The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144

“What the fuck,” I snarl.

Like they were ripped away mid-step and I couldn’t stop it.

“Go back home. We will send warriors this way,” I tell him, and he turns back toward the pack.

When we get close to the border, I link Dominic.

“Get James and Sable in my office now,” I order.

“Yes, alpha,” he replies.

We cross the border and run straight to the palace.

I shift the moment I reach the back of the palace.

I grab a pair of shorts from the box by the door and walk up to my office.

When I step in, Winter is sitting inside on the couch, eyes bloodshot, fresh tears falling down her cheeks.

“Winter,” I say softly.

She looks up.

“Why do people keep taking her from me?” she asks.

And I don’t have an answer. That’s what makes it worse.

“At least with Summer, I could sit in her hospital room and hold her hand, but this,” she gestures to the room, “not knowing where she is or what they are doing to her, I can’t do,” her voice cracking as she speaks.

“I felt the pups,” I say softly, looking at her.

“Where? Did you find her?” she asks.

“No, Winter. I felt them, and then I didn’t. I sent warriors to the spot where I felt them strongest,” I tell her.

And it still wasn’t enough.

“It’s been three days, Cole. I know you know, but it feels like a piece of me is missing,” she cries.

“I know, and that’s why we have every warrior in the pack searching for her,” I say.

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Every warrior-and still no her.

Before she can reply, Dom walks in with James and Sable. The moment Dom sees Winter, he walks over and sits her in his lap.

rubbing small circles on her back.

“What can I do for you, my King?” Sable asks.

“When Zeus and I left the pack last night, Zeus felt the triplets and started following their scent. After about two hours, it got stronger, and then we lost them and couldn’t feel them anymore,” I explain.

She nods, thinking for a second.

“Well, if the rogue king is working with a witch, she could have put a cloaking spell on her and the pups, but that doesn’t explain how you felt them,” she replies.

“Can you feel her, or even sense the bond at all?” she asks.

I shake my head.

“I haven’t been able to feel her since that night. Our bond is so faint, it’s almost non-existent,” I reply.

Like something is slowly choking it out.

“Maybe someone wanted you to feel them,” Winter suggests.

A message. Or a trap.

Just as Mason storms into my office, Hunter close behind him.

“Why the fuck are you sitting here instead of searching for her?” he snarls.

No hesitation. No respect. Like he forgot where he is.

I stand slowly.

“Excuse me, pup?” I say low.

One more word and I end this.

“Cole, I’m sorry for him. He’s not taking this well,” Hunter steps in front of Mason.

“I don’t need you to speak for me. He should be looking for his mate. When she was my mate, I searched for her until I found her,”

Mason says.

That word-was-means nothing to Zeus. Nothing.

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I smirk at him; clearly, he has a death wish.

“Yeah, and the thing about that, pup, is that she isn’t your mate anymore. You should focus more on your pregnant mate and not

the one who rejected you,” I say.

He growls at that.

“Mason,” Hunter says.

I put my hand up.

“She must have given you your memories back; otherwise, you wouldn’t be so brave,” I say.

“My sunflower was kidnapped, and you’re sitting in your office lounging around,” he snarls and yells in my face.

That name hits wrong now-too familiar, too close.

I grab him by the throat and lift him off the floor.

“She isn’t your anything.”

Mine. The bond surges hard-sharp, territorial, absolute.

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