The 5-Time Rejected Gamma And The Lycan King Chapter 76

She noticed Wainwright from the corner of her eye sparring a female Lycan, which made her add, “And remember, in battle, show no mercy.”

Juan managed to beat Christian. Raden, who was watching, gave them pointers on how they could both improve. The spar between Xandar and Toby lasted a few minutes longer, with Toby coming out victorious, which was a surprise even for the wolf himself. If the King was not his closest friend’s mate, he would’ve boasted about his victory to every Lycan and wolf on the field that day, regardless of whether he knew them.

Xandar smiled and shook his hand as he said sportingly, “Looks like my mate isn’t the only one who can beat me. It was a good fight, Gamma Tobias. Points of improvement, please?”

Toby was humbled that the King didn’t take the fall too hard, “Well, your Highness. Your punching pattern was very predictable. And you tend to think that your opponent’s intention of charging towards you is to attack you.”

“Wait, isn’t it?”

Toby shook his head with a smile, “Take the spar you had with Lucy. She charged at you. But she wasn’t going to attack you yet. Her intention was to escape from you and to surprise you when she escaped. And the punch you wanted to land on her went to the air, wasting your strength. For our spar, I charged at you only to be close enough so you started throwing as many punches as possible at me, distracting you while I watched your stability weaken enough for me to make my move. And your Highness, do you ever wonder why Lucy looks at her opponents from head to toe before a fight?”

Xandar was pondering like a student who had been questioned by a teacher, “To gauge her best forms of attack and defence?”

Toby nodded then explained, “She studies her opponents. All of them. Even you and me. Height, to see whether it’s possible to flip over her opponent. Build, to gauge the best techniques to divert your strength back to you. The tip is, your Highness, if your opponent is smaller than you, which Lucy and I both are, don’t expect us to start with a direct attack, not unless we’re inexperienced in fighting. We’ll always find a way to reach the more tender areas of your body, and those are not easily accessible by direct attacks.”

Xandar listened and then asked, trying to not sound jealous, “How do you know all this? Like how she thinks before she fights?”

Toby smiled graciously and explained, “Well, when Lucy recruited me and a few other Gammas to give pointers to our own warriors, she taught us how she assesses them before giving her feedback. Most of what I told you was what she told us years ago. If you look around, your Highness, all of those watching spars and giving feedback now are Gammas. And most, if not all of us, were trained and taught by Lucy herself.”

Xandar was taking in the scene of the training ground and his heart was filled with immense gratitude and honour that he was bonded to Lucianne, the very best of her kind. Suddenly, Lucianne’s loud voice came from a distance, “Lycans, the intention of most wolves is to escape before they attack, not attack first. Don’t pin on the fact that they’ll attack you when they charge at you.”

Xandar looked at her figure in playful annoyance as he complained to Toby louder than necessary, “Oh, now she tells us!” Toby was chuckling. Lucianne turned and locked eyes with her mate as she smirked and mind-linked him, ‘I heard that, Xandar.’

He linked her back, ‘Good. Then hear this, my love. You look like the Goddess herself, maybe even more beautiful.’

She shook her head in disapproval and tried to suppress a smile. She covered her face with her hands in embarrassment for a moment before turning around to avert his gaze and continued to focus on the spars around her.

“She heard you, didn’t she?” Toby asked as he chuckled. Xandar nodded with a smile.

Not far away, Sasha’s seething anger was doing her no favors as Luna Lyssa tripped her and knocked her off over and over again. First, she was kicked out of the collaboration. Then, her father made her continue training even though he knew she hated it. Now, she had to train with an old lady wolf while every Lycan and wolf were under the irksome-looking Gamma’s command. “Perhaps we should take five minutes of rest, Ms Cummings.” Luna Lyssa suggested diplomatically and Sasha glared at her before barging to the side to get a drink from her bottle.

Also not far away, Greg took a peek at Lucianne whenever he could. He already lost to Alpha Tate twice and was not happy about it. When Greg heard Lucianne shouting out advice to Lycans and werewolves as he took a break, he felt his bad mood alleviating with the sound of her voice. He turned to look at her as subtly as he could when she had stopped shouting. Lucianne was covering her face, trying but failing to suppress a shy smile. ‘Beautiful,’ Greg thought to himself, and was surprised by how much emotion was generated into his being by that one word.

Lucianne, Xandar and Christian skipped lunch in the dining hall for lunch at Christian’s home. Annie had wanted to meet Lucianne ever since Xandar first told Christian about finding his mate at the annual meet-and-greet.

The cousins and Lucianne herself really wanted to start digging into the audits, the real ones, so it sounded like lunch at the residence of the Duke and Duchess was the perfect plan. Lucianne was also concerned with how Ellia, Ben and the other two families were holding up, so when Xandar asked if she wanted to go, she didn’t hesitate to say yes.

Christian’s villa was about the same size as Xandar’s but the interior had more portraits. Xandar explained that Christian had been fascinated with art for as long as he could remember. His wife, Annie, loved flowers, which explained the colourful flower beds around the house, and the many, many tall vases and small pots at every corner of the rooms in their home.