The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 13

On the plane, Lucianne sat with Tobias like she always did when they traveled by plane. And he was always nice enough to offer her the window seat.

“How is he to you?”

“Hm? What?” Lucianne asked. Toby chuckled and asked, “Your mate. Does he treat you well?” She smiled shyly and said, “Yeah, he does. He tries really hard.”

“That’s good.” Toby said with a smile. “You know Raden almost committed suicide when he told the King not to hurt you? And on the very first night, I might add.”

Lucianne couldn’t believe what she had just heard. “He did WHAT?”

Toby rolled his eyes at Lucianne’s exaggerated reaction. “Calm down, Lucy. You’re like our sister. He just didn’t want to see you get hurt.” He then looked at Lucianne’s hands on her lap for a moment before muttering seriously, “None of us do.”

Lucianne’s eyebrows furrowed with worry. “I’m almost too afraid to ask. Did Xandar do anything after Raden said that?”

Toby seemed to have lightened up and chuckled. “According to Alpha Zeke and Raden himself, the King looked pissed. But Raden survived. Unlike before, I’m quite confident in our chances of survival with His Royal Highness. He seems very careful not to upset you.”

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Lucianne smiled at how true Toby’s words were. “Yeah, he is.”

“I don’t want to get emotional but uh…I’m really going to miss you after you’ve become our Queen. Battles are gonna be different without you.”

Lucianne bolted up from her relaxed position in surprise. She never thought about that. Perhaps it was because she had always stubbornly insisted that she was not a Queen, she also dismissed what she had to give up should she decide to accept Xandar as her mate.

“Why do you look like I’ve just told you something you didn’t already know?” Toby asked in confusion.

Lucianne muttered sheepishly, “I didn’t think about that.”

“Really? Everyone’s already thinking about it.” He said, not that it made her feel any better.” Some Lunas were almost in tears when we talked about it.”

Lucianne was close to tearing up, too. This was her life. Fighting and collaborating with ally packs were the things that kept her alive. “Do I really have to give it up?” She didn’t trust herself to not break down so she averted her eyes from Toby when she asked.

Toby was shocked at Lucianne’s glistening eyes. If he knew she would be this upset, he wouldn’t have brought it up, especially not before a battle with the rogues. “Uh.. I don’t know. I guess? I mean, you’ll turn into a Lycan after you’ve mated and marked our King to be our Queen. And uh…I’ve never heard about a Lycan Queen being on a battlefield.”

For all their lives, werewolves knew that the Lycans had it easier in life. Conspicuously easier. Being the species superior in size and strength, they never had to work or train as hard as werewolves to keep their species alive. It wasn’t fair. Before Xandar ascended the throne, werewolves would oblige any Lycan i n

Lucy, slow down. What do you mean? What are you saying?”

to be like them. There’s no way I’m going to give up this

was pleading now. He knew that Lucianne was considering rejecting Xandar to avoid turning into a Lycan and having to give up fighting alongside the

Toby. I’ve been doing this forever. And I love it. I’m not giving it up over

bond, Lucy! The most sacred gift

If anything, I asked for the opposite. Besides, I

gonna kill me.” Toby muttered ominously to

will have to go

was talking about my own Alpha, Goddess dammit! The King is YOUR

thanks.” Lucianne said

to decide for you but…” he sighed and added, “You might want to give that a little more thought. He seems to be good to you. We all see it, and you just said so yourself. I’m not saying this to avoid

right. Xandar was good to her. But she had only known him

she won’t give in! She didn’t care if she lost him. She was a wolf before she was a mate or a Queen. She could fight. She could protect packs and save lives. She was not going to give all these up for some stupid mate bond that she explicitly

they talked in his villa. He made her feel comfortable to speak freely about the most painful parts of her life. In the past, she never allowed herself to tear up or cry when she talked about her rejections with her

skills. On his lap, she didn’t feel the need to keep her guard up. The way he touched her and held her made her feel loved and wanted in a way that she had never experienced. His kisses were as electrifying as they were soothing. Then there were those

Lycan King, she was certain, dead certain, that he would reject her for a whole litany of reasons. She wasn’t a Lycan, she didn’t have Alpha blood; she wasn’t very beautiful even for a wolf. And then, there was that mouth of hers which tends to speak whatever she felt and thought, regardless of how it affected the listeners. She didn’t care what people think of her, which was why she dared speak to all three Cummings and to Greg the way she did. She wouldn’t intentionally walk up to a Lycan and pick a

possessed the King,

she had enough practice resisting the mate bond from the

night before, she could no

wrong?’

his direction, and saw that he and Alpha Tate next to

Alpha Juan. I was just thinking about the

‘Nothing else?’

‘No.’ she lied.

out loud before he and Alpha Tate came to sit facing her and Toby. Toby looked a little surprised. But when he glanced at Lucianne and saw that she was unperturbed,

him. “Talk to us. Tate knows what

ask, Lucy. We‘re a family. You said it

own words

don’t know a better way to

and assured the Alphas, “It’s nothing, I promise.

his Gamma and