The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 47

In the car, Xandar drove a bit before starting the conversation, “Lucy, Christian asked me to thank you.”

Lucianne blinked in confusion, “For what?”

Xandar explained sadly, “For not asking Annie why they don’t have kids.”

Lucianne then shrugged and said, “There’s no need to thank me for something like that. The absence of kids is only for two reasons. One is because they don’t want them, in which case, who am I to question their decision? Or two, it’s because…unfortunately, they can’t have them. If that’s the case, then why bring it up to hurt them even more?” 15

Xandar laced his fingers with hers and kissed the back of her hand as he uttered, “You’re amazing.”

Xandar drove a bit more before he said, “I was supposed to let you know about the…delicate subject of kids for Annie before you met her but…Christian and I forgot to brief you beforehand. We only remembered when Russell came up to you when we arrived. By then, we thought it was too late. But when you didn’t ask them about not having their own children at all, even when Annie herself started talking about kids, Christian was more assured that you weren’t going to bring it up throughout our stay. And he really appreciates it. It’s not something that he and Annie… are comfortable talking about. What surprised us though is today was the first time in a long time that we saw Annie talk about kids with zero strain. She spoke about your interaction with Russell like she was just explaining what she saw. There wasn’t any sorrow in Annie like there was in the past whenever the subject of children came up. Neither Christian nor I know how you encouraged Annie to talk about your interaction with children without her breaking down but, sweetheart, keep doing it.”

Lucianne frowned as she whispered, “What happened…to Annie?”

Xandar took a breath before he said, “In the first year of their marriage, when they both visited a cafe one day, someone laced Annie’s coffee with a drug that suppressed pregnancy indefinitely.”

Lucianne was shocked. She thought that even if it were infertility, the cause would be a natural one. Xandar’s explanation had shocked her to the bone.

Xandar gave her a moment before he continued, “We worked around the CCTV footages and caught the culprit but before the interrogation could start, he committed suicide. It was a dead end from there. Christian and Annie visited every doctor and healer we know but they all said there was no cure.”

Lucianne digested the information before she asked cautiously, “Is that why Annie never attends government events with Christian?”  

know that not everyone in that room has good intentions when they come up to you. Greg and his supporters, especially, tried to make Annie feel uncomfortable when we weren’t around to defend her. Even with them gone, Annie

his mate remained silent, he stroked her hand to get her

so unfair. Christian and Annie were good people. How could something like this happen

not bringing

“No, I mean

the next few minutes before Xandar said, “You have no idea how relieved I felt when I witnessed you stand up to Greg. In front of everyone, no less. The second time you did that

shrugged, “The two of you gave me

myself. No one has ever been able to put Greg in his place, not even

I knew what he used to put people down. He takes the most painful parts of someone’s life and uses it to his advantage. So I just did the same

didn’t feel worthy though? I’ve known him forever but even I couldn’t guess that. He walks

and I feel unworthy. It’s only because he doesn’t feel worthy himself. He wants to make himself feel better by making us feel worse. He could’ve flaunted his wealth, power or strength to make us feel lack in those aspects but he didn’t. Because those aren’t his insecurities. It’s his worth. He didn’t get the throne despite his efforts to overthrow you; the Moon Goddess never gave him a mate; and truth be told, I don’t think he has someone he can count on. At least, I’ve never seen such

person with him before.”

moment to internalize her words and gather his thoughts, before asking, “How do you

the first person to use my past rejections against me. After the first few people, I saw the pattern. Those who taunted me with that had their own insecurities that they were never able to make peace with. Greg is no different… Well, apart from the fact that he’s a Duke, there really is no difference.”

person, about how much she knew just through her own observations and experience. The sad thing was

be rejected once, but when you spoke against Greg and even Cummings’s daughter the other day, you talked about your rejections with so much grace. You were so composed. It’s not that you downplayed the severity of it all but you sort of…showed everyone that rejections…do not define you as a person. I cannot imagine the amount of strength you had to muster to do that.

those few minutes she had with Greg and Sasha. She smiled and said, “No matter what, all of us can live life to the fullest. It’s not just me. But we have to choose to do that. Making that choice… is often the most difficult and painful phase

there for her. He

his hand with her