The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 154

Chapter 154

Cole POV

When I get back to the pack, Mason and Hunter are waiting outside the gate.

My pace slows for half a second. Not hesitation-control. Barely.

I shift back as soon as I stop.

“Didn’t I say I would kill you if you stepped foot on my pack again, pup?” I say to Mason.

My voice is low, even-but my aura isn’t. It presses out hard enough that the guards shift their weight behind me.

“I’m not on your pack. I’m at the border,” Mason says.

“Cole, I’m sorry. I tried to keep him from showing up, but-” Hunter starts.

“He alpha-commanded you not to try and stop him,” I say, annoyed by this pup.

Hunter’s mouth shuts instantly. Good. I don’t have patience for explanations right now.

“What the fuck do you want, Mason?” I ask, walking toward the gate.

Each step deliberate. Measured. Like I’m deciding if I’m going to end this right here.

“I want to know what’s going on. Have you found her? Are you even looking?” he asks.

My jaw tightens. Teeth press together hard enough I feel it in my temples.

“Yes, I have found her, and I’m going to discuss getting her back now,” I say.

“Let me in. I need to be part of that conversation,” Mason says, stepping toward me.

That step? Wrong move.

“When I have a meeting with all the Alphas in the kingdom, then I will call you. Until then, I don’t need to tell you anything,” I say

to him.

He growls.

“She was mine first,” he snarls.

“Just kill him already,” Zeus says.

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My fingers curl at my sides, nails digging into my palms. One snap-that’s all it would take.

“That’s too easy,” I say to him.

“Mason, even when she was yours, she wasn’t yours. Not really,” I say.

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“She was terrified to even be around you. The one time she let her guard down for you, she almost died,” I snarl at him.

I step into his space now. Close enough that if he breathes wrong, I’ll take his head off.

“So miss me with your ‘mine’ bullshit,” I say.

I look at Hunter.

“He’s becoming a problem. How is my sister?” I ask him.

“She called your parents and said she wanted to come home,” Hunter says.

And Mason growls.

“She is my mate and Luna. She isn’t going anywhere,” he says.

I laugh.

Short. Dry. No humor-just irritation.

“If you are here worrying about your ex-mate while your mate is home and pregnant, she needs to go home because clearly your

priorities are messed up,” I say.

That one lands. I see it in the way his shoulders stiffen, the way his eyes flick-just for a second.

“Look, I have things to do to work on saving MY mate,” I say as the guards open the gate and let me in.

I don’t wait for another word. If I stay another second, I will kill him.

I shift back into Zeus and run to the palace.

The ground tears under my paws. Too slow. Still too slow.

“Meet me in my office,” I link Dom, Elias, Xavier, James, and the twins.

I’ve been trying to keep the twins out of things, but I have an offer for them.

When I get to my office again, Winter is there.

Same couch. Same position. Eyes hollow. She hasn’t moved-not really.

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“Hey, little sis,” I say softly.

She’s lost so much weight, and the doctor is worried about their pup because she has barely been able to keep anything down and

barely wants to leave my office.

“What are you doing in here, Win? You need to be resting,” I say.

“I can’t. She isn’t resting,” she says.

That hits. Quiet. Sharp. I don’t respond right away.

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