The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 213

Chapter 213

Lyric POV

When I wake up the next morning I feel sparks down my legs and across my stomach. Warmth immediately spreads through the bond and relief hits me so hard my eyes almost sting. He came back. He came to bed last night. Not just to the room/ To me. I move to get up and his grip tightens.

“5 more minutes” He says half asleep.

His voice is rough with sleep and deeper than usual, and after everything between us the simple touch of him holding me close again makes my chest ache.

“Cole I have to pee and my boobs are leaking” I giggle.

His hand moves up my stomach and he pinches my nipple and a soft moan escapes my lips.

Heat instantly curls low in my stomach and Nova practically purrs in my head at the attention from our mate.

I laugh “Your squirting milk everywhere silly” I say laughing.

“ugh fine but come back” he says moving his arm and leg off me.

The second his body leaves mine I feel the absence immediately.

I run into the bathroom and pee before running into the nursery and grabbing the pump. When I get back in the room Cole is sitting up in the bed checking his phone.

His expression is calmer than last night but there’s still distance there. Careful distance.

He looks up at me as I step inside. “Come sit with me” he says.

Not an order. Not cold. Just tired.

I sit at the end of the bed but he pulls me to sit back to chest between his legs.

The second his arms wrap around me some of the tightness in my chest eases. Even upset with me, he still holds me like I belong

there.

Before he can say anything I blurt out “I summoned Mason yesterday at the cemetery” I say quickly.

The words rush out before I can lose my nerve.

He sighs heavily as if he was holding his breath.

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Chapter 213

Not angry. Not explosive. Somehow that almost feels worse because I can tell he expected it already

“Thank you. I won’t say this is fixed and I’m over it because I’m not but I don’t like when we are not speaking” he says

The honesty in his voice makes fresh guilt stab through me.

“I’m sorry for going to begin with Cole “I say turning to face him.

“I never want you to feel like I didn’t choose you. I never want you to question our bond or how much I love you. I never want you

to question if you can trust me” I say tears falling down my face.

Because the thought of him doubting that destroys me more than him being angry ever could.

He reaches out and wipes my tears.

His touch is gentle despite everything and Nova melts instantly under the affection.

“We agreed you wouldn’t shut me out especially when it came to him and you didn’t do that, you shut me out and then kept it from me. That can’t happen anymore princess” he says softly.

There’s no yelling now. Just hurt. Raw and exhausted and real.

“are you still mad at me?” I ask low.

He runs his hands over his face. “I am but I won’t ignore you or block you, I just need time to process my feelings. You really hurt me princess and that isn’t going to be fixed with one conversation” He says.

The words hurt but there’s relief tangled into the pain because at least he’s talking to me again. At least he still wants to try.

Just then the pups start crying.

The sharp cries instantly cut through the heaviness in the room.

I move to get off the bed and he scoops me up.

I squeal softly in surprise and his lips twitch for the first time since our fight.

“We aren’t good but I love you my Queen” he says kissing me deeply as if he was starving.

The kiss steals the air from my lungs. Apology. Frustration. Love. Hurt, It’s all there at once and the bond flares hot between us.

He carries me into the nursery and sets me down on the rocking chair. I unhook the pump from my breasts and hand him a bottle. We change their diapers and he helps me get settled with Adonis and Eloise in the rocking chair and he grabs Zachariah.

The domestic normalcy of it feels strangely emotional after yesterday. Like we’re finding our way back to each other one small

moment at a time.

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