The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 146

Chapter 146

His growl shakes the entire area.

It vibrates through the ground, through my bones-raw, broken, furious. Not just a king… a mate being kept from his family.

I’m sorry, my king, but it’s not time yet.

When he runs back the way he came, I run back to the pack to tell Jonathan that the first part of the plan is in motion.

My feet barely touch the ground, heart pounding like I’m the one being hunted.

Soon, we will all be free, and hopefully, none of us will have to die for it.

Hopefully. The word feels thin. Fragile. Like a lie I’m telling myself to keep moving.

“Seraphina,” my mother’s voice calls out.

I freeze.

Everything inside me locks-heartbeat, breath, magic.

No, how did she find me?

I turn slowly.

“Hello, mother,” I say softly.

Careful. Controlled. Like I’m not standing in the middle of a betrayal.

“Where have you been? I’ve been calling for you,” she says.

“I know, mother. I’ve been trying to get the location of the Queen,” I reply quietly.

Lie. Half-truth. Survival. I keep my eyes steady even though my pulse is racing.

“Is she here?” she asks.

I knew talking about Lyric would distract her from my being missing.

I shake my head.

“I haven’t seen her anywhere. I’ve been trying to follow the beta as he moves around the pack, but nothing yet,” I say.

Each word measured. Too fast and she’ll hear it. Too slow and she’ll question it.

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“Hurry up, David said he wants to go to the runes next week,” she says urgently.

Next week. That’s sooner than we planned. Panic flickers sharp in my chest before I bury it.

If she finds out I’m working against her and David, she will kill me.

“Yes, mother,” I reply.

My voice doesn’t shake. I make sure of it.

She studies my face for a moment longer.

Too long. Like she’s peeling me apart layer by layer.

“Go, go,” she whispers before pulling her cloak over her head and disappearing behind the magic of the cloak.

I don’t move for a second.

I wait. Listening. Feeling. Making sure she’s really gone.

Then I turn and quickly move through the pack toward the main house.

Every shadow feels like it’s watching me now. Every sound too loud.

I stop outside a room, check the halls, then slip inside.

“Did it work? Did you see him?” Lyric asks as I enter her room.

“Yes, it worked,” I say.

She breathes a sigh of relief.

It’s small-but it hits me harder than anything. She trusts this. She’s trusting me.

“Good, because I don’t think I have much longer before these pups try to make their grand entrance,” she says, placing her hands on her even bigger belly.

It’s been three days, and her belly has grown larger than usual. I wonder if it’s due to the potion Mother gave her.

Or something worse. Something we don’t understand yet.

“How did he look?” she asks.

I smile.

Because if I don’t, I’ll remember that sound-his growl-and it’ll crack something in me.

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“He was in his wolf form, but his eyes were sad, and his growl when I blocked him was heartbreaking,” I say softly.

Tears fall instantly from her eyes.

And guilt punches straight through me.

“I know he’s missing me and them. Soon, my love,” she says.

“I’ll go get you some food,” I say, leaving the room.

Because I can’t stand here and watch her cry knowing I’m the one helping keep her here.

I hope this plan works.

I actually like her, and I know this is affecting her.

Please, Selene, let this plan succeed.

Because if it doesn’t… I won’t just lose my mate-

I’ll lose whatever part of me thought I could still be good.

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