The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 189

Greg was lying in the prison bed with an Oleander bracelet on his rightwrist. It was getting boring. How did inmates entertain themselveshere? There has to be something’, he thought to himself. He sat up andlooked around the small space before hearing heavy footsteps gettingcloser to his cell. A policeman emerged, unlocked his door and said,“We need you to be ready in the interrogation room. You have a visitfrom the Crown.”

Of course he did. As he left his confined space without another word,he was secretly impressed that his cousins got to this phase o ffacinghim in prison in such a short span of time. He and his animal thoughtthe two would take at least a month before the King came down hereand used his Authority to make him vomit whatever sh*t there was inhis head.

But Greg wasn't worried. He had already told Billy to activate CodesOrange and Black, which would involve the evacuation of everyoneunder his care and supervision. They would've been safely evacuated bynow. Even if that goody-goody cousin of his forced him to spit outwhatever he knew, his information would be outdated and useless. Hispeople were safe, and that was all Greg needed for now.

Then again, maybe he didn’t come for information. Maybe the otherDuke just wanted to kill him for what he did to his Duchess.or maybethe King wanted to beat him up for falling in love with his mate...or itwas both.

They reached an empty room with a one-way mirror, and the policemangot him to sit while he waited He doubted that he'd be able to seeLucianne. After handing over the recordings, his secret that he kept tohimself had come out. There was no way his cousins would let theQueen come after the police handed them the report.

He waited for two minutes and started getting bored, so he got up andhis back faced the door as he stretched out his body to stop himselffrom falling asleep. The door opened, and without turning around, hescoffed darkly and spoke in arrogance, “I must say, I'm impressed. HereI thought your slower brain would take more time to...” he turned, andsaw a beautiful Lucianne looking straight at him, making Greg's cockyeyes widened in horror and guilt before he fell on one knee and said,“My Queen. I am so sorry. I convey my most sincere apologies. Ithought you were—"

“The King?” Lucianne asked as she remained standing in her navy bluedress.

Greg looked uneasy when he nodded and said, “Or the other Duke... Ididn’t think your mate would allow you in here.” What the f*ck were hiscousins thinking?! If it were Greg, he'd never allow it.

Lucianne nodded with a flat smile and said, “Well, he wasn't going to.Have a seat, your Grace.”

“He wasn't going to? She argued her way to come here? This had to beimportant’, Greg thought to himself.

As soon as they were seated facing each other at the small squaretable, Lucianne’s eyes were pinned on her entwined fingers before Gregasked, “What seems to be troubling you, my Queen?”

Lucianne looked like she was choosing her words carefully. Finally, shespoke, “The monarchy is submitting a recommendation, and we can'tcome to a consensus of what we should propose to the legal systemwithout knowing why you chose to...incriminate yourself.”

Greg raised his eyebrows and answered, “Wasn't that the right thing todo, my Queen?”

Lucianne locked her eyes with his and said, “You very well know that'snot what I meant, your Grace. You could have done this years ago. Whynow?"

Why now? She was still asking that despite the recordings? He lookedaway as he uttered, “I doubt you'll believe me when I say this but.” hecleared his throat and continued, “It's...difficult...to not give you whatyou want.” 1

That answer and his uneasy demeanor were enough to convinceeveryone watching them that Greg was sincere, that this was NOT atactical move in some hidden scheme. There was no scheme. His voiceechoed only vulnerability.

Lucianne felt her mate's jealousy building up strong and fast, so shemoved on to her next question, “When you helped start the corruptionscheme, no doubt not knowing that the Kyltons were the people youwere working with, did you feel that it was... wrong?”

Greg heard the hopefulness in her voice. She came to help him. It wasso difficult to not fall even harder for her when she did that.

They probably couldn't reach a consensus on the monarchy’srecommendation because Lucianne somehow hoped that he was sorryfor what he did. But Greg knew better.

He looked at the ground when answered her question, “No, I never feltthat way. I'm sorry, my Queen.”

Lucianne digested his response before she asked, “You're sorry for notreplaceing corruption to be wrong?”

“No, I'm sorry for disappointing you.” Greg still couldn't look her in theeye when he said in a low voice, “I may not agree with my cousins on alot of things but if they told you that there's no use in showing memercy, my Queen, I have to agree with them. I have

done unforgivable things. Everyone knows that.” 2

“You've also done commendable things. Not many people know that.”Lucianne said encouragingly, using the voice she only used when shespoke to her friends and allies. Greg never heard her speak to him likethat before today.

The Duke looked at Lucianne in disbelief right after she said that, andshe continued, “I doubt you wanted the shelter of prison. And you knewthat handing over the evidence AND yourself with it would only makeyour life more difficult than if you chose to run away. But you stayedanyway. And I don't see any fear in your eyes, your Grace. All I see iscertainty in what you're doing. There's another thing...”

Greg waited, and she said, “You confessed to giving Annie the infertilitypoison, even though you could have kept it hidden, even though youcould've brought that secret to your grave. Confessing to harming theDuchess only makes your situation worse, not better. But you did itanyway.”

"Admitting to crimes that grave is far from commendable, my Queen.”Greg muttered. How could she see any good in that? There wasNOTHING right about what he did.

Lucianne let out a sharp breath and muttered, “You and your cousinsare equally stubborn, more alike than any of you would admit.”

Greg hated that he was behaving like his slow-thinking cousins, and hehated more that he upsetted Lucianne but he didn't know, what to sayWith another sigh, Lucianne said, “Let's try it this way: why did youadmit to sterilizing Annie when you didn't have to?”

Greg swallowed a lump in his throat, and thought about lying. But thatwould only disappoint Lucianne even more if she found out the truthlater. Even if he wanted to lie, his animal wouldn't have allowed it. Theyalready upsetted her. They were not going to do that again

Greg took a deep breath before he said, “Because...when I found outthat you...succumbed to the same poison, my Queen, I wanted nothingmore than to capture, torture and kill the person who was behind it. Inmy mind, the ones behind such an inhumane crime shouldn't be givena chance to escape or to live.”

Lucianne internalized his frank response before she asked, “So, youregret what you did?”

Greg scoffed and said, “Regret seems a little too noble, my Queen. I'dsay that I'm merely offering someone the chance that I didn't getmyself.”

Lucianne furrowed her eyebrows, crossed her arms and leaned backinto her chair as she challenged, “And how is offering someone achance to capture, torture and kill you not noble, your Grace?”“Because I was the perpetrator. Nobility requires something less...malicious.”

“So, you're saying that offering your life is not noble? It's malicious?”“My Queen, you really don't have to do this. I turned myself overbecause I figured what I did was...not right. Just think of it as me...respecting the system.”

Lucianne muttered to herself, “Hm. Didn't expect you to respectanything, to be honest. This is good progress. So,” She looked at himand continued, “If you were to see...the Duke or Duchess, would youhave anything to say to them before they tortured or killed you?”

Greg pondered for a moment, and reluctantly looked at the one-waymirror, knowing that the others, including the Duke and Duchess, werewatching him, as he said, “When I did it, I wasn't sorry. But...after it wasused on the Queen... I started to... relate to pain that I have caused you.Both of you. I admit that you both will feel a deeper pain, a greater lossthan the mild one I experienced but...I have no excuse. You have everyright and reason to kill me for what 1 did.” He looked back to Lucianneand said,” As do you, my Queen.”

Lucianne offered a small smile and said, “If I wanted to kill you, yourGrace, I would've done it by now.” She stood from her seat, and Greg'sanimal was saddened by the thought of seeing her go. He stood whenshe did, and Lucianne thrusted out a hand for a handshake.

Like the previous time, Greg stared at her small hand for a momentbefore he took it, bent down and pecked a polite kiss on the back.Lucianne took back her hand, and smiled meekly as she said, “Thankyou for your time and for the evidence, your Grace.”

“It's a duty and a pleasure to serve, my Queen.” Greg uttered

The moment Lucianne stepped out of the door, Xandar's jealousy andinsecurity diminished...until he noticed Sebastian Cummings walkingpast the room he was in with the others.