Chapter 193

Ken's face was still as hard as cold metal when he turned to Janice, and

exploded, “I knew I should've killed Idris's b*stard son when he looked

at Lucy like she was a piece of meat! How dare he try to take my

daughter's choice from her!”

Upon hearing that, the four of them holding their breaths relaxed

visibly. He was mostly mad at Jake. Thank Goddess!

"OUR daughter, dear.” Janice corrected her husband. She wasn't

comfortable after listening to the tale either. 1

“Sick b*stard!” Ken spat. He then scowled at Juan and shouted, “And

what the h*ll was Faint Moon's doctors doing?! How could they not

have enough blood on hand?!”

Juan argued meekly, “Dad, they brought all they had.”

Ken yelled, “It wasn't enough! Gonna give those Faint Moon idiots a call

and...” Lucianne's eyes widened in fear before her hand reached for her

father's arm to stop him from getting up as she spoke with her doe

eyes, “Dad, there wasn't more than what they brought. They did

everything they could. And it was enough. We came out fine.”

“You could have died, baby girl.” Ken said with more restraint over his

rage.

“But I didn't, daddy. I came out stronger like you always said I would.”

Lucianne justified meekly, praying that he won't call Luna Emilia to give

her a lecture.

As Ken's heavy breathing steadied, he looked at Juan and said in a low

voice, “Make sure the issue of blood supply is raised in the next pack

leaders’ meeting.”

Juan rolled his eyes and responded, “We already had one after the

infiltration, dad. Blood is not going to be an issue anymore.”

“It better not be.” Ken warned.

Lucianne saw that her brother was getting increasingly agitated, so she

answered Ken, “It won't be, daddy.”

Ken wasn't done when he glared at the remorseful-looking Xandar and

exclaimed, “And you better make sure that doesn't happent o my

daughter again!”

Lucianne defended Xandar. “Daddy, that's not fair. Xandar shielded me

from the blades.”

“And gave you the poison after that.” He uttered in a low voice.

Lucianne was getting angered now. “I TOOK it from him, dad. Xandar

had already lost consciousness. He couldn't stop me. No one could. I

would've used the Queen's Authority to force them to do the same

thing if it came to that.”

Xandar's face hardened in guilt, and Ken's disdainful glare made him

feel worse. Lucianne felt Xandar's guilt, and she stroked his hand to

comfort him while trying to reason with her enraged adoptive father,

“Dad, think about it, mom would've done the same for you. Are you

saying that she would be wrong to do what I did?" 2

"YES!" Ken exclaimed without hesitation.

Luna Janice roared, “KEN! YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"

Juan scoffed, then leaned back into the couch as he smirked and

declared, “And it's showtime.”

The former pack leaders shifted their sharp glares to their son, who

simply looked at them in amusement as he said, “Admit it, dad. What

happened was the rogues’ fault. None of us could have stopped Lucy.

And any one of us would've done what Lucy did if it were our mates in

Xandar's position.”

Ken never liked it when Juan talked back at him but when his sights

moved to the doe-eyed Lucianne, his anger evaporated, and h

e sighed and muttered in discontent, “Fine.”

After taking a quiet moment to himself, Ken's sights fell on Xandar, and

he thrusted out his hand, which Xandar took, as the former Alpha said,

“Apologies for...blaming you.”

Xandar's response was immediate, “Don't be, sir. I don't take what

happened lightly either. I'll do better by your daughter, I promise.”

Janice smiled at his response, and Ken nodded, internally... satisfied

with his answer. Not happy. Just satisfied.

The kids returned shortly after, and they met Xandar. The youngest,

Liam, was a little sad that he didn’t have Aunt Lucy all to himself

anymore but Lucianne assured him that he still had a special place in

her heart.

They had dinner together, and talked a little more with the kids before

hitting the hay. Ken then invited Xandar for a fishing trip, just the two of

them. The tone he used for the invitation obliged Xandar to accept.

With Janice's relentless persuasion, Ken decided to be more open with

his future son-in-law on their fishing trip the next day. They talked

mostly about Lucianne, and Ken was pleased with whatever Xandar was

saying and showing, especially when he

looked hurt and remorseful when he mentioned the times Lucianne got

hurt, and how he blamed himself for each and every mishap.

The pain and fear in Xandar's eyes became apparent when he talked

about the times he thought Lucianne was going to reject him. Ken saw

and felt his sincerity, devotion and love. Maybe he wasn't so bad after

all.

When he returned home, Ken told his mate about his time with Xandar,

and said that the boy’ may be right for their daughter. Janice rolled her

eyes at her husband and said, “He's the Lycan King, Ken. Did you even

think that there could be someone better?”

“Titles are just the surface, Jan. You know that. It was his intentions that

I was worried about.” Ken noted.

“Xandar is fine. I'd say he’s the right fit for Lucy, and he's spoiling her

like a princess.”

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“Like a Queen.” Ken corrected her with pride, and added, “And I can't

believe I'm saying this, honey, but I think he's right for Lucy, too.”

Xandar and Lucianne stayed in Blue Crescent for a week before

returning to the Kingdom when Christian informed Xandar that the trial

against the Kyltons and the others was about to start: