The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 16

Xandar and Christian both appeared bare-chest, only in shorts. They only took a microsecond to take in the scene before them, and without shifting, Christian went after the Lycan attacking the Alphas, and Xandar charged at the one near Raden and Lucianne before knocking him further away from his mate.

Raden stood in front of Lucianne’s lying body, shielding her from any possible attack. With the rogue Lycan gone, Lucianne gathered the little strength she had left and pulled the knife out of her body with her canines, and threw it on the ground next to her. Her eyes started tearing from the pain but the dizziness subsided. ‘Good’, she thought. There wasn’t enough silver in her body to kill her.

Xandar and Christian made breaking the rogue Lycans’ limbs look so easy. For the next few moments, the rogues’ whimpering and the sound of bone-cracking filled the air.

Xandar had already broken the limbs of the rogue he had over and over again, not giving it any time to heal or recover completely. Just killing the rogue would’ve been too merciful. The idea was to torture them for as long as possible before offering them a ticket to their death bed. Xandar tossed the rogue at a tree once, twice, three times.

Lucianne linked Juan as she endured the pain, ‘Get…Xandar. Keep…rogue…alive. Interrogate… Ask who sent…’

Juan shifted into his human form in an instant, and went to kneel by Xandar’s side before telling him Lucianne’s request. Xandar’s angered eyes locked with Lucianne’s pleading ones. He growled furiously before knocking the rogue Lycan’s head against a tree to make it lose consciousness. He made sure he broke another few more bones before he was satisfied.

Then, everyone heard a high-pitched whimpering which stopped at the distinct sound of a crack. The other rogue Lycan fell lifelessly from Christian’s hands. Xandar strode towards his mate, and Raden stepped aside. The King knelt next to Lucianne’s wolf. His eyes were

glistening but he was still boiling with anger as he looked at the blood stained white fur Lucianne’s paw was covering. Everyone heard quick footsteps approaching but they were not worried because it was just the other members of their alliance.

“Here,” Sylvia appeared with a large towel, covering Lucianne’s body so that she could shift back. Everyone else was shifting back into their human forms as well.

Beneath the towel, Lucianne gritted her teeth and shifted back, enduring the pain. This was, b y far, the most painful shift she had to endure. When she was fully human again, she let out a sigh of relief before continuing to grit her teeth to fight the pain. Watching his mate’s gritted teeth and cold sweat made Xandar feel angry and helpless. ‘I was supposed to protect her’, he thought to himself.

“Lucianne?” Xandar called out in a low voice, worry radiating from his eyes. Juan and Tate

were right behind him.

“Fine…need…minute….to…recover.” She responded as she fought through the pain.

Xandar held her hand, and she gripped his tightly as she coped with the pain. The sparks erupted from her hand and flowed through the rest of her body. She felt her bones recovering much quicker. The silver which was disappearing slowly before suddenly sped up in vanishing from her bloodstream. When she was fully recovered, she let out an exhausted breath and uttered, ‘Clothes.’

Xandar noticed that she was trying to get up and helped her, being as gentle as he could. Sylvia came with Lucianne’s clothes. Luna Lovelace then demanded, “Gentleman, turn.”

All the males turned instantly without argument. Xandar looked at Lucianne for one more second before turning around with the rest. Sylvia and Lovelace helped Lucianne with her inner wear, tank top and shorts. Lucianne moved her limbs slowly and cautiously, not wanting to risk breaking anything. Sylvia re-tied Lucianne’s hair, twisting it into a bun.

Luna Lovelace checked her one more time before declaring, “Alright. You can all look this way now.”

own and looked at the Alphas, Christian and Xandar as she said, “Thank you

asked as he hovered over the part where Lucianne was stabbed earlier, not sure whether touching it would instigate the anguish for her.

mate bond sped up

Xandar’s eyes was quickly replaced with anger, “What the he*l were

aback. “I called you and left you a text. And I told

You know where I live!

cautiously from the side but Xandar growled at

and anger. Her voice was significantly softer and weaker when she spoke, “You’re blaming me for not telling you? You expected me to go find you before I came here? Do you have any idea the damage they could’ve done to this pack if we were just two minutes behind?! Did you know that they’ve already lost

painfully slowly. It was then h e realized that he wasn’t angry at her. From the

realize that his infuriation was towards himself for failing

angry at, not

where I was going. Blame yourself for not getting the memo on time. If you think that I should not have left without making sure you know first, you are a selfish, inconsiderate, self-entitled animal! We took our positions for less than two minutes and the rogue attack started. Now you want to make me apologize for not pleasing you? Do you even think that I will

him froze on his spot, unable to digest and accept what he just said to her, shocked that those words could even come out of his mouth in that inhumane tone. This was his mate, the most precious person in his life! How could he have said those

regret what I did.” She panted after exerting herself at the word ‘never’. She then turned around slowly, wiping away her tears with the back of her hands before swallowing a sniffle and looking up

Xandar, Lucianne asked in a flat tone, “How are Alpha Frederick and the warriors with

them it was safe

“Okay. Good.

and said

that’s…good news.” She said between

Lucianne. The Jewel Pack owes you.” The Beta

done it without everyone else here. As children of our Goddess, it’s our duty to protect each other.” She glanced at Tate after she said that,

deep, remorseful voice came from behind her as he placed his hand gently on her.waist where she was stabbed,

no

and their eyes locked. The anger that was there before had vanished, now there’s just guilt in his glistening eyes. “I’m fine.” She

to block his line of vision. She growled, albeit weakly, “Leave them out of this. They’re only here because I

out the order, none of us would be here.

get up. You still have Hale AND a pack. Let me deal with this.” She turned back to face Xandar, and said in her weak voice firmly, “I asked for the wolves. Juan was just the messenger.

Tate’s voice came next as he knelt next to Juan. One by one the wolves knelt

the others and said confidently, “We stand

packs to lead and protect, and mates and pups to take care of and live for. They all just looked at the King emotionlessly. They were taking in Lucianne’s words but were firm in their collective decision to forbid the King from punishing her for leading the alliance without punishing them first. Lucianne’s voice was getting even softer,