The 5-Time Rejected Gamma And The Lycan King Chapter 100

He then sighed in surrender and said, “Well then, I guess my parents’ marriage was more perfect than I thought. Both were after power and influence.”

Lucianne then began, “She may have really loved him in the end, Xandar.” He looked at her in confusion. Didn’t she just say his late mother accepted a royal proposal in pursuit of influence and power? What did she now mean that the late Queen really loved the late King in the end?

Lucianne proceeded to explain, “It’s not the most ideal form of love for most of us but some who…choose their own mate over one given by our Goddess do eventually learn to be okay with the person that they are with. It could be driven by a sense of duty, or in your mother’s case, power and status. It would start out…as a bit of a challenge but eventually, one will find little things to love about the other person. And with a child, they would have another thing to love and live for. The luckiest ones even fall in love as the years go by. It just takes time. Your father may have never loved your mother as deeply as it was ideal. But your mother…she may have liked the power but at the same time she may have fallen in love with your father, too.”

Xandar looked at the woman sitting right across from him. He smiled in awe before he asked, “I lost count of the number of times I’ve asked you this but I still want to know: how did you know that? I mean it makes sense, too. But how did you know without having to meet her?”

Lucianne offered a small smile, “I was rejected five times, Xandar. I have five sources of reference. The scenario I gave you was what I learnt from the rejection with Alpha Brandon. He had a duty as his pack’s leader to choose a Luna of an Alpha bloodline. It started out awkward for them but they eventually fell in love, and they’re really proud of the two kids they have together. Their love is so strong now that his Luna isn’t even worried when I’m around him. I would go so far as saying that she’s one of my favorite people to talk to as a friend.”

Xandar gazed at her with a soft smile before a waitress came with their food. After the waitress asked them to enjoy their meal and turned to leave the table, Xandar got up and leaned over the table to peck a kiss on Lucianne’s cheek as he whispered, “You’re amazing.”

“You are too, Xandar. Now, sit so we can eat.” Her hand gently pushed him back towards his seat as she started blushing again.

For the next few minutes, the only sound came from their forks and knives cutting at and poking on food. Xandar then said, “Oh, right. I almost forgot to mention about my father’s bonded mate. Uncle Conrad told me that the woman had already been rejected once. After the second rejection from my father, she only lived for another month before taking her own life.” Lucianne stopped chewing, and her widened eyes were fixed on Xandar’s unperturbed ones.

Lucianne was shocked to hear that King Lucas’s bonded mate took her life after being rejected. After taking in her stunt expression, Xandar said, “Now do you see why all of us keep telling you that you’re stronger than you give yourself credit for? Mind you, she was a Lycan. So she was supposed to be biologically stronger than a werewolf to withstand the bond snaps.”

Lucianne started chewing slowly again and shook her head sadly. “It’s just…sad.” She sipped her drink before she continued, “It’s sad that she might have lacked the psychological and emotional support that I have. Without my friends and Juan’s family, I don’t know where I’d be.”

“Hm…I guess I never thought of it that way.” Xandar said.

“You should.” Lucianne insisted, “The snap is painful unlike anything imaginable, especially the first snap because of the unfamiliarity with the pain. Before experiencing one, a mere thought of rejection would be painful but after feeling an actual snap, the pain from that thought becomes bearable. It gets worse when the rejection comes after one falls in love with the other person. Because it would feel like having two things broken and shattered into pieces at once, the mate bond and your heart.”

Xandar completely agreed with what she said about the pain from merely thinking about rejection. The first night they met, there was an excruciating pain being channeled to his heart when Lucianne raised the matter of rejection. He was angry but he was also in great anguish.

And when he thought that she was going to reject him after he yelled at her at the Jewel Pack, it became insanely painful because he had already fallen in love with her by then.

By far, the worst pain came from the previous night, when he was left hanging on whether Lucianne knew that he loved her, only her. He knew that if she didn’t believe him, she would drift away before ultimately rejecting him. Not that he would ever accept it. But the mere thought of the possibility that she would say those words to sever their bond could bring his entire being to his knees and cause him to tear-up.

“You okay?” Lucianne asked in concern after putting a piece of carrot into her mouth.

Xandar was brought out of his thoughts as he said, “Yeah, I just…” he looked at Lucianne in awe and disbelief when he explained, “It’s amazing how you do it. Get through one rejection after another, I mean. I get that you had a whole army of friends and family supporting you but the fact that you chose to listen to them, and let them help you move on and continue living is just…it takes so much will and strength on your own part as well.”

Lucianne smiled and said humbly, “It does.” She got lost in her own thoughts for a brief moment before saying, “I have a lot to live for. I’m glad I didn’t give up.”

He reached for her hand when she put down her fork to reach for her drink, and pecked a sweet kiss on it before saying, “Me too. I love you.”