The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 197

Yarrington caught the Queen before she fell, handing her to the King assoon as he reached her side. Xandar rushed her to Dr Yeil's medicalcentre. Christian, Annie, the alliance, Ken and Janice all waited along thecorridor outside the doctor's room.

Xandar was looking at his mate's unconscious body on the examinationtable in dismay. He felt her blacking out from across the hall, and thenext thing he knew, he was witnessing her petite figure falling beforethe Education Minister caught her in swift motion

Dr Yeil extracted some blood, and got one of his nurses to go have itanalysed. Two minutes into the body examination with his secondnurse, Lucianne let out a moan. Xandar rushed to her side without asecond thought and asked frantically, “Baby. Baby, can’ you hear me?”Her eyes fluttered open, and her gaze shifted from her mate to Dr Yeiland his nurse before her sights returned to Xandar as she asked, “Wh-what happened?”

"You passed out, sweetheart. How are you feeling?”

“A little dizzy.” she responded.

Xandar lifted her off the table, and held her close to his chest, using themate-bond to ease her discomfort. Lucianne kept her eyes closed asshe concentrated on Xandar's scent and heartbeat, and another threeminutes later, she could open her eyes without seeing her surroundingsspinning.

She reached for her mate's cheek as she muttered, “Thank you, mylove.”

He smiled in relief knowing that she felt better, and pecked a kiss onher forehead before he muttered, “Anything for you, Lucy.”

He sat her in a chair when the nurse came in with Lucianne’s blood testresults. What was odd was that the nurse was smiling. DI Yeil and theother nurse looked at their colleague in bewilderment before turningtheir eyes to the report. They were shocked at what they saw before asmile graced both their features

The doctor looked at the King and Queen, and smiled radiantly as hesaid, “It seems you can heal from just about anything, my QueenCongratulations, your Highnesses. You're pregnant.”

Xandar and Lucianne froze at the statement. Lucianne blinked a fewtimes before she shook herself out of her daze and asked, “I'm sorry, DrYeil. I'm quite certain I didn't hear you right. What did you just say?”The nurses smiled wider when the doctor said, “I doubt you heard mewrong, your Highness. You've healed from the infertility poison, andnow, you're with child. It's two days old, so the heartbeat is still faint.Give it another five more days, and you'll be able t o hear it easily in aquiet room. It looks like the Kingdom can welcome a new addition tothe royal family in eighteen weeks time.”

Xandar knelt before Lucianne, and pressed an ear over her abdomen,where he detected the beautiful sound of a beating drum. His eyesglistened in joy when he looked up at his mate and cupped her cheeksas he exclaimed in a hushed voice, “You're pregnant!”

Lucianne’s own eyes glistened as well when she chuckled in elation fora moment as she looked down at her still-flat belly, her thumb strokingit lovingly. For the first time in so long, she felt that the Moon Goddessdidn’t hate her. It was because their Goddess gifted her the ability toheal from poisons that she was able to conceive again. Then, somethingcame to her mind.

With bright, inquisitive eyes, Lucianne asked Dr Yeil, “The last time therewas infertility poison in my system, you said that you sent my blood tothe lab, Dr Yeil?"

Xandar stood by her side and faced the doctor as the old mananswered, “1 did. I called the head of the department just yesterday,your Highnesses, but my colleague over there confirmed that there's nochange in your blood composition. It's still the blood of an infertilecreature.”

“But the blood in my body is now healed?” Lucianne confirmed.

Di Yeil looked at the report in his hand and said, “It appears so, myQueen. There are no traces of infertility poison in your body, or anypoison for that matter. But I must say, the recovery phase did take alonger time compared to silver and Oleander.”

“Why is that?” Xandar asked.

Looking up from the report, the doctor answered, “My best guess? It'sbecause the hormones required to conceive took time to return to theirnormal levels. You see, your Highnesses, the infertility poison wipes outthe hormones required for pregnancy and...i s supposed to inhibitproduction of such hormones from the organ producing themindefinitely. To put it simply, the poison was... supposed to turn off theproduction switch in the organ, much like how lethal poisons such assilver and Oleander turn off the functionality switch in vital organs.But..."

Dr Yeil looked at the report again and said, “If we learned anythingabout the Queen's immune system, it's that her organs know

how to take care of themselves. Since the switch in her organs neverallows anything external to turn them off.. at least not permanently, sheretained the ability to continue hormonal production. It took this longbecause hormones may take days, weeks, o r months, in some cases, toreturn to their normal levels, depending on one’s diet and lifestyle.According to this report, your hormones are now at healthy levels tocarry a child, my Queen.”

Lucianne was speechless as she continued staring at the medicalprofessionals. Xandar caressed her shoulders before he pecked a kiss inLucianne’s hair and uttered, “Amazing.”

Lucianne then asked, “So, if I gave you my blood that has healed fromthe poison, and you sent it to your colleagues in the lab, do you thinkthey can study the blood composition and develop an antidote to curesomeone who has succumbed to the same poison?”

Everyone's eyes snapped wide open. Dr Yeil composed himself and said,“Technically speaking, and if we were to be optimistic, it should bepossible, your Highness.”

Xandar caught up to his mate's thoughts. She was thinking aboutAnnie. Lucianne wanted to know if there was something in her bloodthat could be replicated to heal her. The thought of how selfless shewas even in this made Xandar's heart melt.

With her doe eyes, Lucianne looked up at her mate and asked, “Youdon't mind if I gave some of my blood, do you? It won't affect thechild.”

Xandar lowered himself to peck a kiss between her eyebrows and said,"Of course not, sweetheart. I think it's a great idea.”

Lucianne’s eyes sparkled when she said, “In that case,” she looked backat the doctor and nurses as she said, “Take a little more of my blood,please. See if it can cure anything else.”

“Not too much of it though.” Xandar said with worry. He didn’t wanther to faint again.

Lucianne rolled her eyes and said, “I doubt Dr Yeil will take everything,darling.”

Dr Yeil affirmed her statement, “Medical protocol doesn't allow us toextract more than three syringes of blood from a pregnant woman, myKing.”

Xandar's tense shoulders relaxed, and he heaved a relieved sigh beforepecking another kiss on his mate's forehead as he said,” That's good toknow.”

After giving them the blood, Xandar and Lucianne agreed to keep thelast part of their medical consultation from the Duke and Duchess untilthey actually have good news. They didn't want to get Christian andAnnie's hopes up and then shoot it to the ground later on if and whenthere was no cure.

In the hallway, everyone's eyes snapped to Lucianne and Xandar, andwhen the smiling couple told them that they were expecting, thestrained atmosphere lightened as everyone conveyed theircongratulations. The two most excited people were Janice, who couldn'twait to welcome another grandchild, and Annie, who couldn't wait tobe a distant aunt. Since Xandar was close to her and Christian, Anniedoubted that they'd be distant at all!

Toby's cheeky demeanor replaced his worried features as he said, “Adynamite carrying a dynamite. This is definitely one safe Kingdom tolive in."