The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 133

“Your Grace, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” The young female Lycan said and offered an obligatory bow to Annie.

Annie retumed the gesture and smiled warmly at the brown-haired beauty as she said, “It’s a pleasure to meet you too. May I know your name?”

“I’m Dorothy Dawson, your Grace. I’m here as someone’s plus-one. And if I may, your Grace, I have a buming question that I hope you don’t mind me asking.” Her green eyes sparked mischief as her pastel lips curled up into a grin, showing her braces holding the two rows of teeth together.

Annie continued smiling as she asked amicably, “What would you like to know, Dorothy?”

“How do you do it, your Grace? How do you be okay with…not being able to give the Duke a child?”

Annie’s eyebrows raised in surprise before she asked in concern, “Dorothy, are you facing pregnancy problems? Because…” 1

“Oh, I’m not, your Grace. I doubt I would. I just wanted to know how you mustered the self-esteem to stand next to the second most powerful creature in the Kingdom with so little to offer.” She blinked her green eyes like she was just asking an innocent question, when in fact, it was clearly an attempt to make Annie feel small and unworthy. 1

When Annie realized what Dorothy was doing, the Duchess put aside her sympathy she initially felt for this young woman before she said, “A woman is more than a baby-making machine, Dorothy. I’m here to support my husband as a wife and as Duchess.”

“But we’ve never seen you before in these things. Why the sudden need for support? Is the Duke facing a certain problem that requires your presence with him?” There was that glint in her eye again. She knew more than she was saying. Seeing that Annie was speechless, Dorothy continued, “Your Grace, you seem a little tongue-tied. I hope I didn’t make you uncomfortable. I was simply trying to understand the level of self-entitlement one requires to…”

“To join a government event and speak to anyone she pleases?” Lucianne’s stern voice came loud and strong from the side. The fast clicks of her heels itself exudes confidence.

Xandar mind-linked her that Annie needed help when his sharp hearing caught bits of the conversation between the Duchess and Dorothy. Lucianne abruptly paused her own conversation with Phelton and excused herself before making quick steps towards the Duchess.

bowed in the King and Queen’s way. They both nodded curtly

before she said, “Well, this is quite a surprise. I didn’t expect to have the opportunity to speak to you so soon, my Queen.” She knew that pleasing Lucianne was more important than pleasing the King, so her efforts were solely to butter-up the wolf, as

to a

name even without an introduction. Dorothy faked an apologetic look as she said, “Oh, this

inside, she prayed that she didn’t do anything

number of wolves you insulted in the ladies room last year. When I was defending my Luna after you insulted her dressing, you told me to shut my mouth before you used your boyfriend’s influence to burn m y pack

an energy which was compelling Dorothy to avert her gaze and hold her head down. Even Xandar and Annie felt it. Dorothy’s mouth quivered, and her mind suddenly felt like a vacant room. Hollow, cold and lonely. Her own animal was covering

asked Annie cheerfully, “Hey, sorry I took so long. What did I miss?” Registering the daunting energy from the

and bowed without greeting the royals. He then tugged

sights shifted to him as she asked, “Mr Martin, is

carefully.

chosen, one who has the audacity to question the presence of a Duchess.” Lucianne

sorry for my girlfriend’s… insubordination, my Queen. Please, forgive us. It won’t happen again.” Like his girlfriend, he

was clear from the collaboration mishaps that if the King was angered, the Queen would calm him. But the King himself would never think of restraining his mate from unleashing her wrath on

“Oh, goddess. What

Martin, who, in the previous year, touched her lower back with no remorse before she slapped him. He smirked coyly in retum like she did no damage to his very thick skin. Lucianne would’ve pounced on him right then and there if Juan hadn’t held her back. Tate and Toby growled to shoo Herbert away before Juan released his grip on his frantic sister.

year, Lucianne was not going to let Herbert or his girlfriend get away with disrespecting her or Annie. Lucianne simpered, “Insubordination, Mr Martin? That’s putting it too lightly, don’t you think? This is a matter of willful disrespect, the respect

hope I didn’t make you uncomfortable. I was simply trying to understand the level of self-entitlement one requires to

a moment, Dorothy quivered as she said, “I-I apologize, my

I the one you said those insidious words to?” Lucianne continued to press

raised to meet Annie’s eyes before Christian’s glare compelled her to look down as she uttered as loudly as she could manage, “I’m sorry,