Chapter 45
They sat at a huge dining table that the servants had to take out from the basement when the three
families moved in. Ellia and Ben were happy to see Lucianne again. And Ellia introduced Lucianne to her
assistants and their families. Brigetta Reese and her mate, Barton Reese were newlyweds, and had a
six-month-old child named Beatrice. Oscar Wildrow was mateless for now, and lived with his sister, Olivia
Wildrow
They all sat at the same table and ate the same food as the Duke and Duchess. Russell insisted that he
sat with Lucianne. After knowing about Xandar’s jealousy, Lucianne made sure she stroked Xandar’s
arm affectionately after she had given Russell any form of attention. Xandar’s animal beamed in pride
whenever Lucianne touched him in front of so many people.
When Lucianne asked the families whether they had received any threats, everyone was relieved that
they all uttered a resounding ‘no’ Then again, the three colleagues did leave their phones in their homes
after deleting almost all the information inside so that they couldn’t be tracked. So technically, there
wasn’t a way to threaten them.
Oscar then asked between mouthfuls, “Apologies, my Queen. But may I ask what happened?” He
gestured to her 5-inch scar on her arm.
Lucianne nced at her scar and said simply, “Oh, it was from a rogue attack on one of our ally packs
five or six years ago. Many warriors have something like this.”
“You’re a warrior?” Oscar asked in astonishment.
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“I am.” Lucianne answered humbly with a polite smile. Christian then added, “Oscar, if you want to know
about our Queen, you can’t ask her personally. Her humility doesn’t permit her to give you the full
information. She’s the Gamma of Blue Crescent, one of the strongest packs in existence. And she is the
fiercest of her kind, like a Gamma of the Gammas. Inbat this morning, she beat the best Lycan
warrior and our General in the same match all on her own. Less than ten minutester, she beat our King
here within eight minutes.”.
There were shocked gasps from all the adults in the room as their sights turned to fix on the Lucianne.
Lucianne was already covering her face with her hands, embarrassed. Xandar did not help when he
gently peeled her hands off her flustered face. He was proud to show off his beautiful mate who had just
kicked his ast in the morning.
Ellia was the first to snap out of her shock as she asked, “My Queen, is that true?”
Lucianne was still flustered when she said, “Well, I’m only better inbat with Lycans in our human
form. My wolf form is still no match for a Lycan’s.”
“Yet.”Xandar smirked encouragingly as he kissed her temple.
Oscar then told Olivia, “I must say, I feel very safe knowing that the throne is not only sat by the strongest
Lycan but also the strongest werewolf.”
Lucianne then exined, “Oh no, Oscar. I’m not the strongest werewolf. Those are Alphas. Being small,
I’m just…quicker than most. That’s how I beat my opponents.”
Annie’s voice rang around the table next, “Lucy, does your humility reservoir ever run dry?” Xandar and
Christian both chuckled at Annie’s blunt remark.
“I’m not being humble, Annie. It’s the truth.” Lucianne said.
Annie rolled her eyes and said, “Lucy, strength is not merely a physical attribute. Your strength in
enduring whatever life throws at you and still managing to stand and help those i n need is much more
valuable than having hard muscles and knowing how to throw a punch.” There were murmurs of
agreement around the table.
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Xandar then looked at Lucianne in pure tenderness as he uttered, “She’s right, you know.” He pecked a
kiss on her cheek before saying, “Sweetheart, you are the strongest werewolf.” Lucianne smiled shyly
when his alluring eyes bore into hers.
Brigetta spoke next, “My King, it’s so nice to know that you’ve finally found your mate after all these
years. The Queen brought a breath of fresh air to our office the other day. We spoke about what
happened for hours!”
A thought came to Lucianne’s mind, and she sat upright all of a sudden, “I need to ask. Were any of you
interrogated by your boss after we left?”
They told her about Helena Tannering back to the officeter in the evening. She questioned the
three of them and the receptionists. Xandar’s features hardened when they said they had to kneel before
Tanner just to make it look real because when they were ckmailed, they were made to kneel as well.
In this Kingdom, no one had the power tomand a person to kneel besides the King and Queen. Who
did this woman think she was?!
“We couldn’t be more grateful for all of you to take us in, your Highnesses and your Graces.” Brigetta
said after she finished exining.
Lucianne’s hand subconsciously went to stroke Russell’s soft hair as the little boy chewed on his food.
But her mind was somewhere else. She didn’t want to say anything at the dining table to scare the
families they vowed to protect. So she simply continued eating the food on her te.
‘Baby, what’s wrong?’ Xandar asked in concern through their mind-link. His features carried worry as he
looked at her.
She linked back, ‘I’m worried that we may be dealing with someone we don’t know yet, someone who
isn’t on Ellia’s list of five names. Someone on the outside.’
‘What makes you say that?’
‘Tanner was trying everything to make sure that her cover wasn’t blown. But now that the very three
employees she ckmailed are here, with no threats, it just seems rather suspicious.’
‘Babe, I’m not following.’
‘Tanner strikes me as someone very resourceful. With the amount of money she had siphoned over the
years, I doubt that it would be hard to find a good enough tracker to pick up the scent of these families
and trace them here to Christian’s house. The fact that there had been no threats at all worries me. She
could’ve easily sent a threat by normal mail but there hasn’t been anything so far. It’s like Tanner is
subordinate to someone, and that person has not given the order to make a move.‘
‘Maybe this person is Cummings, Whiw…’
‘No, I don’t think it’s them. Those two would have sent an anonymous threat to me personally for blurting
more than they wanted me to if they were in charge. It wouldn’t be Marie Martin either. She sat there
without siphoning anything during King Lucas’s reign for years. Someone after that must’ve persuaded
her to do what she’s doing. And Patrick Dupont…if I’mpletely honest with you, darling, Dupont looks
more like a swayable puppet than a Deputy Finance Minister.’
Xandar then sighed and took her hand into his, cing it on hisp before he linked, ‘They’re all going to
wish they were dead. If there is someone else, we’ll choke it out of them.’
Her thumb started stroking his as she linked, ‘We might have to do this very carefully, Xandar. And we
have to be open with the fact that Ellia and the others don’t know who else exists in this fund-
mishandling. If there is someone else giving the order, he…or she has to be found and arrested before
these families can be safe. And we can’t touch the five people we know until we know who thest
person is. If we alert even one of the five, thest one would disappear before we’re able to dig anything
up.’
Xandar kissed her hand, his expression was still serious as he linked, ‘We’ll do this properly and carefully
to keep them safe. And we’ll do it together, okay?’
‘Okay.’ She nodded meekly and forced a smile as she finished up her food. 1
“Aunt Lucy, are you okay?” Russell’s worried voice rang around the dining room and all eyes fell on
Lucianne. 2
Lucianne dropped her worried face immediately, and reced it with a cheerful and assuring expression,
“Of course, Russell. You’re so sweet to ask.”
“I care about Aunt Lucy.” He said matter-of-factly, and Lucianne pecked a kiss on his cheek. The other
adults in the room enjoyed the sweet exchange as Christian studied his jealous cousin in amusement.