The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Lucianne took a step forward and look dead in Whitlaw’s eye as she said, “I know why a minister shouldexist. But I cannot fathom why you and Alfred Cummings exist, Minister Whitlaw. You both don’t evenknow the packs which need help in rogue attacks. You both couldn’t even tell me why we had to pay a‘to-be-confirmed’ amount for Lycan warriors to help in a rogue attack. And, I distinctly remember that itwas you Pierre Whitlaw, who told me to give up being a Gamma because I was asking too manyquestions.”

Pierre’s face was turning white but Lucianne didn’t waver. “You want to talk about procedure? It was yourprocedures that made packs resort to borrowing funds from each other to support their pack members. Itis because of procedures that relief applications almost never reach the final stage for monies to bedisbursed. And you want to speak about permission?” Lucianne scoffed, “I didn’t see you complainingabout a lack of permission when we fought off the rogues in the Jewel Pack, or any of the battles wefought before that. Why are you complaining about a lack of permission to resolve a sparring dispute? Isyour job scope only here, on this training ground?”

He opened his mouth but nothing came out. He was already shaking. Lucianne’s face burned into hiseyes as she said, (This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)“Be grateful that we are doingyour job while you hold your position, Whitlaw. Otherwise, give up being a Minister because you’ve beenanswering too few questions.” 4

‘I-I apologize, my Queen. Excuse me.” Whitlaw said and scurried away and Alfred followed suit.

Lucianne finally took in the scene around her. Everyone had stopped fighting to watch the incident. Theywere all looking at her. Some smiled while others resisted laughing at the retreating ministers. Luciannetook a breath to calm down. She then clapped her hands once before yelling out, “Alright, everyone.Show‘s over. Get back to training.”

She expected only retreating figures and turned-away heads after she said that. To her surprise, therewere slight bows and muffled voices uttering, “Yes, my Queen.” And everyone returned to theirrespective mats to continue training.

Xandar was looking at her in pure awe and admiration. “You’re just…amazing.”

She smirked. “Flattery is not going to get you out of training, dearest. Go on now, my King.”

He pecked a kiss on her lips before he said in a husky voice, “I want to talk to you later about what youjust told Whitlaw. But for now, I must obey my Queen’s command.” He pecked another kiss on herforehead before joining his cousin.

Christian didn’t even wait to get back on their mat before he mind-linked,(This novel will be daily updtaedat www.noveljar.com) ‘Xandar, what was the Queen talking about? What ‘to-be-confirmed’ amount forLycan warriors? And wasn’t close to 80% of the relief applications approved last year?‘

‘I am as shocked as you are to hear what she said. We need to talk to her about this at lunch. For once,we’ll not take any pack members. It’s time we spoke to Lucy. She may know more than we do aboutwhat’s really going on within our own ministries.’

‘Cuz…I’m very embarrassed to not know this.’

‘Yeah, me too. I feel like I’ve let them down somehow, the wolves that is.’

Well, it’s definitely worse for you. I’m only second to you, after all.’ 1

‘I am so going to kick your ass for that!

‘Bring it on, cuz!

***

At lunch, Lucianne was speaking to Sir Weaver and Lord Yarrington, both of whom she and Toby hadgiven pointers to at training earlier. They were interested in hearing about how werewolves were faring inenvironmental issues and education.

Lucianne happily introduced Sir Weaver to pack members who had been having a water supply shortagefor years. Weaver, although a Lycan, had a less daunting presence than Xandar. He was welcoming andattentive, allowing the werewolves to speak freely as they raised their concerns. So Lucianne only had tostay with them for the first few minutes.

She then got a few other wolves who always had strong opinions about changing the education systemto Lord Yarrington. He looked more stern in his demeanor so Lucianne was not confident to leave thewolves alone with him. But as the minutes went by, she noticed that the wolves who were speaking tohim were quite comfortable in the way they spoke. Perhaps all those bottled-up dissatisfactions arefinally being released.

A hand from behind pressed gently on Lucianne’s abdomen, and she gasped in surprise as the sparksconfirmed that the person behind her was Xandar. “My King.” The Lycan minister and the wolves bowed.Xandar bowed back and they stood when he did. He looked at Lucianne and asked softly, (This novel willbe daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)“Can I borrow you for the rest of lunch hour?”

“Uh..” she looked at the wolves and asked, “Will you all be alright without me here?” One of them said,“Yes, of course, Lucy! Thank you for telling us about this!” Lucianne smiled graciously and said, “Oh,don’t thank me, Benedict. Lord Yarrington himself wanted to know. The credit is his to take. Thank you,minister.”

Lord Yarrington smiled graciously and said, “It is an honour to serve alongside you, my Queen.” 2

She turned back to Xandar, who led her to the buffet table. They got their food and sat with Christian.Christian smiled but it was clear that he had something on his mind. Lucianne noticed that they were

mind-linking with their eyes glazing over so she didn’t interrupt them. They all ate in silence. Even afterthe cousins were done, they were still mind-linking each

other. This went on until Lucianne herself finished her food and started sipping on her water.

‘So, Lucy.” Xandar began.

“Mm. Yes?” She asked after swallowing the water in her mouth.

Xandar asked, “When you told Whitlaw about a ‘to-be-confirmed amount for Lycan warriors’, w-what didyou mean?”

She looked at the two cousins who were both looking very serious as they waited for her answer. Shethen casually explained, “What do you mean what do I mean? It’s exactly that. I didn’t know why theamount packs had to pay for Lycan warriors to help in rogue attacks were a to-be-quantified amount. Istill don’t know, to be honest. Among ourselves, we werewolves just decided to rely on our own warriorsand allies who do it for free. I asked Whitlaw about it after Cummings shooed me away. Whitlaw told methat the ministry had full discretion to quantify the charges. I asked what the factors in the calculationwere. Was it the number of hours of the attack, or the number of hours they were in the pack itself, (Thisnovel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)or whether there would be different rates depending onthe level of skill of the Lycans they were sending, um…he just said I was a typical woman whooverthought everything and shooed me off after that too. Juan was there. He almost lost his temper so Ihad to pull him away.”

Lucianne chuckled at the last part but the cousins looked at each other uneasily before Christianprompted, “My Queen, you also mentioned most of the relief applications never make it to the stage offund disbursement?”

After taking another sip from her cup and swallowing it hastily, she said, “Oh, that. Well…” she chuckledagain but she looked at the confused cousins and she was thinking about her next best move, “Give me

a minute. I need to make this as cordial as possible.”

“No, Lucy. Don’t water down anything. We don’t care how badly it hurts.” Xandar insisted.

“Are you sure?” Lucianne asked with uncertainty. Xandar looked at her encouragingly, and Christianoffered a small smile and uttered, “Go on, my Queen, please.” Lucianne then said, “This is going to hurtpretty badly.”