Chapter 73

Toby then groaned and said, “Lucy, I’m on your side. But he’s your mate. He should know. And besides,

he might even love you more after I say this.”

“I’m going to kill you for letting this slip, Toby!” Lucianne hissed.

“Yeah, I thought so. Sorry, Lucy.” Toby said guiltily before looking at the confused Duke and King as he

started explaining, “Being the only one who can heal from silver without blood transfusion, Lucy always…

shielded us from the blades. She’d… throw herself in front of those one or two rogues if we don’t

manage to make them drop the knives quickly enough. In this room, she’d shielded me,” his eyes went

around the room as he continued listing, “Tate, Juan, Sylvia, Zelena and Raden.” 1

Xandar’s eyes pulled away from Toby when he was done. He looked at his mate and lifted her chin up

gently to make her black orbs lock with his partially onyx ones as he asked in a low voice, “You did

what?”

She shrugged and defended herself meekly, “We didn’t have time. It was the safest way to keep the

number of lives we have.”

“What about your life?!” Xandar asked in hushed anger.

She said softly, “Xandar, I wasn’t going to die. On the battlefield, I’ve always managed to get the blade

out quickly. I’ve always healed.”

Xandar’s eyes glistened despite his hardened expression as he sighed in frustration. He pressed her into

his chest and kissed her hair as he uttered in a homicidal tone, “When we find out who’s in-charge, I’m

going to shred him very slowly for making you do that.”

Christian then asked, “Just out of curiosity, my Queen, how many times have you done it?”

Lucianne looked to the side from Xandar’s chest and said, “It doesn’t really matter, Christian. It’s in the

pa…”

Juan then said, “Hale mentioned that it was a hundred and two as of the last attack.” 1

“Juan!” Lucianne’s eyes drilled into her brother’s as she exclaimed.

Xandar held her tighter. His arms caged her body like he wanted to shield her from getting hurt. She

returned her sights to her mate and said, “Xandar, I’m all healed. I’m fine. Some of it wasn’t even stabs,

just minor scratches. In fact, some were so minor that I joined the battle again a minute later. The plan

was always to stab them back with their own knife after I goti

Xandar buried his face in her hair as he uttered, “It doesn’t make it any less wrong. You shouldn’t have to

get hurt.”

“Xandar, I’m fine! Look at me! I’m fine!”

He let her part their bodies, and Lucianne’s heart ached at Xandar’s watered eyes. She cupped his

cheeks and pecked a kiss on his lips as she assured him, “Darling, everything turned out fine, okay? We

have a lead now. Things are only going to get better from here. Let’s just focus o n the now, okay?”

He managed a small smile and kissed her deeply on her forehead before he uttered, “Okay.”

Lucianne let out a sigh of relief, and Toby uttered the word ‘control in Raden’s way with a cheeky smirk.

She threw a sharp glare at Toby and Juan before declaring, “I’m not going to show you two any mercy at

training tomorrow.” Juan scoffed, “When have you ever shown mercy at training, Lucy?”

Toby then spoke in mock ominousness, “Tate, I’d like you to kill me now, please.” Chuckles filled the

room.

Tate smirked as he patted his Gamma on the shoulder, “No can do. I don’t want to be the next one on the

Queen’s murder list.”

Before Lucianne could say anything more, Xandar lifted up her dainty hands and pecked a sweet kiss on

her fingers before he said, “Easy now, babe. They were just enlightening us.”

Christian added, “My Queen, the way you tried to keep that a secret is perplexing. I mean, it’s a noble

act. Scream it, talk about it, flaunt it for Goddess sake! Why are you so reluctant to let u s know about it?”

Lucianne rolled her eyes, “It was about keeping our friends alive, Christian. It was never about telling the

world. Besides, your cousin doesn’t take stories of me getting hurt very well.”

Xandar pecked a kiss on her temple as he uttered in his husky voice, “You haven’t the faintest idea of

how important you are to me, my love. Can you blame me for overreacting when you get hurt?” 2

Lucianne tried but failed to suppress a shy smile when the words he said and the tone he used touched

her heart, making her give in as she uttered a soft, “No.”

“Good that you know.” Xandar said. He returned his sights to the alliance and said, “Chief Dalloway will

have the report prepared by the end of the day. Once he sends us the information that the rogue is now

giving him, I’ll forward them to the rest of you. Until then, I’m afraid we can’t proceed further.”

“T-Thank you, your Highness.” Toby was the first to come out of the shock of being given a report that

entities like the government only kept to themselves. Even allies had no right to demand such things, and

now the King was offering confidential information without any of them asking? Amazing!

After the rest of the wolves thanked him, Xandar shook his head slightly and said sincerely,” It’s the least

we can do after the sacrifices you’ve all made. Not just in the Jewel Pack but in every battle before that.

Seeing that I have two very useless Defence Ministers,” he threw

Toby a smile before continuing, “I’ll need all the help I can get from people who can actually help.”

Zelena said, “It’ll be an honour, your Highness.” She then turned to her mate and squealed,“ This is so

exciting, I can’t wait!” Zeke pressed back a smile and held her by her waist as he said, “Zel, we’re in the

presence of royalty. Let’s keep it together, okay?”

Zelena narrowed her eyes and retorted, “Oh, please. It’s not like the King has been keeping it together

whenever his eyes are on Lucy.”

“Oh, goddess.” Lucianne muttered to herself as she buried her face in her hands in embarrassment.

Xandar smiled broadly as he gently took her hands into his to see her beautifully-blushed cheeks before

pecking a kiss at the corner of her lip to affirm Zelena’s remark.

Sylvia muttered to Lovelace, “Adorable, aren’t they?”

Xandar’s eyes stayed on Lucianne as he answered Sylvia instead, “Yes, she is.” Lucianne resorted to

looking at the ground with a flustered face and a shy smile.