Chapter 185

When the second round of growls followed, Lucianne laughed

hysterically for a short moment before her black and onyx eyes tumed

sapphire, and her Authority radiated from her being. It was the first

time Greg felt that energy from her, and it felt magnificent! In fact, it

felt stronger than the late King Lucas’s Authority! Everything about

Lucianne was just so... different. 1

Lucianne directed her Authority at Kelissa, compelling her to kneel.

Kelissa felt something from Lucianne but she didn’t know what it was.

Suddenly, her legs gave way, and she fell on both knees, her head was

forced down as Lucianne stood right in front of her, allowing the

heiress a good view of her white stilettos. 2

When Lucianne decided that she had made her point, her human eye

color returned, and she asked Phelton to escort Greg to fetch all the

recording devices scattered in the residence. Greg approached the

deputy minister, and extracted one of the devices from under the couch

before handing it to Phelton as they left the room together.

Even when Lucianne’s Authority wasn't radiating anymore, the heiress

was still stuck to the ground. Neither Kelissa's body nor her head could

move. It was getting uncomfortable. A few more inches lower and her

neck may break.

Sasha, who was compelled by the King's Authority before, recognised

the compulsion, and she muttered, “No, it's not possible.”

Lucianne walked towards Sasha as she ordered, “Uncuff this one.”

As soon as the Oleander cuffs came off, Lucianne threw a blow in

Sasha's face, making her slump against the wall. How dare this low-life

of a wolf punch her like that?! Sasha's rage took over, and she pushed

herself off the wall before she charged at Lucianne. Lucianne waited for

the minister's daughter to charge towards her before stepping to the

side and tripping her, making Sasha fall t o the ground with a loud

thud.

Lucianne then noted aloud, “It seems that prison walls can't hold you,

Ms Cummings.”

Sasha got back up, and tried to land a few punches on Lucianne, who

easily dodged her efforts with crossed-arms as she continued speaking,

“You know, I've had so many opportunities to kill you, Sasha, and so

many reasons to do it but I never did it.”

Lucianne blocked Sasha's punch with a firm grip over her fist, and

started cracking the bones there before Sasha’s other hand came to

attempt to land another blow, which Lucianne also blocked as she

started cracking the bones in that one, too. Sasha let out an agonizing

scream as she tried to retract her fists but to no avail.

“Prison would have kept you safe and alive but you had to come out,

didn’t you? It's time I stopped giving you chances, Ms Cummings. This

ends here. But don't worry, the death sentence I'm offering you is the

easy way out.” Sasha's animal was surfacing, and Lucianne threw Sasha,

face down, against the floor.

The sharp tip of Lucianne’s stiletto plunged through Sasha's nape. The

heel went right through her neck and broke the bone there, making

drops of blood splatter on Lucianne’s leg and the lower part of her

white dress. As she moved away from Sasha's lifeless body, Toby

muttered to himself, “Hm. So that's why she chose to wear heels for this

occasion.”

The rest of the alliance and policemen came in with the Kyltons' twelve

bodyguards who tried to flee as soon as they saw the magnitude of the

attack against their employers. Christian and Xandar came in last, and

the King made a beeline for his Queen

right after Lucianne made Kelissa stand and lift her head up with her

Authority.

Xandar's eyes zoomed in on the splattered blood on her dress and legs,

and he grabbed her arms to tum her to face him as he exclaimed in

worry, “Baby! What did I say about being careful?! Are you hurt?”

Lucianne heard the palpitations of his heart, and she furrowed her

eyebrows at his unnecessary panic before saying matter-of factly, “No,

Xandar. You'd know that.”

Realization hit him that their emotions were interwoven, and he didn't

feel any pain when he was away from Lucianne so she couldn't have

been hurt. His animal cooed at the thought of being bound to the

amazing creature before them forever, and his heart rate steadied. His

human part locked eyes with her and muttered in bliss, “Mm. That's

true.”

He looked at her dress again. The blood still bothered him, so Lucianne

casually explained, “This was just from impaling Sasha Cummings's neck

with my heel, darling. She's dead now. And I let Greg beat up Livia

Aphael and Helena Tanner, by the way.” 1

Xandar glanced at Sasha's lifeless body before he nodded in

acknowledgement and muttered, “It's about time.” A sweet peck on her

temple, and he said, “Well done, my little freesia. We'll get you some

new shoes later, okay?” Lucianne nodded dotingly, making her beast

smile with radiance as he nuzzled her nose to elicit her soft and shy

giggle. 1

Lucianne cupped his face to stop him from going any further, and that

was when Xandar realized that her hand smelled different. H e took her

hand, and gave his mate a puzzled look. Lucianne shrugged and, with

her doe eyes, said, “Greg. Just two formal pecks, darling.”

Lucianne felt his jealousy and insecurity before Xandar started sucking

on her hand, wiping his cousin's scent off and leaving his

own there. When he was satisfied, he uttered, “There. All better now.”

Lucianne rolled her eyes despite her increasingly-visible blushes, and

said, “We still have a few things to deal with, my King, Let's stay

focused.”

With nothing but affection, he responded, “As you wish, my Queen.”

Both their smiles faltered when their sights converged on Kelissa, who

just stood there like a statue as tears of anger streamed down her

cheeks. Xandar then said in a low voice, “I have to say, I'm impressed

that you're containing yourself, Kylton.”

Lucianne then clarified, “Oh, that's me, darling. I used the Authority to

mute her and make her stand still. Here, let me get rid of it.” Lucianne

removed her Authority over Kelissa with a blink of her eyes.

Once the Authority was lifted, the heiress’s stiff body came loose, and

she hissed, “You could only do that because of Xand-."

Xandar's voice was low when he growled and said, “My mate can do

just fine on her own. And I am your King. You WILL address me by my

title.”

Kelissa's eyes of despair met Xandar's onyx orbs when she said, “She

can't be Queen, X-"

Xandar growled and pinned Kelissa's neck to the wall, which was when

Greg and Phelton returned. Greg noticed Sasha's body, and actually felt

lighter knowing that she was dead, unable to hurt Lucianne again. He

wondered who killed her, and while everyone was staring at his cousin

attacking the heiress, Greg's investigative eyes traced the trail of

bloodstains on the light carpet to Lucianne’s stiletto, and he smiled to

himself.

Kelissa's hands tried to pull Xandar's fingers away but to no avail. He

was too strong. So, while her air supply was running out, her hand

reached out to touch his cheek, making Xandar growl again before

throwing her body at the cabinet of ornaments, shattering the glass

casing. He then wiped off the sensation that Kelissa's touch left on his

cheek with his sleeve in haste, like her touch carried a transmittable

virus. Lucianne could feel his disgust and his animal's anger at what the

heiress just did. 1

His homicidal tone sent a shiver down everyone's spines when he

declared, “NO ONE can touch me but MY MATE.”

Lady Kylton then pleaded, “Your Highness, please. Don't hurt her! She's

innocent!”

“Innocent?” Greg scoffed, “She led the conspiracy to send rogues to

attack the Queen on more than one occasion, discreetly asking the

rogue Alpha to mark her against her will and you're calling that piece of

dirt an innocent?”

Upon hearing that, Xandar flung Kelissa's body against another cabinet.

The glass shattered all over her body like the first.

Lord Kylton then shouted at Greg, “YOU'RE PART OF THE CONSPIRACY,

YOU SCUM! AND YOU TOLD CUMMINGS ABOUT US WHEN SHE

WANTED TO SENT ROGUES TO THE JEWEL PACK! YOU MADE THAT

CALL THAT SENT THEM THERE!" All eyes converged on Greg.