The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 138

Greg rolled his eyes as he responded to Kelissa Kylton’s inauthentic hospitality, “Like I had a choice.”

“Good that you know who’s in-charge here.” Kelissa smirked bumptiously,

“No, I don’t. I just know that it’s not me.” Greg lied with ease. This was going to be easier than he thought. Whoever was harming Lucianne already assumed that Greg had voluntarily surrendered superiority the moment he made the call and cited the code. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Greg Claw was inferior to no one. No one! …Alright, fine. No one, except Lucianne. 3

Kelissa scoffed darkly at Greg’s response and asked, “So, are you saying that I don’t look like someone who’s capable of leading this work?”

“No. All I’m saying is that until I meet the full team, I cannot gauge who’s leading it.”

“What if I tell you that there’s a consensus that I’m the one who calls the shots, and the rest are nothing more than mere advisers?”

“I stand by what I said, Kylton. Until I meet the whole team, I won’t know who’s really in-charge. If I learned anything, it’s that the official leader isn’t always the leader. Some ‘advisers’ can be so influential that the official leaders are just mindless puppets.”

“Are you trying to agitate me, your Grace?” Kelissa was getting impatient. If Greg were being honest, yes, he’d very much like to agitate and tear up anyone involved with hurting Lucianne.

Still, the Duke kept his thoughts to himself and chose to say, “Do you want me to give you my honest opinions, or did you recruit me to sugarcoat everything, Kylton?”

That made Kelissa pause for a brief moment. “Hm. Well, I suppose I would have to respect your perspectives and judgments, seeing that you’ve been in this line of work long enough.”

Greg muttered monotonously, “Wow, I’m flattered.”

“And don’t think of mind-linking anyone, by the way. The device on your wrist would know.” Kelissa warned, and lifted up her phone as she continued, “And I’ll know, too.”

“Yeah, I figured. Would’ve done the same thing if it were me.” Greg said, unperturbed.

heiress’s features. “Thank you for

agree that

don’t make it easy for people to

alone?” Greg needed to annoy Kelissa until she was angered. He needed to act as if he was reluctant to join them, and how he was now taking out on those

be a gradual willingness on his part to work with them, not a total change of heart overnight. Only then will it be believable that he had actually switched sides, from protecting Lucianne to harming her. In truth, Greg knew that nothing can ever tempt

decided to change the subject to keep her cool, “It wasn’t me

“Livia?”

not imitate me

animal celebrated the heiress’s erupted temper. “Apologies,

before she continued, “No one was supposed to come. It was just the chauffeur. But I came because I wanted to

that information to my casino last

the full extent

fixed on hers as he

be second-in-command. She didn’t mention another gift I have in mind for you because I

the soft music playing in the background. Greg leaned back into his seat and asked, “Are

breath before she responded, “Apart from being the third most powerful person after the King

surprise. His animal’s ears perked-up

I’d convince you to mate and mark her. But after hearing about how you…treated her in your last two encounters with her, I doubt she sounds like a very tempting prize. And with my cousin and her

to comprehend Kelissa’s goal. “So, this master plan of yours is for me to claim Lucianne

Grace. The plan is for me to steal the

told you how far fetched your plan sounds? Have you seen how my cousin looks at the wolf? Even a blind creature would know he’s dead set on making her the Queen. You think he would let

expression showed distaste as she admitted, “No. I’m ambitious but not naïve. I know it’s tedious and difficult, and it’s taking time. But the goal keeps me going. The more… functionality is stripped from the wolf, the less likely Xandar would see her as being capable of being his Queen. And when he finally decides that she

break her until the King decides to let her

to not over-break her, your Grace, for your sake.” Kelissa said

kind of you.” Greg uttered in

her to be… a little damaged so that it’s