The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 125

Chapter 125

Xandar’s smile turned into a frown as he leaned into her to hold her in his arms. “That’s what you’ve been worrying about? Lucy, if kids really mean that much to you, we could always consider adoption.”

“You mean…you don’t mind…not having your own kids?” Lucianne asked in a coarse and broken voice.

He held her tighter as he whispered, “I only mind not having you, Lucy. I don’t even care if we didn’t have any kids.”

“But you wanted…a daughter.”

Xandar sighed, already regretting the way he expressed so much enthusiasm in having a little girl with Lucianne that she now felt like having a daughter was a must when it wasn’t. He kissed her forehead before declaring firmly, “Baby, a daughter with your genes would have been magical but my life isn’t any less magical without one. I meant what I said the other day, I just want to be with you. That’s all I need.”

“What about an heir to the throne?” Lucianne asked in a small voice.

Xandar answered matter-of-factly, “Well, if we do adopt, then that child would be next in line. Otherwise, i t would be one of Juan’s kids, hierarchically-speaking.”

Lucianne’s saddened expression turned contemplative as she asked in surprise, “Juan’s kids?”

Xandar then explained, “Yes. When the King and Dukes have no successors, the next in line would be the next closest family member. In our case, it’ll be Juan’s family since he’s like a brother to the Queen. Greg is already disqualified from all those corruption charges against him. So, after us, Christian and Annie, Juan’s children are technically next in line.”

“They’re wolves though.” Lucianne noted the obvious.

Xandar chuckled lightly at his mate’s worried look. “Well then, my love. We have a lot to do in our years as King and Queen to make sure that there is little to no disparity between our species for a harmonious succession of your niece or nephew.” 1

Lucianne’s eyebrows furrowed in disbelief as she asked, “You’re not joking? That’s really what would happen?”

Xandar shrugged like it was just another logical reasoning for him, “Yeah. That’s just how it goes in royal succession.”

“Huh.” Lucianne noted to herself and internalized whatever she was just told.

Xandar kissed her forehead to smoothen the creases there before he whispered, “Now that that’s out of the way, can you please just sleep, Lucy? When you wake up, I’d like to know the inside joke between you and Annie. I don’t like being left out.”

“What inside joke?” Lucianne asked.

Xandar narrowed his eyes at his mate as he said, “Don’t play dumb, sweetheart. Annie was never as fierce as she was today. You two must have said or done something between yourselves to get her to speak the way she did.”

“Oh, that.” Lucianne responded in realization before snuggling her head deeper into the pillow and slowly letting her eyelids fall.

“Wait, you’re really not going to tell me, babe?” Xandar asked in mock annoyance.

Lucianne’s eyes opened slightly as she muttered sleepily, “You said you wanted to know after I wake up.”,

Xandar chuckled at Lucianne’s clever retort and kissed her temple before he whispered into her ear, “I love you.”

Suddenly, Xandar’s phone on the armrest started to ring, showing ‘Yarrington’ on the screen. Lucianne’s hand went underneath her mate’s arm to reach for his phone before Xandar uttered, “Put him on speaker, sweetheart.”

After swiping to answer, Lucianne put Yarrington on speaker and held his phone near him as Xandar put another piece of salmon into her mouth.

“Yarrington?” Xandar’s fimm voice rang through the line.

“Your Highness, Weaver and I have just heard about the Queen at the doctor’s from the news. May I ask…is she alright?”

Lucianne nodded her head while chewing the food in her mouth. Xandar’s voice was softer when he responded, “She’s holding up better than anyone can expect.”

There was a sigh of relief from the minister’s end before he said, “Well, I suppose I shouldn’t be too shocked. She is stronger than most Lycans we heard of, men and women alike. But there’s another reason why I called, my King. The uh…the sexual harassment complaints have been curated but…” he sighed, before he said, “There appears to be a hiccup.”

“What hiccup?”

Yarrington was visibly nervous when he said, “W-Well, your Highness. Ten complaints have been made against the Duke.”

It was zero surprise for Xandar that Greg would be one of the perpetrators of this kind of offence. The King continued slicing through his mate’s food while responding to the minister like it was no big deal, “That’s hardly a hiccup, Yarrington. That cousin of mine doesn’t have a reputation of being respectful, much less t o women.”

“No, my King. I wasn’t talking about the Duke from your father’s side.” Xandar’s hands on the knife and fork halted, and Lucianne’s chewing paused as their eyes converged on Xandar’s phone.

With the sudden silence, Yarrington assumed that the King wanted him to continue speaking so he did,” Ten complaints have been made accusing the other Duke, the second-in-command, Christian Blackfur.”