The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 57

Chapter 57

Lucianne immediately regretted teasing and said, “I’m so sorry, Xandar. I shouldn’t have…”

He assured her hastily, “No, baby, don’t apologize.”

She still felt bad, “I think I should just let us finish breakfast before I ask any further

questions.”

He chuckled lightly before he said, “It doesn’t affect my appetite, Lucy. I just…” he ran his hand over his hair in frustration before saying, “I love my mother but sometimes I just wish she wasn’t so blindly loyal to my father.”

Lucianne cocked her head to one side, bewildered.

Xandar then explained, “My mother, for as long as she was alive, never went against my father’s wishes. What’s worse was that she would support everything he did. It felt like she never had an opinion. She was well-educated. Surely, she could have contributed in some way. But my father never believed in sharing power with his mate so he never let her touch anything concerning the affairs of the Kingdom. Aunt Reida would go on for hours about how my mother should insist on doing something as Queen. But my mother would just brush off her own sister’s concerns and advice, saying that my aunt didn’t understand her position. As a Queen, I don’t recall her doing anything besides standing next to my father and waiting to b e greeted and bowed down to. It’s just…” he sighed again, “I love her, truly. She was a good mother. But…honestly, why didn’t she do anything with the power she had? Why didn’t she

question my father from time to time? I mean, not everything he did was good.”

“Do you think she would’ve lived that long if she questioned King Lucas?” Lucianne asked.

Xandar responded in amusement, “You’re actually defending a Queen who did close to nothing, my love?”

Lucianne pushed her empty plate to the side and said, “I’m not defending her. I’m just trying t o understand her. She definitely loved him, maybe more than he loved her. You see, Xandar …..” She gathered her thoughts before uttering, “Some women woul

please the person they fancy. Some are more than happy to lose it all if it meant that the person they are after would choose them.”

Xandar’s eyebrows furrowed, “Is it even worth it? Losing yourself for the sake of going after someone else?”

Lucianne scoffed, “You’re asking the wrong person, darling. I was this close to rejecting you to keep my life. These questions aren’t meant to be answered by a cold-blooded creature like myself.”

He wasn’t satisfied with her response so he continued to press, “But how would you know how these women think and what they’re willing to give up? You’re definitely not like that.”

She smiled politely at the compliment, and Xandar knew that it would take some time before she believed him. Lucianne was touched by the sincerity oozing from Xandar’s words but she figured it was the mate-bond messing with his head, like she was told by mate number two from the past.