The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 112

Chapter 112

“Please stand, James,” I say.

He stands and locks eyes with me.

“You are his son… why?” I ask, already feeling there’s more to this than he’s saying.

“I overheard him talking to David about attacking the packs, and that is not what I want for my people. I don’t want a war, and if I’m to be the next Bear King, I need to help you,” he says.

“I heard that you have finally discovered who you really are and what you are meant to be,” he says.

“So I brought you a light witch to help you,” he says.

I smile, but Nova stirs uneasily beneath the surface.

“I think he is important to us,” Nova says.

“What do you mean?” I ask.

“I think he’s related to us,” she says.

“Focus,” she says.

I focus on his spirit but I can’t sense what she’s talking about, which only makes my unease grow.

“Can I have your hands?” I ask.

He gives them to me without hesitation.

I close my eyes and focus-and then I see it.

A faint thread.

Barely there.

A connection so thin it should have disappeared generations ago… but it didn’t.

My eyes shoot open.

“He was with the bears,” I say softly.

“Who, love?” Cole asks.

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“Zachariah,” I say.

“Who is that?” Winter asks.

“Eloise and Castiel’s pup. His name was Zachariah. He was raised by the bears,” I say.

“Wait, so a witch/wolf/demi-god was the Bear King?” Winter says.

“Okay, how about we take this conversation to my office,” Cole says, placing his hand on my lower back, steadying me as everything starts connecting too fast.

“I will get everyone settled with food and shelter,” Winter says.

“Thank you, Beta,” Cole says.

We head back to the palace.

Once inside, we settle into Cole’s office.

“Explain, princess,” he says.

“When Lucian killed Castiel, the faction hid Zachariah,” I say.

I pause, piecing it together as I speak it.

“They gave him to the bears because they knew Lucian would never look for him there. He was raised by the elder who represented the bears in the faction. When he turned 18, he found his mate-the Bear King’s only cub-and he became the first wolf who was the king of the bears,” I say.

“Okay, but why did you ask for his hands to have seen that?” Dom asks.

“Nova said he was important to us. He has a very small tether of a familial bond with me,” I say.

“Who are you, Luna?” Dom says.

We all laugh, but there’s tension under it now, because none of us actually know the answer anymore.

“Honestly, I have no idea at this point,” I say.

“So we are like… as distant as you can get cousins?” James asks.

“That makes me laugh. “Yeah, pretty much,” I say.

“Well, in the spirit of finding family and new alliances… a question,” he says.

“Are you pregnant?”

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Cole instantly starts growling, the sound low and dangerous, vibrating through the room.

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James puts his hands up.

“I mean no harm, my King. I heard my father speaking of a prophecy involving your pups. I just wanted to know if you knew

anything of it,” he says.

The fear that grips me is immediate and suffocating, wrapping so tight around my chest I can barely breathe, because this isn’t just about me anymore. They are not coming for the throne. They are not even just coming for me. They are coming for my children before they are even born, and the moment that truth settles into the room, I know with a certainty that turns my blood cold that whatever war we thought was coming… has already started.

Nova growls low in my head.

“We will kill anyone who tries to harm our pups,” she says.

“Yes… we will.”

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