The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 176

Chapter 176

Jake raised an eyebrow, and his animal was turned on by what the hottest she-wolf just said to them.

Seeing that there were no booby traps or Oleander arrows ready to be fired, Xandar, Christian, thealliance, Phelton, Dalloway, Langford and two more Lycan warriors came through. Jake glanced overeach of them before his sights returned to Lucianne as he said, “Miss you? Yes. Them? Not so much.”

Because they killed your friends back in our little rendezvous in Forest Gloom? How many people didyou lose that day again? Fifty? Lucianne taunted, and was satisfied to see some of those behind Jakewere exchanging fearful looks.

Jake knew it, too. “Trying to scare my people, Lucy?”

Lucianne dropped her fake smile and said, “Surrender, Jake. You and your people have nowhere to run.Give yourselves up and the law might be more lenient with this.”

Jake chuckled in dark humor and said, “I don’t surrender, sweetheart.”

Enraged growls were fired from those around Lucianne at what Jake just called her. After it died down,Lucianne said, “Poor memory you have there. Maybe Orphelia can be of more help.”

Orphelia was one of Jake’s less intelligent cronies. Lucianne turned to her in mock bewilderment as sheasked, “Orphelia, I forgot why Clement let Jake leave Forest Gloom instead of killing him in the challengefor the Alpha title. Do you remember why?” “It’s because Jake sur— Orphelia’s answer was stopped byJake’s homicidal growl.

His eyes burnt into Lucianne’s but before he could speak, Lucianne spoke, “The rest of you behind him,you have a chance to come forward and surrender. Stand with your Alpha, and we WILL kill you.Surrender, and you’ll leave this island unharmed”

Although there were arrogant chuckles after Lucianne announced the offer, there were alsocontemplative faces. Many of their eyes glazed over, like they were discussing amongst themselves.They lost many friends in the last battle that they were fortunate enough to not be sent to. Even theAlpha’s own sister didn’t make it.

Toby yelled, “Sixty seconds, people!”

Out of the hundreds behind Jake, about fifteen Lycans and ten wolves came forward. When Lucianne’sscent didn’t pick up any traces of silver or Oleander from those who were coming to their side, she gaveDalloway a nod to cuff them to suppress their abilities while his deputy and the other policemen got themout of the building.

Jake and his loyal followers growled and glared at the traitors, who chose to switch sides at the lastminute. The Alpha then scowled at Lucianne and spat, “That was a mistake, Lucy!”

Lucianne spat back, “The mistake was teaching Clement to spare your life if you surrendered in theAlpha challenge! The mistake was not insisting that he killed you and Iris.”

“I’VE ALREADY KILLED MY SISTER FOR YOU! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!” 1

His followers were shocked at this declaration, and many of his followers became hesitant to take hisside. They thought Iris died i n battle. They weren’t told that the Alpha was the one behind her death.

Alithia stared at Jake in shock and asked, “What did you just say?”

Toby yelled again, “Last chance!” Two lycans immediately came forward, and muttered Oleander bladesas they walked past Toby

Jake’s jaw clenched, and his eyes watered just slightly as he told Lucianne, “If it was a mistake to askthat weakling brother of mine to keep me alive, why don’t you just kill me now?”

Lucianne scoffed and asked thetorically. “What do you think we’re here for, genius?”

In a low, menacing voice, Xandar announced, “My sole purpose of being here today IS to kill you.”

Jake’s eyes were fixed on Lucianne’s as he uttered, “I can promise you, by the end of today, you won’tbe his anymore, sweetheart.”

Upon Lucianne and Xandar’s growls, everyone charged forward and the battle began Their cavalrybarged in through the entrance and exits upon Toby’s command,

Xandar, Juan and Tate went for Jake without giving it a second thought. The sneaky rogue Alphacharged towards them at first but right before both sides collided, Jake leaped to the side, running awaywhen the rest of his followers were forced to fight their opponents Xandar and the two Alphas with himwere blocked by rogue Lycans, and were forced to fight them off first.

Alithia cleverly avoided Lucianne when she went for Toby without knowing his level of skill. They chargedat each other and when Alithia was close enough, Toby extended his claws and impaled her abdomenbefore flipping her body to the side as he took on the

next one.

Lucianne’s human part was small enough to dash through opponents as she followed Jake, asking theunshifted Sylvia and shifted Luna Emilia to follow her. The rogue Lycans seemed to be targeting the Kingas they came attacking in fours. When he saw his Queen running towards a hallway, he sent a link forany available warriors to follow Lucianne and the two wolves with her while h e tried to get rid of peskyrogues around him.

Phelton growled before flipping himself over his surprised opponent, pulling the rogue’s ears as soon ashe landed behind him, tearing them as the rogue let out a deafening howl. The warrior then used that

time to impale his opponent’s throat and abdomen with his claws before dashing across the room tocatch up to the Queen.

Juan killed the two rogue wolves who were in his way before sprinting in the same direction, praying thathe would get to his sister before anything happened to her. After the King snapped the necks of the lasttwo rogues attacking him, he leaped over the dead bodies scattered around him before bolting. Christianwas only a little behind.

Lucianne, Sylvia and Emilia came to a hall that was smaller than the one they came from. They couldn’tsee Jake from where they were. Lucianne told them to stay back as she stepped through the doorway.She sniffed the air, making sure there wasn’t any poison there to harm her friends.

She then gave them the greenlight to come through. As soon as they stepped in, Lucianne smelled silvercoming at lightning speed from above, and two blades came into view in Sylvia and Emilia’s way.

Lucianne pushed Emilia’s wolf away before taking the blade for Sylvia, groaning as she fell to theground. After extracting the blade with a mild concentration of silver from her arm, Lucianne shouted,“Get out of here, now!”

Sylvia stubbornly insisted, “We’re not leaving you, Lucy!”

“EMILIA! DODGE!” Lucianne exclaimed when she smelled another blade coming. The blade narrowlymissed the Luna, and Lucianne pulled Sylvia and Emilia out of the hall before peering through thedoorway.

The guys joined them. Xandar noticed her injury, and immediately placed his hand over the already-healing wound to heal it faster as he asked, “What are we looking at, Lucy?”

“Silver blades are being thrown from a higher level. But they don’t seem to be targeting me. One went forSylvia, and another two went for Emilia.” Lucianne explained.

When Lucianne was healed, Christian and Phelton walked through the doorway. Xandar made his matepromise to stay behind with the other wolves as he went into the room to join the Duke and warrior. Thewolves watched them from where they were.

Nothing seemed to be happening. The three of them stood right in the middle and looked up. Therewasn’t anything or anyone. It was just a deserted second floor corridor. Tate caught up to the wolves andshifted back before Juan filled him in.

Just as the three Lycans in the room were walking back to the doorway, everyone heard growls beforemore rogue Lycans appeared on the second floor corridor, throwing themselves over the railing andlanding perfectly on the floor where the King, Duke and deputy minister were. Lucianne immediatelylinked for back-up, so did the three in the room as they took on the rogues.

Lucianne watched the scene in worry, feeling utterly useless and helpless. She prayed that the three ofthem could hold on until the other warriors came to help. Suddenly, a blade was thrown in Xandar’sdirection and it made a scratch across the length of his forearm, causing him to groan in pain.“XANDAR!” Lucianne screamed.