Chief Dalloway looked at Lucianne and said apologetically, “No, my Queen. I’m afraid not. We’ve taken his blood and run it through hospital records but no one has contacted us with a match yet.”
She then asked, “No criminal records either, I suppose?”
He shook his head in dismay. “None, my Queen.”
Xandar then noted, “So he’s either a first-time offender or this is his first time getting caught.”
Chief Dalloway spoke up, “If I may, my King, we think it’s the latter. First-time offenders are normally more fridgetty and more willing to blurt something, even if it’s blurting a lie. This one is unusually calm and quiet. The medical team s
Juan shot up from his chair, and threw his clenched fist at the rogue’s jaw, breaking it with an audible crack. Xandar pulled the rogue by his prison clothes across the table towards him.The King’s eyes already turned onyx as he growled, “You sought to murder our Queen. If you think you can live your life without painful repercussions for what you did to MY mate, I’m telling you right now you’re going to live a long cycle of torture and recovery. Now, answer me, who sent you?”And they felt it. Everyone did, even the wolves from the next room. They felt the King’s Authority ra
Lucianne narrowed her eyes in Zeke’s way, “We’ve been through this, Zeke. Tate changed himself, and…”“No, he didn’t.” Toby uttered with a taunting smirk in his Alpha’s way.Lucianne threw Toby a glare before going back to Zeke, “He did. And let’s get one thing straight. For Xandar… I didn’t… ‘make’ him kneel to me.”When everyone heard the sound of metal slamming onto the floor, their sights returned to the next room. Chief Dalloway slammed the rogue’s chair upright again and the three men resumed their seats as well.Th
The rogue was already pale from exhaustion when he muttered grudgingly, “I am to kneel… and bow before the Queen.”The wolves looked teasingly at the flustering Lucianne. In the interrogation room, Xandar smirked like a cocky winner, “Good that you’ve come to your senses. We’re done for today. Chief Dalloway will take it from here now.”As Xandar got up, so did Christian and Juan. And the Duke went behind the rogue, slammed the rogue’s head against the table one more time before the King fractured the rogue’s neck, earning a painful whimper from the criminal.Xandar smirked in arrogance and satisfaction before he walked out the door. When the wolves started getting up from the chairs, Toby tried to copy Xandar’s mu
Xandar groaned in frustration when Lucianne stopped him from kissing her on her lips. Christian chuckled while Juan pressed back a smile.Lucianne pushed herself off the table, joining the rest of the alliance on their feet. Xandar held her firmly by her waist to make sure she didn't go any further. He pecked a kiss on her temple before he turned to everyone and said, “Wu Bi Corp is a company that Lucy, Christian, I and a few others have been investigating for a few days. When we hit a dead end, Christian and I pulled some strings. But our contacts haven’t been able to dig up anything yet. He…” his head gestured at the rogue in the next room, “…seems to have given us the fastest ticket to get to the bottom of what we’re investigating.”Zelena spoke, “Your Highness, I don&r
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.”
Xandar and Christian treated the alliance to lunch, and everyone dispersed after that. Christian went home to Annie, and the alliance headed back to the hotel for a rest.When Lucianne got into Xandar’s car after waving goodbye to the others outside the restaurant, Xandar smashed his lips on hers without warning. He then pulled away just slightly before saying, “I want to show you something. Come with me?”Lucianne averted her gaze and blinked to get herself out of her daze from the kiss but Xandar pressed another deep one on her lips as he said in a husky voice, “Don’t think, Lucy. Just say yes.” He kissed her gently again before whispering, “Say yes.”Lucianne could only smile shyly as her thumb traced his lower lip lin
When Lucianne was done dressing up, she came out of her spot and took her time to walk back to the largest acacia tree, captivated by the number of freesias between her feet and in front of her. She leaned against the largest tree trunk and was rooted to the ground even when Xandar’s tall figure approached her from behind.One of his hands reached for her abdomen and the other for her arm. He took in her scent from her neck before he whispered into her ear, “I come here when I need to get away for a while. From everything.”She turned her head and her eyes met his as she asked, “Since when?”He smiled at the memory, “Since forever. Whenever I need a break from what I am, what I have to do and who I have to be, I come here for some qu
Xandar broke their kiss and looked teasingly into his mate’s eyes as he noted in a husky voice, “You’re wet, my love.”Lucianne blushed and bit her lower lip before retorting meekly, “Can you blame me, my King?”“Hmm. Wouldn’t be fair if I did that, my Queen. I was already hard long before you got wet.”“Yeah, I know.” She teased him back. “At least I was decent enough to not mention it. You probably instigated your own arousal with your tendency to conjure up inappropriate thoughts, darling.”“Oh, so I’m the