-linked back in a daze as she reached for her phone to check the time.

2:32 a.m. ‘You’ve got to be kidding me. What the he*l is happening at this hour?!’, Lucianne thought to herself.

‘Lucy, sorry to wake you but we need you to come over now!

‘What happened? Where’s Juan? Is he okay?’ Lucianne bolted out of bed before putting a tank

top over the sports bra she was sleeping in. Her shorts will have to do. Hale’s mind-links

‘He’s fine. He’s speaking to Alpha Frederick from the Jewel Pack. Please come quick. You need to hear them out.’

‘I’m coming!

Lucianne didn’t even bother checking her appearance or tying up her hair as she dashed out o f the room with her phone and took the emergency stairs to the floor above and ran down corridor before she reached her leaders’ room and knocked on it three times.

Juan opened the door and said, “Come.”

He was worried. That, in itself, was not a good sign. Apart from Juan and Hale, Lucianne recognized Alpha Frederick, Luna Felicity and Gamma Brighton from the Jewel Pack, all of whom she just met hours ago at dinner. Luna Felicity looked like she was holding back her tears but the puffiness under her glistening eyes showed that she had already cried a lot before Lucianne’s arrival.

“What happened?” Lucianne asked, dropping all formalities despite being in the presence of the leaders from another pack.

Juan explained in a serious tone, “Lucy, there’s been an attack. The Jewel Pack lost eleven out of fifteen warriors.”

herself before asking in an

The Beta?”

the one who delivered the

Juan explained

“How many rogues?”

least ten,

did the attack

“A little after midnight.”

and said, “Then we need to leave now. They’ll attack again before

or Lunas.” Juan asked. This wasn’t the first time he left the discretion of choosing warriors for battle to Lucianne. She was the best person for the

of her like she was going through an invisible list of names as she spoke, “Gamma Tobias, Alpha Tate, Alpha Zeke, Luna Zelena, Gamma

for this, Gamma Lucianne.” Alpha Frederick

amicably at the guilty-looking man and said, “No, Alpha. Don’t apologize. You did the right thing

and her confident voice rang in the room, “Gamma Brighton, you’re coming along. There’s no better practice than one

for his Alpha’s permission. There was something in Lucianne’s voice that no

SUTan

come along?” Alpha Frederick asked. Lucianne thought he was directing the question t o Juan but realized that it was her he was asking since Juan was in the bathroom trying to concentrate on mind-linking the people that they

many warriors dead, it was no doubt that there was a risk of the rogues

endure further worry

held back the tears and said in a muffled voice, “Go, Fred. You

stay with Luna Felicity until you’ve all returned.” Luna Hale assured Alpha

you, Luna Hale.” He said

last, he looked