The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 82

Chapter 82

When dawn broke, Xandar ran with Lucianne’s wolf back to the clearing behind the hotel before retuminghome to shower and change for breakfast. After getting ready, he sped to the dining-hall and instantlyspotted his mate’s small back as soon as he entered. It was the first time she was standing so close tothe entrance that he might be able to surprise her before everyone bowed to give away his presence.

He took quick but quiet steps towards her, taking advantage of the fact that his mate was concentratingon what seemed to be a very serious conversation with the alliance members. When he stood closeenough, his hand went around her waist and rested on her abdomen as she gasped at his sudden touch.He made it to her just in time before everyone started bowing his way.

After pecking a kiss on her cheek from her side, he looked into her eyes and he grew concerned aboutthe dark circles underneath his mate’s beautiful black orbs. After exchanging bows with his subjects, helifted up Lucianne’s chin gently before his thumb traced under her eyes as he said,” You really need theday off, Lucy.”

“It just looks bad, Xandar. I’m fine. At least I slept.” Her sights then turned to Toby who looked absolutelyexhausted with his bloodshot eyes as he uttered, (This novel will be daily updtaed atwww.noveljar.com)”Goddess, don’t start, Lucy. I really tried to sleep. And we need to do a rain check onthat no-mercy training session. I can’t fight you today.”

It was then Xandar realised the alliance members around him weren’t their usual alert selves. Christiancame from his side and patted him on his shoulder before he acknowledged the Queen and exchangedbows with the alliance. The Duke grew conspicuously worried when he witnessed the sight before him.

Xandar then said, “It really is okay to take the day off. You all look like you could use some rest. Scratchthat. You all look like you need a lot of rest.”

Lucianne then assured him, “We’ll be fine, Xandar. We‘ve gotten through with less sleep. Besides, we’reneeded on the training ground. We’ll be okay. We’ll just have to be careful…” she locked eyes with Juanbefore she continued, “…to not overexert ourselves.”

Juan rolled his eyes, and Hale slapped him on the arm as she said sternly, “You heard her. And me.Don’t overdo it this morning.”

“Yes, ma’am.” Juan answered dotingly before pecking a kiss on his mate’s temple.

Lucianne then started, “So, uh, Xandar, Christian. Let’s bring you guys up to speed. We were talkingabout the rogue Lycan saying that he’s almost never involved in a rogue attack, that he did mostlytransportation of illegal substances. Raden thinks that perhaps the corporation used the Lycans mostly toget supplies, and the rogue wolves to attack.”

Christian agreed, “That’s definitely a possibility. It would also explain why rogue Lycans have never beenseen in rogue attacks until recently. But how did the rumours start circulating about their existence, if Imay ask?”

Lucianne started explaining, “Well, it started about five years ago. Blue Crescent and White Blood werealerted about an attack in an ally pack, Night Forest. The problem was that Night Forest was very farfrom where we were. So, we sent a request to Zeke and Zelena, and they got their warriors from BloodEclipse to get there first while we made our way there ourselves. But…” Lucianne’s fist clenched by herside, and the alliance’s eyes were pinned to the ground.

Xandar took her little fist and started stroking it soothingly as she continued with glistening eyes, “But wewere too late. We all were. Raden found one warrior taking his last breaths. The only word that thewarrior whispered was ‘Lycans’. There was so little strength in his voice that Raden didn’t even know ifhe heard him right.”

Xandar kissed her clenched fist, and she loosened it to entwine her fingers with his. Lucianne clearedher throat, “Then, we started investigating. We found familiar paw prints of wolves everywhere, of course.But,” she took a deep breath before her eyebrows furrowed, “We also found larger prints. Not many, butthey were there. So we started suspecting that rogue Lycans existed.”

Toby continued after Lucianne, “A few months after that attack, we lost another pack. Everyone wasslaughtered there too. And when we looked into the prints. We found the same thing. Most of the groundwas filled with smaller paw prints, and a few larger prints here and there.”

Lucianne locked eyes with her best friend as she recalled the events with him, “And the pattern just keptrepeating itself. Every few weeks, we’d lose an ally.”

Lovelace then said ominously in the King’s and Duke’s way, “These attacks have been carefully planned.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com) They made sure that stronger, more-equippedpacks like ours would not have enough time to get to the packs that they were attacking.”

Juan then said, “Which is why the smaller packs around Whiteblood, Blood Eclipse, Midnight and evenBlue Crescent have not been attacked in the past three years. Not once. We have an ally that has onlyten warriors and a population of a hundred and twenty, and they were never touched, probably becausethey are only a ten-minute run from Blue Crescent.”

Raden then added, “But we should mention that the pattern started changing.” He nodded to his Alpha,and all eyes were on Zeke, who said, “That’s true. After a few months of pack massacres, the rogues…only went for the Alpha and Luna. They killed anyone who got in their way, mostly warriors. But the packleaders were always the ones they were after.”

“Why is that?” Xandar asked.

Lucianne explained, “We didn’t know why at that time. But after the fifty-page report last night, we have atheory that,”

Toby butted in, “Lucy has a theory.”

Lucianne rolled her eyes at her best friend before she continued, “It may be a way to siphon money fromthe government.”

Xandar’s and Christian’s eyes widened, fixing to her black orbs as they waited for her to continuespeaking. Lucianne then said, “The government’s financial aid for rogue attacks are for packs that’survive’ a rogue attack, which makes sense because you can’t offer money to the dead. So, if you

slaughtered a whole pack, there’s no reason to disburse government funds. But, if a pack has survivingmembers.”

Xandar caught on, “Our system would allow fund disbursement according to the number of survivingpack members.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)” Lucianne nodded. “But why killthe pack leaders? The aid doesn’t differ with who gets hurt.” Xandar asked.