The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 71

Chapter 71

The rogue was already pale from exhaustion when he muttered grudgingly, “I am to kneel… and bow before the Queen.”

The wolves looked teasingly at the flustering Lucianne. In the interrogation room, Xandar smirked like a cocky winner, “Good that you’ve come to your senses. We‘re done for today. Chief Dalloway will take it from here now.”

As Xandar got up, so did Christian and Juan. And the Duke went behind the rogue, slammed the rogue’s head against the table one more time before the King fractured the rogue’s neck, earning a painful whimper from the criminal.

Xandar smirked in arrogance and satisfaction before he walked out the door. When the wolves started getting up from the chairs, Toby tried to copy Xandar’s murderous expression and repeated the King‘s words out loud, “What should you do if you are in the Queen’s presence?”

Lucianne punched Toby to the side with force again. He let his body fall sideways on the table as he started chuckling uncontrollably.

Zelena then started with a teasing smirk, “Kneel,”

Her mate, Zeke, playfully continued, “And bow.”

Tate finished, “Before the Queen.”

“Guys. Seriously, stop it.” Lucianne pleaded, hiding her face with her hands in embarrassment.

Xandar opened the door, and Toby got off the table, still chuckling as he went to join Raden and Tate. Xandar stopped the alliance from offering him another bow for the day as he went straight for his mate with smiling eyes. His demeanor was a complete change from just ten seconds ago.

Xandar’s hands pressed on the table, and his arms trapped Lucianne’s small body between them. Xandar pecked a kiss on her lips before he uttered in a low, husky voice, “When we are i n the Queen’s presence, we are to kneel and bow before the Queen.” The upward curl of his lips showed that he heard everything from when Toby copied him.

Lucianne continued to blush as she tried her best to ignore the cheeky giggles among the wolves and told her mate, “Making one kneel is highly unnecessary, my King.”

Xandar mocked frustration, “Oh, come on now, my Queen. We wouldn’t want to confuse the rogue now that I’ve just gotten him to come to his senses on the formalities.”

Lucianne smirked, “You’ve gotten him to come to your senses, you mean?”

He looked a little guilty, genuinely guilty, as he said, “I may have overused th…” Lucy quieted

him with a peck on his cheek as she whispered, “I was only teasing, Xandar.”

Xandar was visibly relieved, and Toby told Raden, “Maybe ‘tame’ was the wrong word. ‘Control . Hm. Control the fiercest of beasts. Sounds better. Not just taming but also influencing what the beast does. What do you think, Ray?”

Lucianne narrowed her eyes in her best friend’s direction, and her voice returned to normal when she said, “I’m still here, Toby, and I don—”

“Yeah, I know. So, Ray, what do you think?”

Raden shrugged and said in agreement, “Control sounds better.”

Before Lucianne could retort, Xandar’s firm voice filled the room, “I agree.”

Lucianne turned her disapproving sights to her mate as she hissed, “Xandar, don’t agree to that! You should never relinquish control of your life to someone else. In fact, no one should.” Xandar inched closer to her and asked flirtatiously, “What’s so bad about relinquishing control to my mate? I’d say I’ve never been in better hands. And besides, you only control my behavior, not my life. My life, you guide and rule, like the Queen that you are.”

When Lucianne opened her mouth to refute, he pecked another kiss on her lips to silence her and added, “It’s a good thing, my love. Don’t look so distraught by it. Imagine what would’ve happened to Caunterberg, Cummings, the Kyltons and the rogue in there if I hadn’t given you control.”

Lucianne argued with uncertainty, “But those are…those are different. I only got you to calm down. The control was still yours.”

Xandar scoffed, “Sweetheart, if it were, they’d all be dead by now.” He pecked a kiss on her forehead before he mocked a look of hurt, “Is having control over this beast such a nuisance, my dear? Are you trying to get rid of me?”

Lucianne narrowed her eyes at his overdramatic demeanor, “You very well know that’s not what this is about Xandar,” she sighed in worry, “You’re the King. The suggestion that you’re merely influenced by someone else may affect public confidence in the monarchy and the

government. To say that you’ve given control to me is just…wrong.”

He took her hands and suggested with a smile, “So, why don’t we start a new custom, where the King and Queen lead together, as one? That’s how Alphas and Lunas do it, and the system seems to be working quite well. And that was also how you and your allies won in battles, wasn’t it? Train as one, fight as one and win as one?”