The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 147

Chapter 147

When they were having dinner at a restaurant, Lucianne’s phone was suddenly bombarded with ‘breaking news’. Xandar was going to ask if everything was okay until his own phone started buzzing like his mate’s just did.

Xandar reached for her hand and held it tight as he read the first headline: Ministers’ Lawyers DENIES the Validity of Corruption Charges.

After tapping into it, the short article read: In a hearing of the charges against the ministers, the presiding judge concluded that, due to the very conflicting version of events given by the prosecution and the defence, the matter should proceed with trial for a detailed examination of evidence. Evidence had been exchanged between the parties as part of due process.

The defence, upon receiving the prosecution’s evidence, made a public statement that reliance on that particular evidence was “unjust”, “irrational” and most of all “unconstitutional”. The article didn’t mention how it was so because the lawyers were in no position to release such evidence to the public when the court had not made a final decision on the corruption case as of yet.

Xandar made an immediate call to the Attorney-General’s Chambers, enquiring about the matter. The prosecutor in charge of the case told the King that the defence lawyers argue that the audits may be fabricated since it has only surfaced very recently.

The silver lining, according to her, was the fact that they had received a court order to appoint a neutral third party tech company to analyse exactly when the audits and the rest of the documents were first created and were last modified. So, if and when the documents in Greg’s microchip get authenticated, the case will proceed in their favor.

After telling his mate about it, Lucianne gave Xandar’s hand a gentle squeeze as she said, “When the analysis comes out, they won’t be able to argue their way out of it.”

Xandar pecked a kiss on her hand before sighing, “I just hope Greg didn’t do anything to those documents t o make us look like fools.”

“Me too. But if that happens, we could ask Ellia and the others to testify. Though we’d have to enhance protection for them and their kids if it comes to that.” Lucianne said.

She was right. ‘Why didn’t I think of that?”, Xandar thought to himself. A smile graced Xandar’s features before he looked at her with starry eyes and said, “You’re amazing, you know that?”

“So are you, darling.”

“You don’t have to say that just because I said it to you, Lucy. I mean it, you’re amazing.”

“I mean it, too, Xandar. I’m not just saying it out of courtesy.”

Xandar scoffed before he said, “I’m the scary Lycan King, sweetheart, remember? Amazing seems a little too…good, too inspiring and too noble to be associated with a creature known to be the most ferocious monster in the Kingdom.”

“That’s not true.” Lucianne argued.

Xandar’s eyes widened as he challenged, “Oh, really? And why is that?”

His mate’s response was immediate, “The way you lead and rule is so different from past Kings. I highly

doubt there was another King in the past who took the welfare of werewolves into account but you consider our wants and needs so seriously. And the way you conduct meetings is another thing that’s different about you. It was clear that you truly want to know what the others think, and when you listen… you seem to listen to understand, not just to respond. Do you know how much humility that takes, Xandar?”