Chapter 122

The Lycans and the two Alphas growled at the rogue but Lucianne’s eyes widened in realization. This

was what Jake meant when he said she wasn’t going to like what their client ordered for her. The poison

on the arrow could be one to render her infertile! It didn’t hurt because it wasn’t a fatal poison, it was a

permanent contraceptive!

Her eyes began glistening, which made the rogue smirk even wider. With gritted teeth, Lucianne lifted up

the Oleander blade next to her before plunging it into the rogue’s collarbone. It was the slowest way to

transmit the poison, according to her books. That was what she wanted for the rogue. A slow, painful

death.

She fixed her eyes on the rogue, wanting to see the light in his eyes dim before her. When his being

gave i n and his body lost its strength, her hand subconsciously went to her abdomen as she let the first

of her tears fall.

The Lycan Warriors were shocked at the sight, and their lifted heads tilted downwards as Xandar asked

in a gentle voice, for more Daily updates visit :- www.noveljar.com “Baby, hey. Is it the pain from the

arrow?”

Lucianne shook her head in response. But she didn’t trust her voice to be steady so she mind-linked her

mate, ‘The poison on the arrow suppresses pregnancy.’

Xandar’s eyes widened but he tried to remain calm for his mate as he linked her back, ‘Babe, we don’t

know that. The rogue was clearly a lunatic. He was probably trying to mess with your thoughts. We’ll get

D 1. Yeil to check on it, alright?’

When he got no response and heard her first sob, Xandar held her even closer to his chest before

planting a deep kiss on her forehead and said, “It’s going to be okay, Lucy. It’s going to be okay.”

After taking note that Forest Gloom had lost three warriors in the battle, those who came from the

collaboration boarded Xandar’s jet to make their way back. They picked up the pack leaders and Lycan

warriors from Blood Eclipse and Midnight on the way.

Tate, unlike during the flight to Forest Gloom, now chose to sit at a spot where he could see Lucianne on

Xandar’s lap. He and Clement didn’t speak this time. Both Alphas were blaming themselves for how

careless they’d been to not shield Lucianne from the arrow.

They still didn’t know what was on it that made Lucianne cry for a good half-an-hour on the battlefield.

But having Lucianne cry in public like that when she never did was enough to know that whatever was

laced on the arrow had to be very damaging.

Xandar’s thumb didn’t stop stroking his mate’s shoulder, and as painful as it was to see her tear-stained

face, he just couldn’t look away. Suddenly, his mate’s eyes glazed over and she sat upright on his lap.

He adjusted himself to support her posture as best as he could.

‘Lucy, what was on the arrow?’ Juan asked in a demanding voice through their link, getting to the point.

‘Who told you?’

‘Tate. Clement. Does it matter? What was on it?’ Juan was getting impatient. He knew that if something

could make his sister cry in public, it had to be beyond bad.

Lucianne inhaled deeply before she linked back, ‘It’s not confirmed by a medical examination yet but

from

what the rogue was trying to indicate, it was probably…a poison to suppress pregnancy indefinitely.’

Tears escaped her eyes as she linked that, and she hastily wiped some off before Xandar kissed away

the rest as he continued to wait patiently.

There was a moment of silence from Juan’s end before he linked back in suppressed anger, for more

Daily updates visit :- www.noveljar.com ‘I see. Get some rest. I’ll see you when you land.’ He ended the

link.

When her eyes cleared, Lucianne leaned back into her mate’s chest as she muttered, “It was just Juan.”

Xandar kissed her hair, and just as Lucianne was about to close her eyes, she heard Zeke hissed softly,”

Jesus, Juan.”

Her eyes snapped open and she saw Zeke, Zelena and Lovelace squinting their eyes while one hand

went over their ear like they just heard something deafening. She then looked over to Tate and Clement,

whose postures were bolted upright as their eyes glazed over. Clement swallowed a lump in his throat

and had a terrified expression. Tate’s fists were clenched, and his jaw was hardened.

“Oh, no.” Lucianne muttered as she sat upright on her mate’s lap again.

“Baby, what is it?” Xandar asked in concern as he held her by her abdomen and lower back.”

Lucianne sighed in dismay before saying, “Just give me a few minutes, darling. I have a very angry

Alpha t o stop.”

Before she could begin linking, Xandar exclaimed softly, “Who? What do you mean?”

“My overprotective brother is mad that I was shot by an arrow. He’s probably lecturing Tate and Clement i

n the pack leaders group-link right now. I have to stop him. Just give me a few minutes, dearest.”

“Okay.” Xandar said in uncertainty..

After several failed attempts to link her brother, Lucianne groaned as she forced herself into the pack

leaders’ group link. The first thing she heard was Juan’s loud voice, ‘YOU BOTH KNEW SHE’S

TARGETED! HOW HARD WAS IT TO

Lucianne growled through the link, stopping Juan from finishing his sentence. What she didn’t know was

that she was growling aloud, too. And the Lycan warriors flinched in their seats at their Queen’s ferocity.

Those dozing off were jolted awake as well. But they all sought comfort in the fact that even the King

flinched a little when his homicidal-looking mate growled with glazed over eyes on his lap.

‘Juan! No one saw the arrow coming! This isn’t anyone’s fault!

‘Let me deal with this, Lucy. Get out.’ Juan tried to be as gentle as possible with his little sister.

‘I’m not leaving! You can’t blame Tate and Clement for not seeing what none of us could see.’

‘YOU COULD HAVE DIED, LUCY! THAT ARROW COULD HAVE GONE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR

HEART!

‘BUT IT DIDN’T! AND IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO GO THROUGH MY HEART! IT WAS NEVER

MEANT TO KILL ME! THE POINT OF THAT POISON WAS TO LEAVE ME WITHOUT KIDS OF MY

OWN FOR THE REST O F MY LIFE, NOT SEND ME TO MY DEATHBED!’ 1

Zelena and Lovelace gasped audibly at Lucianne’s revelation. Zeke held his mate’s hand tightly to cope

with the distress. Clement, despite his glazed over eyes, held his head down in guilt and remorse, Tate

was already fighting back tears. They all knew Lucianne long enough to know how much she loved

children. for more Daily updates visit :- www.noveljar.com The arrow took that away from her. How could

they let it happen?

Juan tried to be as calm as possible when he linked, ‘Lucy, that should have never happened to you.

Your

mate was supposed to protect you. Tate and Clement were supposed to…’

‘Stop it, Juan! Just stop it! Do you think they wouldn’t have shielded me if they saw the arrow coming?!

Do you think they didn’t place their lives before mine?! We’ve all trained to put each other before

ourselves! Tate and Clement are no different! Xandar is no different! Stop blaming them! No one wanted

this! It isn’t anyone’s fault! I’m telling you, Juan. You better stop this before I faint, or that would be on

you.’

The last time she crashed into the pack leader’s group-link, it took so much out of her that she went

unconscious for almost a day. Juan was so worried that he regretted not giving in to Lucianne, and he

stayed by her side until she woke up again.

Lucianne’s fim voice rang through the link, ‘Drop it, Juan. Promise me you’ll drop it.’

There was a moment of silence before Juan sighed in defeat as he linked in a softer voice, ‘I promise.

Please leave, Lucy. Don’t strain yourself any more than you already have.’

‘I’m not leaving until you do.’ Lucianne stubbomly insisted. She was not letting him have another go with

Tate and Clement.

‘Okay. Okay, I’ll go.’ With that, Juan left. Within the next second, so did Lucianne.

When her eyes cleared, she was exhausted, and her body slumped into Xandar’s chest as her mate

tightened his grip on her to make sure she didn’t fall off. Her eyelids lowered a little when her tired gaze

met Tate’s guilty ones as the Alpha said in a hushed voice, “I’m sorry, Lucy. I am so, so sorry.” Clement

opened his mouth but no words could come out as his eyes watered as well.

Xandar was shocked to see the Alphas’ glistening eyes. Everyone was, even the Lycan warriors. They’ve

seen these two on the training ground, and the Alphas were either distant and reserved, or helpful and

amicable. No Lycan warrior had ever seen the vulnerable side that Tate and Clement were now showing

Lucianne offered them an assuring smile as she said, “I meant what I said, guys. This isn’t anyone’s

fault. Stop blaming yourselves, please.”

Tate looked at her in disbelief as he shook his head in dismay and got up to head towards the lavatory.

Zeke followed him to make sure he was okay.

Xandar continued stroking Lucianne’s arm in worry and bewilderment before Lucianne noticed that the

Lycan warriors were giving her weird looks. She looked around and asked, “Are you guys okay?”

The warriors were internally relieved that the Queen was using a gentler tone with them but many were

still afraid to speak to her. Phelton was the only one who dared speak up after Lucianne growled like she

did. “W-We’re fine, my Queen. Thank you.”

“Then why are you guys looking at me like I’m going to kill you or something? for more Daily updates visit

:- www.noveljar.com ” Lucianne asked, and was surprised that some of the warriors flinched at the word

‘kill’.

Xandar chuckled lightly as he stroked her hair. Her confused black orbs met his amused lilac eyes as he

explained, “Let’s just say your growling was a little scary, my dear.”

“Growling? Oh, you mean when we were on the battlefield?”

Xandar pecked a kiss on her cheek before he said, “When you were mind-linking, sweetheart. You

growled.”

Lucianne was taken by surprise. One of her hands went over her mouth before she asked in disbelief, “I

did that out loud?”

Xandar smiled dreamily as he said, “Loudly and ferociously, my feisty little freesia. Even I got scared.”

Some of the warriors sitting at the back were pressing back smiles at the King’s honest admission.

Lucianne smiled in embarrassment as she snuggled back into his chest and said, “I didn’t mean to. I

thought I was just doing it in their group-link.”

Xandar’s fingers in her hair stopped moving when he asked in surprise,”Group-link? I thought you were

linking Juan.”

Lucianne then explained, “I was but he shut me out so I crashed into the pack leaders’ group-link

instead.”

Xandar lifted up her chin for their eyes to meet before he asked in disbelief, “Wolves can do that? You

can enter a link which you have no connection to?”

“No. It’s not a wolf thing. I’m not sure if there was another wolf who did it. And I only did it once before.”

“When?”

“When I got this scar.” Lucianne explained. “Zeke, Brandon and Wainwright were with me when the

rogues were attacking us. When Juan saw the damage the attack did to my arm, he exploded in the pack

leaders’ link, blaming the three of them for not looking out for me. I wanted to stop him so badly that I

somehow…found my way into their link. But it does take a lot of energy to pull it off. I fainted after doing it

the last time.”

Xandar was still staring at her in disbelief before he asked, “You can hack into a link?”

Lucianne shrugged, “Yeah, I guess that’s another way of putting it. I don’t like to do it though. It feels

wrong. Plus, it takes away too much energy.”

Xandar sighed in awe before kissing her forehead as he uttered, “Absolutely amazing. Another first.”

After taking a whiff from her hair, he asked, “So, Juan was blaming Alphas Tate and Clement this time?

And me too, I presume?”

“Yeah. Hot-headed thing. But I made sure he stopped before I left the link. He promised not to bring it up

again.”

Xandar’s eyebrows furrowed. That didn’t sound like Juan at all. So, he said, “Why would Juan agree to

that? I doubt he’s done with me. Not that I don’t deserve it.”

“He promised to drop it because if I faint from holding my position in their group-link any longer, it would

be his fault.”

“Ah. Sibling-blackmail.” He muttered in understanding, his fingers returning to run through his mate’s

luscious curls.

“Works every time.” Lucianne uttered sleepily. Xandar scoffed before kissing her temple.

Just before she dozed-off in her mate’s warm chest, the fact that the poison had entered her body came

to her mind. Lucianne couldn’t deny the possibility that her inability to produce an heir would mean that

Xandar may have to choose another. No King has never failed to produce a child with his Queen. There

was an unspoken duty to produce an heir to the throne.

She didn’t deny his feelings for her. But if Lucianne were really infertile, Xandar might leave her out of a

sense of duty as King, just as Alpha Brandon rejected her to fulfil his duty to mate with a wolf of Alpha

bloodline. Perhaps Xandar still held her so close now because he didn’t believe that the poison on the

arrow was a contraceptive. But Lucianne was already certain of its effects.

These lunatic-like rogues rarely lied when they were close to being killed, especially if it was

accompanied by an arrogant smirk. Lucianne’s heart clenched at the thought of a rejection with Xandar.

She held back her tears but her body instinctively snuggled as deep as possible into her mate’s embrace

to savor the moment before she was no longer welcome in his arms.

Xandar didn’t understand why Lucianne was adjusting herself over and over again in his chest, and tried

t o work with her to get her into the most comfortable position as she slept. But his animal sensed

something was wrong with their mate, and it wasn’t just the poison. Seeing how drained she was, Xandar

chose to say nothing and let her sleep.