The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Cole-POV

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When I walk out of the mansion, all of my wolves are kneeled outside. The sight hits heavier than it should rows of loyalty, heads

bowed, waiting and instead of pride, it just sits in my chest because she’s not here to see it.

“The bears have a new King, and a peace treaty will be in the works once we bring our Queen and the royal heirs home,” I say, and they all howl once. The sound rolls through the air, strong, unified, but it doesn’t settle anything in me. Not yet.

“And any bear caught working against the King and Queen will be considered a traitor and dealt with as such,/James says, walking out behind me. His brother is standing off to the side with the bears, smiling. I turn to him. “Until next time,” I say, clapping his shoulder. My grip lingers a second longer than necessary-silent acknowledgment before everything shifts again.

I shift into Zeus and run through the wolves back toward home, and everyone follows behind me.

When we get back to the palace, my parents are standing outside with Aria and Moonveil’s Luna. The moment I see them, something tightens in my chest because I already know what this is about, and I don’t have the patience for it. I shift back.

“If this is about Mason, it can wait,” I say, walking past them.

“Cole, he is my mate,” Aria says.

I growl at her. It slips out low and immediate, before I even think about it.

“Your mate who is challenging me, questioning me, trying to plant doubt, speaking about MY MATE like he still has a claim to her,”

I snarl in her face.

My father grabs my arm. “Cole, she is pregnant, calm down,” he says.

I snatch my arm from his grasp. His touch barely registers before I’m pulling away, heat already rising under my skin.

“If you want me to be calm, don’t talk to me about Mason,” I snap at him.

Alpha Liam walks over to stand next to his mate.

“I hope you two have a backup for Alpha because your son is no longer stable enough to lead,” I say to them. I don’t soften it. There’s too much riding on this to pretend otherwise.

Liam nods. “Yes, Alpha, I am aware,” he says solemnly.

“If Aria is having a boy, you can choose to remain Alpha until he is old enough to take over. Hell, even if it’s a girl, that pup is next

in line,” I say.

“Cole,” Aria says softly.

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Chapter 179

I turn to her. “I’m sorry that you are going through this, but your mate isn’t coming out of there until my mate is home safely, and if anybody goes against that, I will kill them,” I say, meaning every word. No exaggeration. No bluff. The line is already drawn in my

head.

“I will not risk my mate or my pups because you can’t control your fucking mate,” I say, walking past them and into the palace.

Okay, I know that was harsh, but fuck that. He is a liability, and nobody is more important than them. Until she is in my arms, he

stays put.

“If I see his face, he will die,” Zeus snarls in my head, pacing, pressing at the edges of me again. He’s been there all day-restless,

building, waiting for an excuse.

Tobias, Tabitha, and Dominic follow me into my office.

“You think you could have been a little nicer about it?” Tobias asks, smiling.

“No, asshole, I couldn’t, because Mason is a fucking pain in my ass,” I say. The irritation is still there, sitting just under the surface

He laughs. “Yeah, I can tell,” he says.

“Tabitha, can you unlock the faction magic?” I ask her.

Trying to focus on anything else except Mason.

Her eyes go wide. “You know where it is? It’s actually real?” she asks.

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