The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 15

Chapter 15

‘Hang in there, Lucy! They’re coming!’ Juan’s panicked link was evident. He himself tried to speed up hisslaughter to get to Lucianne.

At the riverbank, Lucianne finally realized that this was a trap set up for her. The rogue she knocked intothe river wasn’t retreating, he was leading her to the river far away from the Alphas and the otherwarriors. The Lycans surrounded her, eyes glazing over as they linked each other. Lucianne put a bravefront but she knew the position she was in. Her chances of survival were slim. She may be able tohandle one Lycan but not three at a time.

She waited for them to make a move while praying for Raden and Tate to come soon. One Lycan stoodclose to the riverbank, too close. And he was the first to charge towards Lucianne. Lucianne pouncedjust low enough to dodge his claws and held one of his legs with her canines as she flipped him withforce at the boulder in the river.

A loud thud was heard, and the Lycan was definitely dead upon the impact because its friends howled inanger, and the one in the river didn’t even have the strength to scream. Like the rogue wolf before, hewas swept by the strong current before hitting the same second boulder. The remaining two Lycans weregrowling furiously now, not that it surprised Lucianne.

‘Hang on, Lucy! They’re coming! I’m right behind them now! Hang in there!’ Juan linked in panic.

Both Lycans pounced at her at the same time, and Lucianne swiftly rolled to the side. As soon as shewas up on her feet, they pounced again and she rolled away from the river, not wanting to die the sameway as the two creatures she killed. The Lycans seemed to be getting impatient. Lucianne knew betterthan to run and waste her energy in doing so. Lycans were faster and stronger than werewolves. Shecame to learn that the only way to beat a Lycan was with a wolf’s agility.

Her friends were coming so she just had to hold on a little while longer.

Then, the Lycans pounced again but not directly at her. They were pouncing to her sides to surround her.Just before they landed, Lucianne leaped away but she wasn’t fast enough. One of the Lycans grabbedher by her tail and threw her against a tree. She groaned at the impact and fell onto the ground. Whenshe was getting up, she was grabbed by her neck and tossed forcefully to the ground. She felt her bonesbreaking but before they had time to recover, she was once again tossed against another tree with evenmore force than the last.

Even with the pain, she refused to whimper. She would not give these rogues the satisfaction of hearingher cry out in anguish, even if she couldn’t stand up. Her head was leaning against the tree bark, and theLycans were laughing menacingly as they strode towards her. When they were two steps away, theyheard infuriated growls coming from the trees.

Tate and Raden pounced on them, catching them off guard. The Lycans were surprised but not for long.One of them grabbed Tate’s leg and tossed him away aimlessly. That was his mistake, tossing aimlessly.Tate fell to the ground with no injury and got up swiftly, charging towards the Lycan running towardsLucianne again. Before the Lycan reached her, Juan knocked him out of the way. Tate then continuedpouncing on the Lycan and scratching him with his claws.

Juan’s black wolf looked at Lucianne’s white one with worry, concern and guilt. She couldn’t even stand

‘I’ll be okay. Help them! She linked.

The black wolf nodded, and charged at the Lycan attacking Raden. Lucianne’s bones were healing butnot quickly enough for her to stand back up anytime soon. The pain was unbearable but she gritted herteeth and fought through it.

Lucianne watched the fight helplessly from the ground. She hated it when something like this happenedto her. Then, she noticed the Lycan attacking Tate taking something from the ground as he stood up from

a fall. A knife! Along with it, a familiar scent was lingering in the air – the dreaded scent of silver.

Juan, get to Tate! Knife! She linked and panic coursed through her as Juan quickly ran towards Tate,confident that Raden could handle the Lycan on his own now that it was weakened.

A plain knife is not much of a concern. A stab from a clean knife would create a wound that would healeasily. It is a knife coated with silver that would be fatal to werewolves. The higher the concentration ofsilver, the quicker the death. If it enters the system, it must be filtered out if a werewolf wanted anychance in surviving.

Juan pounced on the Lycan, and the knife flew, dropping on the ground near to where the other Lycanwas with Raden. Swiftly, the Lycan threw Raden right at Tate and Juan who was charging towards him.The three wolves fell to the ground and the Lycan who initially had the knife blocked the three wolvesfrom getting to the other Lycan who now had the knife and was dashing towards Lucianne.

Lucianne’s heart raced but externally, she showed no fear. She still couldn’t get up. The Lycan stabbedthe knife in through her side and plunged it mercilessly into her rib cage, destroying the slow progress ofher bones that were healing. Lucianne gritted her teeth and showed nothing on her face. But she couldn’thelp yelling in pain through her mind-link with Juan.

Juan growled furiously and ferociously as he kicked the Lycan stopping the three of them in the head,and was running towards Lucianne. But the Lycan caught hold of Juan’s tail and pulled him back towardshim.

Lucianne breathed heavily to cope with the pain and locked her murderous eyes with the

rogue Lycan, who was smirking with victory. He just stood there, like he wanted to watch her die. He heldonto the knife in her body, not giving her a chance to pull it out. She started to feel weaker than she

already was. If the knife wasn’t out, there was no way she could survive. But she didn’t have the strengthto push away the beast in front of her right now.

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When she started getting dizzy, the loudest and most ferocious growl she ever heard came from a merefew feet in front of her. The Lycans looked at each other like they just heard the unexpected. The Alphaspounced on the distracted Lycan at the same time to push him to the ground. Raden kicked the Lycannext to Lucianne away.

To everyone’s surprise, the owner of the loud growl they heard entered the battlefield, along with hissecond-in-command.