The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 170

Chapter 170

There it is. Not power. Not greed. Placement.

“So you only wanted to be allowed in the place you should have been allowed to call home?” I ask.

“Yes, I didn’t want anyone to die, especially not pups and entire packs destroyed” he says low looking defeated.

My chest tightens at that. Because I believe him. And I don’t like that I believe him this fast.

“Do you think coming here tonight was wise?” I ask.

“It’s not and I’m honestly not sure I’m making it out of this alive but I need you to trust me the same way I needed her to trust me

he says.

Zeus bristles at her. My princess. That word, trust connected to her hits wrong. Possessive. Sharp. Immediate.

“He plans to attack The Howling Moon Pack tomorrow because he is upset about not being able to sleep with her” he says that last

part lower than the rest but I catch it.

Everything in me goes still. Not calm, contained. Dangerous.

Zeus surges forward roaring “MINE” through me.

The word rips out of my chest before I can stop it raw, violent, territorial.

“How dare he try to take what is not his, he will die a painful death” He snarls.

Jonathan bares his neck. Smart. Immediate submission. He feels it.

“She put a plan in motion to stop that from happening but now he is reacting, he doesn’t know all the Alpha’s are here he is only

attacking because they are the smallest of the remaining packs” he says.

I link Dominic immediately no hesitation, no pause, already moving.

“Dom wake Alpha Clayton and tell him he needs to get back to his pack and send guards with him as many as we can spare before

our own attack on the bears. David is attacking his pack tomorrow” I say

“Yes Alpha” he links back.

“If your intel is right then trust earned, but for now. Now what?” I ask eyes still locked on him not relaxed, not open waiting for the

next move.

“I haven’t been able to be near her much because he’s starting not to trust me” he says.

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He runs his hands over his face and for the first time he looks his age, tired, worn, not composed.

“I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, but I never wanted any of this to happen, even less when I found my mate” he says

“I just want to help her she doesn’t deserve what is happening to her” he says.

That hits again. Not defensive. Not performative. Real.

“So again why come here?, why risk your life and my mate’s life. Your mate’s life by coming here?” I ask.

“I want to help you kill him, I want to help you end this” he says.

No hesitation. No flinch. Straight to it. That matters.

“I’m killing the witch and the bear King” I say.

He nods “Good, killing them corners him, makes him get sloppy” he says.

That makes me smile slow, sharp, because he’s right. Because he thinks the same way I do.

“exactly, no wonder you’re his Beta, you’re quick” I say.

“You may be a Blackwood after all” I say and that makes him smile.

“I’m not your enemy Cole, we may not have grown up together but you are still my brother and my mother wanted me to know you

if not any of the others” he says.

That word again-brother. This time it doesn’t get rejected immediately. That’s new. I don’t like how easy that shift was.

Zeus pushes forward more “He’s telling the truth” He says

“I know” I reply. And I do. That’s the problem.

“Killing the witch at the right time matters, unless you break the spell first killing her will drop the cloak instantly and the moment

that happens you’re on a clock” he says.

“I like the way he thinks” Zeus says.

“Yeah he thinks like us” I say back. Too much like us. That should bother me more than it does.

And that should make him useful.

Instead, it makes him dangerous.

Because if he thinks like me… he knows exactly what I’m willing to do to win.

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“help me trust you, is the bear king apart of the attack tomorrow?” I ask. I don’t break eye contact when I say it, watching for hesitation, for a slip, for anything that tells me I’m wrong about him.

He shakes his head. “he never is, he sends his warriors wherever David requests. He said he will only show his face for the final

battle” he says.

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