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Chapter 193
Ken's face was still as hard as cold metal when he turned to Janice, and exploded, “I knew I should've killed Idris's b*stard son when he looked at Lucy like she was a piece of meat! How dare he try to take my daughter's choice from her!”
Upon hearing that, the four of them holding their breaths relaxed visibly. He was mostly mad at Jake. Thank Goddess!
"OUR daughter, dear.” Janice corrected her husband. She wasn't comfortable after listening to the tale either. 1
“Sick b*stard!” Ken spat. He then scowled at Juan and shouted, “And what the h*ll was Faint Moon's doctors doing?! How could they not have enough blood on hand?!”
Juan argued meekly, “Dad, they brought all they had.”
Ken yelled, “It wasn't enough! Gonna give those Faint Moon idiots a call and...” Lucianne's eyes widened in fear before her hand reached for her father's arm to stop him from getting up as she spoke with her doe eyes, “Dad, there wasn't more than what they brought. They did everything they could. And it was enough. We came out fine.”
“You could have died, baby girl.” Ken said with more restraint over his rage.
“But I didn't, daddy. I came out stronger like you always said I would.” Lucianne justified meekly, praying that he won't call Luna Emilia to give her a lecture.
As Ken's heavy breathing steadied, he looked at Juan and said in a low voice, “Make sure the issue of blood supply is raised in the next pack leaders’ meeting.”
Juan rolled his eyes and responded, “We already had one after the infiltration, dad. Blood is not going to be an issue anymore.”
“It better not be.” Ken warned.
Lucianne saw that her brother was getting increasingly agitated, so she answered Ken, “It won't be, daddy.”
Ken wasn't done when he glared at the remorseful-looking Xandar and exclaimed, “And you better make sure that doesn't happent o my daughter again!”C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.
Lucianne defended Xandar. “Daddy, that's not fair. Xandar shielded me from the blades.”
“And gave you the poison after that.” He uttered in a low voice. Lucianne was getting angered now. “I TOOK it from him, dad. Xandar had already lost consciousness. He couldn't stop me. No one could. I would've used the Queen's Authority to force them to do the same thing if it came to that.”
Xandar's face hardened in guilt, and Ken's disdainful glare made him feel worse. Lucianne felt Xandar's guilt, and she stroked his hand to comfort him while trying to reason with her enraged adoptive father, “Dad, think about it, mom would've done the same for you. Are you saying that she would be wrong to do what I did?" 2
"YES!" Ken exclaimed without hesitation.
Luna Janice roared, “KEN! YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"
Juan scoffed, then leaned back into the couch as he smirked and declared, “And it's showtime.”
The former pack leaders shifted their sharp glares to their son, who simply looked at them in amusement as he said, “Admit it, dad. What happened was the rogues’ fault. None of us could have stopped Lucy. And any one of us would've done what Lucy did if it were our mates in Xandar's position.”
Ken never liked it when Juan talked back at him but when his sights moved to the doe-eyed Lucianne, his anger evaporated, and h
e sighed and muttered in discontent, “Fine.”
After taking a quiet moment to himself, Ken's sights fell on Xandar, and he thrusted out his hand, which Xandar took, as the former Alpha said, “Apologies for...blaming you.”
Xandar's response was immediate, “Don't be, sir. I don't take what happened lightly either. I'll do better by your daughter, I promise.” Janice smiled at his response, and Ken nodded, internally... satisfied with his answer. Not happy. Just satisfied.
The kids returned shortly after, and they met Xandar. The youngest, Liam, was a little sad that he didn’t have Aunt Lucy all to himself anymore but Lucianne assured him that he still had a special place in her heart.
They had dinner together, and talked a little more with the kids before hitting the hay. Ken then invited Xandar for a fishing trip, just the two of them. The tone he used for the invitation obliged Xandar to accept. With Janice's relentless persuasion, Ken decided to be more open with his future son-in-law on their fishing trip the next day. They talked mostly about Lucianne, and Ken was pleased with whatever Xandar was saying and showing, especially when he
looked hurt and remorseful when he mentioned the times Lucianne got hurt, and how he blamed himself for each and every mishap.
The pain and fear in Xandar's eyes became apparent when he talked about the times he thought Lucianne was going to reject him. Ken saw and felt his sincerity, devotion and love. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all.
When he returned home, Ken told his mate about his time with Xandar, and said that the boy’ may be right for their daughter. Janice rolled her eyes at her husband and said, “He's the Lycan King, Ken. Did you even think that there could be someone better?”
“Titles are just the surface, Jan. You know that. It was his intentions that I was worried about.” Ken noted.
“Xandar is fine. I'd say he’s the right fit for Lucy, and he's spoiling her like a princess.”
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“Like a Queen.” Ken corrected her with pride, and added, “And I can't believe I'm saying this, honey, but I think he's right for Lucy, too.” Xandar and Lucianne stayed in Blue Crescent for a week before returning to the Kingdom when Christian informed Xandar that the trial against the Kyltons and the others was about to start: