Chapter 21

Lucianne hesitated before she said cautiously, “I don’t know if what I’m about to say is going to make you feel any better.”

“I don’t care. I want to know.” Xandar stubbornly insisted.

She took a deep breath, “You are doing better than your father.” She gauged his reaction before continuing, “King Lucas, he… he never thought about us when it came to legislation. Hunters could kill us as they pleased. Packs were not allowed to apply for financial relief after a rogue attack. We never had medical help beyond our ally packs during his reign.”

Lucianne was looking nervously at Xandar, whose eyes showed that she had his undivided attention as he waited for her to continue, “It almost felt like we didn’t exist. There was a time when I wondered why we even called him our king. Of course, I later learned that it was purely a fear of Lycans that forced wolves to obey without question. But when you ascended the throne, things started changing.”

She looked at him gratef