The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 192

At Blue Crescent, Lucianne dashed to the packhouse first while Xandar,Juan and Hale took a little more time. She wanted to butter up heroverprotective adoptive father before he met her mate. Ken and Janicedidn't live in this packhouse after retiring as Alpha and Luna but theystayed here for the past month to babysit the grandkids. Juan andHale's kids were still in school, so it was just the adults and the twoservants in the house now.

Ken was already waiting at the entrance when Lucianne ran into hisopen arms as she called out “Daddy!” like a little girl. After squeezingthe girl he raised as his own, he managed a small smile and asked,“Buying brownie points for your mate, baby girl?” 3

Lucianne showed her doe eyes and said, “Xandar is really nice, dad. AndI really love him. Promise to go easy on him?”

Ken narrowed his eyes and retorted, “No man is nice, baby girl. Ithought I taught you that.”

“What about you, dad? You're nice.” Lucianne continued to speak withinnocent eyes.

Ken sighed His heart always melted whenever Lucianne looked at himlike that, and he patted her twice on the head like he did ever since shewas merely a child as he said, “You know I'm only nice to my little girl.As for your mate...if I kill him, I promise it'll b e a quick death.”

Before Lucianne could protest, Ken smiled wider and said, “It was ajoke, Lucy. Lighten up. Go help your mother. She's in the living roomarranging the cookie jars.”

Lucianne was not going to leave until he did. She knew Ken. In herschooling years, guys have come over to the packhouse for tutoringsessions since she did well in science and mathematics, and Ken wasstrict with all of them even though Lucianne assured him that they werejust classmates, nothing more. Now, Ken was going to meet her fiancé.There was no telling how he would behave when he met Xandar.Xandar, Juan and Hale were waiting patiently behind the father-and-daughter pair, being careful not to interrupt them. They heard the lastpart of the conversation, which did not ease Xandar's anxiety at all. Juanwent to his father first, and the two shook hands like formalacquaintances rather than embrace each other like father and son. Kenthen hit Juan at the back of his head with his palm, as if it was fordisobeying him.

Juan knew exactly what that was for. Ken had been complaining non-stop about Juan giving Xandar his blessing to propose to LucianneBEFORE Ken gave his own. And Ken didn’t even want to get started onthe fact that Lucianne was already marked BEFORE he met the idiotwho did it!

As Xandar watched Juan's interaction with his father, he began towonder if Lucianne was really the adopted one. Maybe he would havehad an easier time courting Juan instead. 4

After Ken patted his daughter-in-law on her shoulder to acknowledgeher return, it was Xandar's tum to step forward. His animal took a deepbreath as Xandar approached the old man and shook his hand, tryinghis best to not look too intimidated by his hard stare. Lucianne andJuan exchanged tense glances, both hoping that Ken wouldn't throw apunch on the new addition to their family

Ken's expression was unreadable, and when he released Xandar's hand,the Lycan King uttered a properly-rehearsed, sincere apology for notmaking the effort to meet Ken and Janice sooner. That seemed to coolKen a little.

“At least he isn't too egotistical to own up to what he did wrong’, Kenthought to himself. He knew that Lucianne was watching, so theadoptive father didn’t say or do anything that may upset his little girlEveryone then adjourned to the living room, where Janice was.

Xandar presented Ken and Janice the gifts that he and Lucianne pickedout for them. Ken got a leather wallet, and Janice got a necklace. Janicewas elated and impressed. Ken was not, but nonetheless grudginglythanked Xandar after being nudged by his wife.

Janice was more welcoming with Xandar. She even offered him a hugbefore they all sat in the living room. The former Luna took a greatinterest in Xandar's life, and asked him all sorts of questions, from hisfamily to his hobbies. When Xandar sheepishly mentioned that he likedreading anything on history, Ken was pleased despite not showing it. Itwas almost impossible to replace another person who loved to read asmuch as his little girl did these days, so the seemingly-cold fatherwould admit that he felt... grateful Xandar and Lucianne shared this incommon.

When Janice ran out of questions to ask after two hours, Luciannetalked animatedly about her dates with Xandar. She only told Ken andJanice over texts and short mind-links before, so she was elaboratingfurther now. The sight of their adopted daughter glowing when shementioned that Xandar bought her all those books made Janice smilewider, and made Ken scowl less. And when Lucianne got out her phoneto show them the reading wonderland that Xandar built for her in hisvilla, the ice in Ken's heart

thawed a little more.

When Ken asked about their infiltration in Wu Bi Corp, Lucianne,Xandar, Juan and Hale all knew they were walking on eggshells fromhere. Juan and Lucianne agreed to share the details with their parentsface-to-face, and they were to do it together. Since Ken was softest toLucianne, she took the lead. Lucianne tried to water down the severityof her situation but to no avail.

She couldn't lie about it since Ken would just see right through her. AndKen threw sharp glares at Xandar and Juan when Lucianne reached thepart of the rogues pinning her to the wall before Jake tried to mark herby force. Janice had to hold her mate's hand when Lucianne reachedthe part of the Oleander.

Lucianne tried to lighten the mood by speaking cheerfully about howthe Queen's Authority could be emitted in her human form but wasstrongest when she brought her animal forward to combine its strengthwith her own. But even the mention of the Queen's Authority didn'tseem to make Ken any less enraged. If looks could kill, Xandar and Juanwould have died right then and there. When Lucianne finished thestory, even she held her breath to wait for Ken to say something.