The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 53

Chapter 53

Xandar was awakened by Lucianne’s 4 a.m. alarm. She turned it off within seconds. And he saw her get out of bed in the darkness. His sleepy eyes watched her stretch her perfect body before she walked towards the bathroom. When she locked the door behind her, Xandar allowed himself a few more seconds before getting out of the couch he slept in. He then remembered they had a date this morning.

But after everything that happened the night before, he wasn’t sure if Lucianne still wanted t o go with their plans. He turned on the lights and stretched out his own body as he waited for Lucianne to come out from the bathroom.

The moment he heard the bathroom door unlocking and saw Lucianne emerge in changed clothes, Xandar took large strides towards her, and held her in his arms as he pecked a kiss o n her cheek and forehead before whispering, “Good morning, beautiful.”

She offered a shy smile, “Good morning, Xandar.”

He then asked in concern, “How are you feeling?”

She replied, “I’m okay. That phase was over after I cried it out last night. I’m back to normal now. Thank you.”

He smiled and pecked a kiss on her nose before taking a step back to take in the black tracksuit she was wearing before he asked nervously, “C-Can I join you for your run this morning?”

She looked at him in confusion, “Weren’t you already going to do that?”

He chuckled as relief washed over him before he explained, “I just thought after what happened last night, you would want to go run alone.”

She then asked quizzically, “So…you expected me to go on our date by myself?”

His eyes widened as he frantically denied, “No! I just…” He stopped his explanation when he caught the cheeky glint in her eye, and he went straight for the flesh on her waist as she giggled and he muttered, “You little rascal.”

His animal was absolutely jubilant to hear her giggles so early in the morning. It could not think of a better way to start the day, and neither could Xandar. After Xandar had cleaned himself up, they went to the ground floor and exited through the back, greeting Ethan who was standing guard before they jogged towards the forest.

Lucianne went behind a tree to strip and shift. She held her bag of clothes between her canines as she came out from where she was. And that was when she came face-to-face with a nine-feet Lycan. 1

Xandar’s animal had black fur, and unlike werewolves which could only stand and run on all

fours, Lycans only stand on two feet. Their hands are free to grab their prey and attack their foes. Their height itself was already an advantage. Most wolves are either equal in height as their human form, or slightly taller in the case of Alphas and Lunas.

He took another step towards her and said flirtatiously, ‘So why bother running? Just let me catch you, mate.’

If Lucianne were in her human form, she would have blushed from the alluring way Xandar said the word ‘

mate’. Not wanting to be the one to drop their harmless act first, she linked, ‘M m…no. I came for a run and I am going to run. You can’t stop me just because you’re a Lycan and a King.’ With that, she took-off and could not help but chuckle when she saw Xandar’s shocked expression as soon as she sprinted.

‘Babe, I honestly don’t know which one of us is going to regret this more once it ends.’ Xandar

said, repeating Lucianne’s exact words to him when he challenged her to spar right after she took down the General. His words elicited a chuckle from Lucianne through their link, making his Lycan gain speed to catch up to her.

Her adrenaline was pumping as she ran through the trees against the cool morning air. Within seconds, she felt Xandar’s animal catching up to her so she tried to get creative. She ran in zigzags and narrowly dodged trees with her agility and small size. The trick was to slow Xandar down, even if it was just by a little bit. The unexpected turns she was taking would make catching up to her slightly more difficult than if she were just running in a straight line.

When the river she came to every morning was in view, she took a huge leap toward it when Xandar appeared from behind one of the trees and caught her in his arms before his body slumped to the ground with Lucianne safely wrapped up in his chest.

With their bodies lying on the ground, Xandar’s concerned eyes bore into her sapphire orbs as he asked, ‘You okay, Lucy?’