The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 57

Chapter 57

Lucianne immediately regretted teasing and said, “I’m so sorry, Xandar. I shouldn’t have…”

He assured her hastily, “No, baby, don’t apologize.”

She still felt bad, “I think I should just let us finish breakfast before I ask any further

questions.”

He chuckled lightly before he said, “It doesn’t affect my appetite, Lucy. I just…” he ran his hand over his hair in frustration before saying, “I love my mother but sometimes I just wish she wasn’t so blindly loyal to my father.”

Lucianne cocked her head to one side, bewildered.

Xandar then explained, “My mother, for as long as she was alive, never went against my father’s wishes. What’s worse was that she would support everything he did. It felt like she never had an opinion. She was well-educated. Surely, she could have contributed in some way. But my father never believed in sharing power with his mate so he never let her touch anything concerning the affairs of the Kingdom. Aunt Reida would go on for hours about how my mother should insist on doing something as Queen. But my mother would just brush off her own sister’s concerns and advice, saying that my aunt didn’t understand her position. As a Queen, I don’t recall her doing anything besides standing next to my father and waiting to b e greeted and bowed down to. It’s just…” he sighed again, “I love her, truly. She was a good mother. But…honestly, why didn’t she do anything with the power she had? Why didn’t she

question my father from time to time? I mean, not everything he did was good.”

you think she would’ve lived that long if

actually defending a Queen who did

I’m just trying t o understand her. She definitely loved him, maybe more than he loved her. You

lose it all if it meant that the person they are after

Losing yourself for the sake of going

asking the wrong person, darling. I was this close to rejecting you to keep my life. These questions aren’t meant to be answered by a cold-blooded creature like

her response so he continued to press, “But how would you know how these women think and what they’re willing to give

always like how I am now, Xandar. I’m not the perfect Queen you keep telling me that I am. There was…a time in my life when I was

before continuing, “Looking back, I still can’t help but see how naïve and stupid I was to think that I should try to change myself for him or for anyone else. And how I would get upset when I couldn’t be what he wanted met o be.” Lucianne then leaned towards Xandar and met his gaze before she explained, “The thing is, Xandar, when you’re bonded, you want to feel wanted, special and adored. When we don’t get those things, we’ll try to change something to get our counterpart’s attention. Your mother probably just wanted your father to be happy. And he was happy with her saying and doing nothing

hand lovingly and asked in concern,” What did you

her features as she said, “Well, it was a problem of m y size so I really couldn’t change anything, darling. I wanted to, desperately. But I couldn’t. I then start looking in mirrors and cry myself to sleep more and more

as he continued to stroke her small, smooth hand in slow motions. So that was

Lucianne added, “That was a long time ago, Xandar. It was one of the earlier chapters of my life. I’ve come a long

on her hand before his sincere lilac eyes bore into her black orbs as he said, “Lucy, you are beautiful. And I love you. All of you. You may

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