The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 53

Chapter 53

Xandar was awakened by Lucianne’s 4 a.m. alarm. She turned it off within seconds. And he saw her getout of bed in the darkness. His sleepy eyes watched her stretch her perfect body before she walkedtowards the bathroom. When she locked the door behind her, Xandar allowed himself a few moreseconds before getting out of the couch he slept in. He then remembered they had a date this morning.

But after everything that happened the night before, he wasn’t sure if Lucianne still wanted t o go withtheir plans. He turned on the lights and stretched out his own body as he waited for Lucianne to comeout from the bathroom.

The moment he heard the bathroom door unlocking and saw Lucianne emerge in changed clothes,Xandar took large strides towards her, and held her in his arms as he pecked a kiss o n her cheek andforehead before whispering, “Good morning, beautiful.”

She offered a shy smile, “Good morning, Xandar.”

He then asked in concern, “How are you feeling?”

She replied, “I’m okay. That phase was over after I cried it out last night. I’m back to normal now. Thankyou.”

He smiled and pecked a kiss on her nose before taking a step back to take in the black tracksuit she waswearing before he asked nervously, “C-Can I join you for your run this morning?”

She looked at him in confusion, “Weren’t you already going to do that?”

He chuckled as relief washed over him before he explained, “I just thought after what happened lastnight, you would want to go run alone.”

She then asked quizzically, “So…you expected me to go on our date by myself?”

His eyes widened as he frantically denied, “No! I just…” He stopped his explanation when he caught thecheeky glint in her eye, and he went straight for the flesh on her waist as she giggled and he muttered,“You little rascal.”

His animal was absolutely jubilant to hear her giggles so early in the morning. It could not think of abetter way to start the day, and neither could Xandar. After Xandar had cleaned himself up, they went tothe ground floor and exited through the back, greeting Ethan who was standing guard before they joggedtowards the forest.

Lucianne went behind a tree to strip and shift. She held her bag of clothes between her canines as shecame out from where she was. And that was when she came face-to-face with a nine-feet Lycan. 1

Xandar’s animal had black fur, and unlike werewolves which could only stand and run on all

fours, Lycans only stand on two feet. Their hands are free to grab their prey and attack their foes. Theirheight itself was already an advantage. Most wolves are either equal in height as their human form, orslightly taller in the case of Alphas and Lunas.

Lucianne knew that Xandar’s animal would be larger than his human form but she was still surprised bywhat she saw, and had to take two steps back to get a fuller view. Xandar’s animal whimpered when itsmate stepped back, thinking that she was avoiding him.

‘Baby, what’s wrong?’ His lilac eyes showed concern as he mind-linked her.

‘I think I’m still not used to seeing Lycans.’ She said as she looked at Xandar in awe. His brawny buildexuded strength, confidence and power. His large hands looked like they could easily uproot a fully-grown tree. His lilac eyes shone strikingly against his thick black colored fur. Every part of Xandar’smajestic animal screamed dominance and perfection.

Seeing that Lucianne didn’t say anything further as she continued to stare, Xandar misread her awe forfear so he linked sincerely, ‘I can shift back if you want.’ He, especially his animal, was worried that itmay have upsetted her, or worse, scared her.

Cheekiness sparked in Lucianne for the second time that morning when she linked, ‘Now why would Iwant that? Seeing you like this now gives me more time to strategize on how I’m going to beat youranimal in combat later on.’

His worry vanished as he linked in mock realization, ‘Ah, so that’s why you suggested we had an animaldate. And here I thought you just wanted our animals to meet. This is quite embarrassing, my Queen.’

‘Looks like I’ve misled you.’ Lucianne smirked as she and Xandar continued to replay their conversationat the refreshments table before Xandar’s arousal spiraled out of control the other day, with their rolesnow reversed.

‘Hm..that, you did.’Xandar linked in his husky voice as he took a step towards her. His arousal wasbeginning to fill the space around them as he recalled the first time they spoke like that to each other.

Lucianne then improvised from their conversation at the refreshments table, ‘You’re not going to considerpunishing your mate now, are you, your Highness? This is hardly a fair game. You know I can’t outrunyou.’

He took another step towards her and said flirtatiously, ‘So why bother running? Just let me catch you,mate.’

If Lucianne were in her human form, she would have blushed from the alluring way Xandar said the word‘

mate’. Not wanting to be the one to drop their harmless act first, she linked, ‘M m…no. I came for a runand I am going to run. You can’t stop me just because you’re a Lycan and a King.’ With that, she took-off

and could not help but chuckle when she saw Xandar’s shocked expression as soon as she sprinted.

‘Babe, I honestly don’t know which one of us is going to regret this more once it ends.’ Xandar

said, repeating Lucianne’s exact words to him when he challenged her to spar right after she took downthe General. His words elicited a chuckle from Lucianne through their link, making his Lycan gain speedto catch up to her.

Her adrenaline was pumping as she ran through the trees against the cool morning air. Within seconds,she felt Xandar’s animal catching up to her so she tried to get creative. She ran in zigzags and narrowlydodged trees with her agility and small size. The trick was to slow Xandar down, even if it was just by alittle bit. The unexpected turns she was taking would make catching up to her slightly more difficult than ifshe were just running in a straight line.

When the river she came to every morning was in view, she took a huge leap toward it when Xandarappeared from behind one of the trees and caught her in his arms before his body slumped to the groundwith Lucianne safely wrapped up in his chest.

With their bodies lying on the ground, Xandar’s concerned eyes bore into her sapphire orbs as he asked,‘You okay, Lucy?’