The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

The next morning, Xandar scrolled through the headlines on his phone while he waited for Lucianne to fix her hair, which already looked perfect to him. After reading a few articles on the corruption case, he smiled, and picked the best one as he approached his beautiful mate. His arms crept around her waist from behind as he handed his phone to her and said, “Have a read, sweetheart.”

Xandar inhaled Lucianne’s scent from her neck when she skimmed through the article. It reported on the trial, and reproduced the statement the four of them collectively wrote while they were in the court cafeteria the previous day.

When Lucianne reached the end of the statement, her body stiffened. Her widened eyes were still fixed on the screen when she asked, “Why is my name above yours?”

Xandar’s lips curled into a smile at her neck when he explained in amusement, “Because it was your idea, my love. Why do you seem so surprised?”

“Because the Queen’s name normally comes after the King’s?” Lucianne pointed out matter-of-factly.

Xandar showed a disgusted look before saying, “That wouldn’t be fair. You want to burn down the patriarchy, don’t you? I’m helping you do just that, in my own little way for my own little freesia.”

“This is NOT a little way at all, Xandar.” Lucianne noted firmly, and turned to see his affectionate lilac eyes gazing deeply into hers while his head rested on her shoulder. She pecked a kiss on his nose and uttered gratefully, “Thank you, my love.”

us should be thanking you. None of us had a solution. I, for one, assumed that Cummings, Martin and the others were going to drag the whole governing body with them into the tainted parts

stronger than before. Have you seen the comments section? Our people seem to be trusting the monarchy and the government more than they did before. You were right, Lucy! Explaining the debacle to them, without sugar-coating or blame-shoving, made them feel…assured. Owning up to it made them feel assured. Lowering tax because of the debacle made them happy, and it was only lowered by a small percentage. They’re just happy that the monarch and the government are taking steps to rectify the wrongs. Do you have any idea how amazing you

words. Every sentence coming out of his mouth made her feel…worthy. Despite her rejections, Lucianne had taught herself to never feel worthless, justifying it by the fact that she was alive,

through his words alone. She felt

pulled him into a

Lucianne chuckled before she said, “I know. Thank

you. The emoji with hearts in its eyes are way too much, and honestly, very anger-inductive. Can’t they read the word ‘Queen’ before your name?! And it doesn’t take an expert to guess that

with another deep kiss. “I’m with you, my indecent beast.

her beast seemed a little calmer, she dragged him by his arm to the door before their conversation prolonged.

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had pleaded guilty the night before to the charges against her, so there was no further questioning needed in her