Chapter 179

Xandar’s body shot up when Juan, Tate and Christian screamed his mate’s name. His eyes searched for

her and found her right behind him, in Juan’s embrace.

“NO, BABY!” Xandar went to the Alpha, and carefully took Lucianne from him. Xandar held her close to

his chest. Why was her body so cold? And why was she turning grey? Christian explained what

happened in a cracked voice. Lorenz reported that there weren’t any visible improvements on Lucianne’s

condition yet, and the grey veins on her arms and legs were creeping up her neck, reaching her face.

They dashed back to the submarines, hoping to get back to the pack clinic on time to carry out a blood

transfusion for Lucianne. Since the poison had not been in her bloodstream for as long as it was in

Xandar’s, there may be time. Lorenz had already sent word to their neighboring pack to send more blood

to Faint Moon as soon as possible.

They told the submarine operators to step on it, and Xandar’s own tears began trickling down his face as

he pressed Lucianne’s body deeper into his chest. He buried his face in her hair as he whispered, “Baby.

Why? Baby, please wake up. Please. I love you. Please.”

When Toby saw his best friend, he cursed before he went forward and knelt on both knees as he studied

the grey lines all over her body before he mouthed ‘no’. Lucianne didn’t even look this bad the last time

Oleander was in the system. None of them recall seeing any dark grey veins from the window outside

the operating room where Lucianne was being treated.

“What’s the status, Lorenz?” Lovelace asked, even though she and everyone else were afraid of the

answer.

Lorenz looked at the indicator in his hand as he muttered, “Her heart rate is slowing.”

Xandar nuzzled her partially-grey nose, and gently pressed his forehead against hers as he whispered,

“Fight, baby. Please. We need you. I need you. Lucy, you can’t leave me alone here. Please, fight.”

After another ten agonizing minutes, Lorenz gasped and let out a sigh of relief as he showed the

indicator in his hand to the very lost non-medical alliance members. The doctor wiped away the tears in

his eyes and cleared his throat before he explained, “Her breathing is picking up, as is her heart rate.”

Xandar broke into a smile as he kept whispering to his mate, “That’s it, Lucy. Keep fighting. Come back

to us. Come back to me.”

As the minutes passed, the grey lines faded and her skin returned to normal but everyone was still

holding their breaths. When they heard Lucianne moan and her dazed eyes fluttered open, they wiped

away their tears in pure relief, thanking their Goddess that Lucianne was alive.

Xandar kissed Lucianne between her eyebrows and peered into her black orbs as he said seriously,

“Never do that again, Lucy. Promise?”

She offered a small smile, and her hand was still weak when she reached for his cheek. She could only

hold her hand there with Xandar’s hand over hers as she whispered, “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.” 1

Tears flowed from his eyes and down his face, falling on Lucianne’s face when he kissed her on her lips,

restraining himself from kissing her too deeply for fear of suffocating her. After releasing her lips, he

pecked a kiss on her nose before muttering a breathless, “I love you.”

Lucianne’s fatigued smile widened as she uttered, “I know. I love you, too.” She then let her eyelids fall

and leaned into his chest. Xandar started panicking again until Lorenz said that her breathing and heart

rate were already normal, so all she needed was bedrest. Upon hearing those words, Xandar’s worry

melted away as he kissed his sleeping beauty’s hair, and held her close as the submarines reached

Faint Moon.

After letting Lucianne sleep in their room for a few more hours, she woke up feeling much better. She,

Xandar, Christian, Annie, Phelton and the alliance members then boarded Xandar’s plane. The rest of

the cavalry had already returned earlier with the rogues they arrested. 1

When the kids from Faint Moon were hugging Lucianne goodbye, Jasper came up to Xandar and tugged

at his jeans. The King bent down and ruffled the boy’s hair as he said, “It was nice to meet you, Jasper.

Aunt Lucy is going to love our surprise.”

To Xandar’s own surprise, Jasper threw his arms around his neck, making his animal stunned. Jasper

then whispered, “I think Aunt Lucy likes you, Uncle Xandar. You like her too, don’t you?”

After Xandar squeezed the little boy gently, his lilac eyes locked on the boy’s brown ones as he declared,

“Yes, Jasper. I like Aunt Lucy very much, and I love her more than anything in the world.”

Jasper’s contemplative eyes sparkled, and he hopped a little before going over to give Lucianne a hug,

and whispered that he loved her like he always did before running back to his mother. They got on the

plane, and almost everyone slept without worry now that

they knew Lucianne was okay.

After Lucianne’s relentless persuasion, Xandar reclined his seat and gave in to his fatigue. His arms

circled around Lucianne’s small body, pressing her into his hard chest as her thumb started stroking his

hair. The Lycan King indulged in Lucianne’s comforting touch and homely scent, and finally dozed off.

They reached Lycan territory in the late evening, and everyone agreed to skip the dinner at the dining

hall, opting for room service, or, in Christian and Annie’s case, home.

After Xandar and Lucianne had a long, relaxing dip in the tub, they had their dinner and decided to turn

in early for the night. Xandar helped Lucianne with her bra and panties, pecking a kiss on her butt cheek

through the thin fabric before lifting her off the floor and tucking her into bed.

He pecked a kiss on her forehead, and that was when Lucianne asked in a small voice, “Xandar?” Her

mate’s lilac eyes locked with her nervous black orbs as she asked, “D-Do you l-love me eno-”

Before she could finish, Xandar’s lips attacked hers, hard and strong. His tongue plunged into her mouth

and licked the inner walls. ‘How could she ask that? How could she still not know how I feel about her?’,

he thought. His kiss was furious and demanding but it was also desperate, desperate for her to stop

questioning the depth of his love for her and only her.

When he had to release her lips because Lucianne ran out of air, he looked into her eyes and asked in

dismay, “Lucy…what makes you think that I don’t love you?”

She blinked her black orbs, and realized that there had been a miscommunication. “That wasn’t what I

meant, Xandar. I know you love me but what I wanted to ask was…will you…mark me?” 3

Xandar was sure he was hearing things now. Lucianne made it clear that she wanted to take things slow.

Given her past, it was easy to understand why. Xandar’s eyebrows furrowed as he asked, “Sweetheart,

what did you just say?”

Lucianne averted her eyes when she asked in a small voice, “Do you love me enough to mark me?” 3

She couldn’t look Xandar in the eye. She didn’t want to see any reluctance that may be swimming there.

As she waited, Xandar’s lips found hers again as his hand supported her nape, his fingers tangled in her

hair. She could feel his smile when he was kissing her, and it didn’t feel urgent like the one before. This

kiss felt…happy. It felt like blissful happiness.

i in Xandar’s eyes when he pressed his forehead against hers and said, “I’ve been wanting to mark you

since w e met, my love.” A sweet peck on her lips before something came to his mind. His smile faltered

slightly as he whispered, “But is this what you want, Lucy? Right now? You know there’s no rush in this.”

With a hand on his cheek, Lucianne gazed at him as she explained, “Back in Wu Bi Corp, I could only

stop Jake from marking me because of the Queen’s Authority. The reason I used..to emit the Authority

was that… I don’t want to be marked by him or by anyone who isn’t you.”

As she stroked Xandar’s cheek, she added, “I harnessed all the emotions of wanting to be marked by

you, and I stopped him. I want this. But I only want it from you.” She pecked him on his lips before she

whispered, “I’m yours, my indecent beast. Only yours.”

His own Lycan was tearing with happiness as it cooed. Xandar’s smile broadened as he spoke in his

deep, alluring voice, “On one condition.”