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.”

she calmed herself before asking in an equally

The Beta?”

of the four who survived, and the one who delivered the news

Juan explained

“How many rogues?”

least ten, maybe

did the attack

“A little after midnight.”

“Then we need

the Alphas 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 job since

of her like she was going through an invisible list of names as she spoke, “Gamma Tobias, Alpha Tate, Alpha Zeke, Luna Zelena, Gamma Raden, Luna Lovelace and Gamma Sylvia. Most of us will be able to take on

for this, Gamma Lucianne.” Alpha Frederick said

tore off her serious expression, and smiled amicably at the guilty-looking man and

you’re coming along. There’s no better practice than one to save your pack. Don’t worry, we won’t

Alpha’s permission. There was something in Lucianne’s voice that no one wanted to argue with because there was assurance of their safety and confidence in

SUTan

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

a worried look at Luna Felicity before she told the Alpha, “Only if your Luna allows it, Alpha Frederick.” With so many warriors dead, it was no doubt that there was a

endure further worry and heartache should things go

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

you’ve all

Luna Hale.” He said

exited the bathroom at last, he looked