Chapter 115

When Lucianne and Xandar stepped into the building after Sebastian was out of sight, Lucianne paused

in n her steps and studied her mate in concern. Her small hand reached for his cheek, and she started

stroking it with a cute, little thumb as she asked, “Are you okay, Xandar?”

Xandar didn’t know why Lucianne pulled him to a stop until he heard those words. He leaned into her

touch and a smile graced his features at her concern for him. He then kissed her forehead and said in a

husky voice, “Of course I am. I’m always okay when I’m with you.”

Despite the sparks, Lucianne narrowed her eyes and continued, “Really? So, that means you didn’t just

throw a fit at Cummings back there and the other Cummings this morning. Both times when I was right

next to you. And how about the time when…”

Xandar silenced her with a deep kiss on her lips. She pulled away and whispered, “You’re cheating, my

indecent beast.”

He looked at her coyly and spoke in his alluring voice, “Now since when was using new techniques

cheating, my love? Kissing you is just an effective way to not lose an argument against you.”

“Not lose.” Lucianne noted Xandar’s choice of words with a smirk.

He pulled her impossibly closer and brushed his nose against hers and said, “Yes. It’s like a tie. Winning

takes much more skill. I’m still looking for the wolves who know how to do it. I do want to speed up the

leaming process.”

Lucianne scoffed, and came out of his embrace before tugging him by his hand as they continued

walking to the dining hall when she uttered in confidence, “You’ll never find them.”

His hand let go of hers and went to her waist as he asked flirtatiously, “And why is that, my dear?”

As they stepped into the hall, there was a cheeky glint in Lucianne’s eye when she said, “Because I’ll

make sure you won’t find them.”

Before Lucianne could offer the crowd a bow, Xandar tickled her waist and elicited Lucianne’s soft,

controlled giggles. Most of the Lycans and werewolves were pressing back smiles and cheeky smirks at

the King and Queen’s exchange.

Lucianne then mind-linked, ‘Not here, dearest.’

As they returned the bow, Xandar linked in response, ‘You started this, my love. And what’s wrong with

what I just did? If anything, showing how much I love you in public only makes our subjects happier.’

After they stood up with the crowd, Lucianne walked towards the alliance while muttering, “Indecent

beast.”

“That’s not entirely accurate.” Xandar said as he caught up to her with ease. He then spun her around by

her waist to face him. “It’s YOUR indecent beast, Lucy.”

She blushed as she uttered, “I know.”

“I want to hear you say those words, baby.” His demanding gaze penetrated into her black orbs and her

soul.

Lucianne tried but failed to suppress her smile as she continued blushing. Seeing that Xandar was not

going to let her go until he got what he asked for, she shook her head slightly with a beautiful shy smile

and whispered, “My indecent beast.” She then pecked a kiss on his lips just to satisfy him and his animal.

That definitely did the trick. Xandar’s animal was cooing in ecstasy, and the King himself was in a daze,

practically deaf to the squeals and giggles from his subjects. He only came out of his trance when he felt

Lucianne trying to move. Xandar kissed her cheek before loosening his grip on her waist as they

approached the alliance members.

When Lucianne and Xandar saw the worried faces of the strongest and fiercest leaders and Gammas,

and even Christian, they knew that they were going to hear bad news.

There was one person Xandar didn’t remember being in the alliance. Lucianne introduced them.

“Xandar, this is Alpha Clement from Forest Gloom. You spoke with him on the phone yesterday.”

“Pleasure to make your acquaintance, your Highness.” Alpha Clement said as he thrusted out a hand. 1

Xandar’s contemplative eyes turned slightly defensive as he shook the nervous-looking Alpha’s hand. He

glanced at his mate, and realised that her serious expression showed that she wasn’t his cheeky little

freesia that she was a few seconds ago. She was the Gamma of the Gammas, and the future Queen of

their people.

Lucianne looked at the leaders and Gammas, and got to the point by asking curtly, “What is it?”

In response, the Alphas and Lunas got out their phones, unlocked their screens and held them in her

direction to show her the contents on their screens all at once. Xandar’s hand went from Lucianne’s

waist to her shoulder as they studied the messages together. They were all similar. It was from their

respective Betas, who all sent a picture of a white-papered note next to a very large Lycan footprint.

Lucianne took Juan’s phone and enlarged the picture to read the writing on the paper. You’ve cast us out

and killed many of us. You think you’ve been eliminating us but you don’t know the scale of the game

that’s being played against you for all these years. By dawn tomorrow, you won’t be one of the strongest

packs in existence anymore, for the simple reason that your pack will no longer exist. We’ve formed

allies. We’ve trained. And we’re ready. Are you? Looks like we’ll see tonight.

“Rogues.” Xandar muttered. As Lucianne retumed Juan’s phone to him, the brother-sister pair stared at

each other with anger, worry and frustration. Everyone had the same thought: how would they secure a

victory in everyone’s packs without sacrificing one of their own? Out of nowhere, Lucianne muttered,”

This is a trap.”