The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 145

Chapter 145

When they came to the end of a broad hallway with bright lighting, Xandar started with the first portrait Unlike what Lucianne and everyone else learned in school, the Lycan in this first portrait was actually more influential than the King at that time.

Xandar explained that the plump woman with auburn curls in the picture was the late King’s sister, who has offered the King back then loads of ideas on how to detect if foreign species, such as vampires or human hunters enter their territories. In school, credit for such revolutionary ideas were given to the King, not his sister. She wasn’t even his second-in-command because of the sexist laws which forbade such an appointment at that time.

The second one was a man with a thick moustache and beard, and his eyes, to Lucianne’s surprise, were painted onyx. Xandar explained that this was a very powerful minister who always made himself heard. His intelligence and no-nonsense attitude was the very reason why even the King of that time chose to listen to him over the second-in-command. Sadly, he was assassinated when he was asleep, and the murderer behind his death was never found. 1

When they reached the third, it was a woman with dark brown hair reaching her lower back. Her blue eyes shone brightly against her pale, freckled, skin. Xandar then said, “This is the one I wanted to show you. Her name was Rosalie Tatiana Caberel. She was an expert in medicine, and was both loved and hated for her quick mind and sharp tongue. She went through two rejections in her lifetime before meeting her third chance mate, the Crowned Prince.”

Lucianne’s surprised eyes locked with Xandar’s smiling ones. Lucianne herself went through rejections before meeting Xandar, too. What a coincidence!

Xandar then continued, “Rosalie was conducting an operation on the King when she met the Prince, Reagan. Some books suggest that she wanted to sever the bond as soon as they found each other.”

Lucianne blinked at the second coincidence. Xandar stood closer to his mate, and held her hand tighter. She then asked in a small voice, “What happened then?”

Xandar gazed at his mate as he whispered, “He didn’t let her. Practically begged her for a chance despite his engagement to a noblewoman. Rosalie managed to recite her part of the rejection in the end but Reagan never accepted it.”

“Even so, the bond would sever by default upon the second full moon.” Lucianne pointed out in a whisper.

Xandar’s features softened further as his thumb stroked her right cheek. “In that period of time, he did everything he could to win her over. The first thing he did was to call off the engagement. Our textbooks say that the reason behind the revocation of the engagement was because the Prince wasn’t in the right frame of mind. But other books, those which are more difficult to access, say that it was because he found her. He found Rosalie.”

“From the way this is going, I have a feeling they didn’t end up together.” Lucianne muttered ominously.

Xandar smiled sadly and kissed Lucianne on her forehead before he continued, “He was only a Prince. The King and Queen, along with the long line of government ministers and commentators strongly opposed their union. Prince Reagan then submitted his intention to renounce his title to be able to marry the woman he loved. But his parents were…crafty.”

Lucianne had a bad feeling about how the story was going to develop. Her mate looked upset as well when

he went on, “They allowed them to mate and mark each other because, as you know, being marked by a bonded mate improves one’s strength and abilities more than if one is marked by a chosen mate.”

Xandar took a sharp breath. “A week after the marking, the King and Queen got a kitchen staff to poison Rosalie’s morning tea with a lethal amount of Oleander. She died in less than a minute.”

Lucianne took a moment to digest that fact before she said, “But the sensations she and Prince Reagan feel would have already been entwined with each other when they’ve marked each other. Didn’t the late King and Queen know that their son would also feel the effects of the poison when Rosalie was given it?”