The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 208

Chapter 208

Cole POV

I walk to the one place I know will calm me and Zeus. The nursery. The second I step closer to the door the scent of powder, milk, and the pups hits me, easing some of the pressure crushing my chest. Zeus finally stops pacing long enough to breathe. I put my block up to give myself time to process what just happened. Because if I feel Lyric right now her guilt, her crying I might cave and go back before I’m ready.

When I get there Winter and Iris are in there. “Oh I’m sorry, I will come back” I say. My voice comes out rougher than I intended.

“oh no the hell you won’t. What did she do?” Winter asks.

I furrow my brows “What do you mean?” I question. I try to sound normal but even I can hear the exhaustion in my voice.

“You have the I’m upset with my mate but I’m worried about her at the same time face” she says.

My face must show my shock because she bursts out laughing. Even Iris snorts quietly from where she’s rocking one of the babies. The sound feels strangely normal after the heaviness in Lyric’s office.

“I’ve known Lyric my whole life and I’ve seen that face on my brother more than once and even on myself a few times. So what did she do?” she repeats.

I sigh before sitting down. The chair creaks under me and I drag a hand down my face, suddenly feeling exhausted down to my bones. “She went to Mason’s grave even though I told her I wasn’t okay with that” I say.

“Oh goddess” she says rolling her eyes. “I told her that it wasn’t a good idea when she brought it up to us the other day” She says.

“Yeah well she basically told me fuck how I feel and left, then she put a block up. We got into a big argument when she got back” I say frustration rising. The more I talk about it the tighter my chest feels. Anger mixes with hurt until I can barely tell them apart

anymore.

“I just want her to understand how I feel, I know she feels guilt but I’m the one he stabbed. I died that night too. She cries for him everyday Winter” I say. My voice lowers near the end, quieter and more broken than angry now. Zeus whimpers softly in my head at the memory of Lyric screaming over my body.

Her and Iris gasp “Oh she did not tell us that” Winter says. Her expression immediately shifts from annoyed to horrified. Iris tightens her hold on the pup in her arms like she physically felt the pain in my words.

“I just left before I said something I regret but I can’t talk to her when she doesn’t see my side” I say. Because if I stayed any longer I might’ve said something unforgivable. Something that would haunt both of us.

“She says she chose me but it doesn’t feel like it” I say. The confession leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. Saying it out loud somehow makes it feel more real.

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Chapter 208

“Alpha my scouts are back from Dark Valley” Dominic links.

I run my hands across my face hard enough to sting. No time to fall apart. Not when the kingdom keeps moving whether I’m hurting or not. “I have to go, but thanks for listening girls” I says before kissing each of the pups and walking out to meet Dom. The babies immediately relax against me when I kiss their heads and for one dangerous second 1 almost go back to Lyric. Almost.

I feel Lyric pushing on the bond but she needs to give me space. Even through the block I can feel the faint pressure of her reaching for me over and over again. Hesitant. Panicked. If makes my chest ache.

When I reach my office Dominic is standing outside with Kasen one of the scouts. Both of them look tense enough that my irritation immediately shifts into alpha mode. We step inside and the moment I take a seat. “What did you find out?” I ask.

“The entire pack is empty Alpha, like they just all left. Food untouched on tables, clothes still in houses. Like the entire pack just

vanished” He says.

A chill crawls down my spine. Even Zeus stills at the words. Wolves don’t just disappear. Entire packs don’t vanish without

bloodshed.

“They were attacked?” I ask. My fingers drum once against the desk before stilling completely.

He shakes his head “No, everything is in tact it’s just nobody there, and it looks like it’s been a few weeks” He says. “It looked very eerie and not natural” he says.

I nod “thank you Kasen” I say dismissing him. The second the door closes the room feels heavier somehow. Too quiet.

When the door shuts behind him Dominic gives me a look “Abandoned?, where did they all go and how does an entire pack just vanish with no trace” he questions.

“Magic” I mutter before I can stop myself. Because my instincts are screaming that this doesn’t feel like rogues or war. It feels wrong in a way I can’t explain.

Just when I thought we were about to have peace for a while. An entire pack goes missing. First Lyric and I have our first argument. Now this. And for the first time in a long time, I have the sinking feeling that something bigger is coming. Something bad enough to make the war with David feel small in comparison.

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