The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 131

Chapter 131

After training, back in the hotel, Xandar and Lucianne just came out of the shower when Chief Dalloway’semails came through. With a towel wrapped around her body, Lucianne buttoned-up her mate’s dark blueshirt while he blew dry her hair. After Xandar zipped up her black skirt and planted a deep kiss on herneck through her dark blue, high-neck lace blouse, they still had two hours to spare before dinner. 1

Xandar opened up his laptop on the armrest of the couch and started reading the email. He waspresented with two documents, one is the transcript of Sebastian’s interrogation, the other was the reportfrom interrogating the rogue Lycan before he escaped.

He forwarded the document on the rogue Lycan to the alliance members before opening up the transcriptfrom the interrogation with Sebastian. Lucianne got out her own laptop, and she sat sideways onXandar’s lap, her back facing his laptop before she turned on her device on her own lap.

Without taking his eyes off the screen, Xandar’s arm circled her waist like it was the most natural thingfor him to do. And Lucianne’s head instinctively leaned against his warm chest as she started reading the70-page report on the rogue Lycan.

Xandar decided to start with the document on Cummings first because it was a much shorterdocument… and also because Sebastian was his mate’s ex-mate. —

‘Question: For the record, what is your relationship with the suspect?

Answer: I’m her brother.

Q: Have you been in contact with your sister?

A: Not since the day she was arrested. The last time I saw her was in the evening the day before last,when I visited her here in prison.

Q: So, after you left that evening, there were no phone calls, text messages, emails, notes orcorrespondence of any kind?

A: No.

Q: And have you been in contact with your father lately?

A: …

Q: Mr Cummings, should I repeat my question?

A: No, no. It’s just. No, I haven’t been in touch with him either.

Q: When did you last see him?

A: I paid him a visit late in the morning today after he called to tell me that Sasha disappeared. You cancheck the visitation records. My name should be there.

Q: Do you believe that your father aided in your sister’s escape?

A: What? How does that make any sense? If he could get her out, why wouldn’t my father get himselfout? He is resourceful as a minister but with the current charges against him and with his assets frozen,it doesn’t take a genius to come to the conclusion that there is no way he could’ve helped anyoneescape. M y sister is no exception.

Q: So, you’re saying that your father couldn’t have been the one to break Sasha Cummings out of our

facility because the minister is in police custody and his assets are frozen?

A: That’s what I said.

Q: Then, could it be you who has helped Sasha Cummings escape, Mr Cummings? Seeing that you arenot i n police custody and your assets are not frozen, you would have every opportunity to…

A: I didn’t break her out.

Q: But you have the means to do it.

A: That doesn’t mean I did it! After what she did to Lucia- the Queen, I was relieved that Sasha wasimprisoned.

Q: You were happy that your own sister was imprisoned?

A: Happiness may be taking it too far, officer. I was relieved, I’ll admit that much. I was relieved knowingthat she could hurt…anyone anymore.

Q: When you visited her yesterday, what did you talk about?

A: Don’t you have the transcripts to answer that question?

Q: I ask the questions here, Cummings. What did you both talk about?

A: It really wasn’t anything important. I asked her why she did it, why she hurt the Queen.

Q: And were you surprised by her answer?

A: Hardly. It’s all that she’s been saying since the King…found his mate.

Q: So, you’ve known about her intentions to injure the future Queen but you did nothing to notifyanyone?

A: I knew about her intentions to break-up the King and Queen by seducing the King, not by hurting theQueen.

Q: Are you saying that you’re unaware of the fact that Sasha Cummings insulted the Queen on the veryfirst day of the collaboration?

A: I am very well-aware of that incident but I didn’t see her ability to exacerbate verbal attacks to physicalones. Officer, if you listened to the recording of my visit with Sasha, you’d know that I did not agree withanything she did.

Q:I have listened to it, Mr Cummings. And in that very same conversation, Sasha Cummings said thatyou both were accomplices when it came to separating the King from the Queen last year.

A: That was Sasha’s accusation. What happened last year was not planned.

Q: So, is it true? That you made sure that the Queen-to-be never met the King last year?

A: She wasn’t his mate last year. She was mine. I had every right to do what I did. And how is thisrelevant to my sister’s disappearance?

Q: Well, I’m trying to gauge the proximity of your relationship with your sister, to understand how likely orunlikely it is for you both to help each other when one is in trouble. Seeing that she kept the King awayfrom the Queen, and you kept the Queen away from the King, there seems to be a consensus of goals,don’t you think?

A: I see you’re marked, officer. How would you react if some other male’s eyes kept replaceing their way toyour mate? Would you have introduced her to this creature, or would you have kept her away like I did?

Q: You went against the Crown, Cummings. I didn’t. And…

A: For the last time, she was my mate! The King was nothing to her. I did not go against the Crownbecause there was nothing between them. Nothing. She was bonded to me. Questioning what I did isquestioning our Goddess.

Q: So, after the severance, would you say that there was never an occasion where you and your sisterboth went against the Crown?’

“Xandar, darling. Is everything alright?” Lucianne’s voice of concern pulled Xandar’s attention away fromhis screen. It was only then he realized that his arm around his mate’s waist was tightening.

He loosened his grip around her immediately but the worry in Lucianne’s black orbs did not fade as shewaited for him to speak. A warm smile graced his features before his fingers ran down her hair as hesaid, “I’ve fallen in love with you from the first moment I laid my eyes on you, my little freesia.” Afterpecking a kiss between her eyebrows, he uttered, “I love you.”

Lucianne was still confused. How did reading about a rogue Lycan raise any thoughts of his feelings forher? “I love you, too, Xandar. Which part of the document are you reading by the way? I don’t seeanything that…”

Xandar silenced her with a deep kiss before he uttered, “It’s not the report on the rogue, my love. I’mreading the transcript from Cummings’s interrogation. He mentioned that I couldn’t take my eyes off you in the collaboration last year, which pissed him off quite a bit. It seems this beast has been under yourspell even before we met, before we were bonded.”

Lucianne blinked, trying to keep up with her mate’s train of thought before she uttered in confusion, “Asromantic as that is, dearest, why was it in the transcript? How does that connect to Sasha’sdisappearance?”

He brushed his nose against the bridge of her nose as he explained, “The police suspect that the brothermay have helped the sister escape.”

“Did he?”

“It doesn’t seem likely for now. But I haven’t reached the end yet. I’ll let you know when I’m done,sweetheart.” Another kiss on her temple, and his eyes retumed to his screen but that was when a smallhand reached for his cheek.

Lucianne turned his face towards hers. With a shy smile and her doe-eyes, she said in a soft voice, “Forwhat’s worth, I’ve always thought you’re the most handsome creature I’ve ever seen, even before wemet.”

“Is that so?” Xandar asked flirtatiously as he tucked a loose strand behind her ear. He even felt hisanimal’s ears perk up at Lucianne’s confession.

Lucianne started blushing when his thumb stroked the warmth on her cheek as she admitted, “It is. Fromafar, you’ve always looked…brooding and maybe a little scary but I don’t know why, I just never feltintimidated by you. I’m not sure if the others felt the same way but to me, there’s always this…confidenceand…assurance that you bring into a room which makes your people feel…looked after in some way. It’skind of hard to explain. Even when you don’t smile and look…menacing on most occasions back then,there was never a time I felt…unsafe in your presence.”

Xandar felt a gentle warmth embracing his heart, making him peck a kiss on her lips before he declared,”Not feeling unsafe is not enough, Lucy. I want you to feel safe when you’re with me, completely safe.”

“I do. That was last year, before we met. I do feel safe with you now, Xandar. More than safe, actually.”

“That’s good.” Xandar uttered before his animal had the sudden urge to tease their flustering mate so hesaid, “And, my dear, maybe you’ve never been intimidated by this menacing beast because of yourunusual tendency to venture into dangerous waters.”

“So, you’re saying that I shouldn’t have such tendencies, my King?” Lucianne challenged with acoquettish smirk in retum

“It’s far too late for that, my Queen.” He pecked a kiss on her palm before he pouted, “You wouldn’t wantto break this poor beast’s heart by staying away now, do you, my love?”

Lucianne continued tracing his eyebrows as she muttered, “I don’t think I could even if I wanted to.Staying away from you would hurt too much, Xandar.”

Xandar’s Lycan cooed when Lucianne’s words showered it with a blissful waterfall of love, affection anddevotion. Their lips collided until they became breathless, and they reluctantly tore their eyes away fromeach other to return their attention to the documents on their screens.