The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 235

Chapter 235

“Do you think we can talk after this?” Kairo asks looking between us.

His voice is careful for the first time since we met him.

“Of course,” I say.

All of this is so much to process but none of it feels wrong or awkward. It all just feels natural.

Like we just picked up where we left off even though this is new for all of us.

And maybe that should scare me more than it does but instead all I feel is this strange sense that somehow we’re catching something that already existed long before any of us knew it.

After breakfast is over we move to make our way to Kairo’s office but Hannah will not let him go.

“Hannah banana I need you to go with Uncle Hunter and Uncle Joshua again” I say.

She starts crying immediately.

“No mama, I want to stay with papa Kai” she says.

The title comes out so naturally nobody even reacts to it this time.

“It’s fine I really don’t mind” he says.

I sigh heavily.

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“Fine” I say and he chuckles at me.

Ezra follows behind Hunter and waves bye to us.

He doesn’t even question leaving Hannah behind and something tells me he already trusts Kairo more than he realizes.

When we get into the office we all sit in silence for a minute before Kairo speaks.

“So tell me what you two are thinking and how you want this to work?” he asks.

Straight to the point. No pretending this conversation isn’t necessary,

“From a personal standpoint, the smart move would be for us to all live together and work on getting to know each other. I will say

I don’t see us being romantic” Cole says.

Kairo laughs, a real laugh, and shakes his head.

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“I don’t either, I understand mates are more than romance and physical relations so I know that is what it will be for us. Brothers

Something settles in me hearing that and I don’t realize until now that part of me was worried this conversation would be

uncomfortable.

Cole nods his head in agreement.

“and what about me?” I ask.

“We share you the way fate intended for us to do” Cole says.

His answer is immediate. No hesitation.

“Now combining two kingdoms may be a bit harder” Kairo says.

“I don’t think combining them is smart, that’s too many wolves and too many packs. The only thing that should change is me officially becoming Queen here and helping you rebuild, re-establishing the alliance between the West and the East” I say.

The answer feels obvious the moment I say it.

“Your pack and your kingdom need to see you and know that you are back and that you haven’t abandoned them, your kingdom has been run by Javier and your council for way too long, you need to regain their trust and support” I say.

He and Cole both smile at me.

“What?” I ask.

“You’re a natural born Queen my love” Cole says.

Heat crawls up my neck because he says it like it’s obvious.

“Did you just think about this?” Kairo asks.

“No I’ve been thinking about this from the moment I discovered we were mates, the purpose of this visit was to discuss the supernatural council we wanted to create and then so many other things were revealed” I say.

“Now that we are mates it makes forming the council easier as long as the Southern king is on board.”

Kairo sucks his teeth.

“Jude is a ruthless son of a bitch that won’t be easy” he says.

There’s history in the way he says his name.

“Well he agreed to the meeting with the other species so that’s a start” Cole says.

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Hannah has fallen asleep in Kairo’s arms and it really makes me smile.

She looks completely settled there and for some reason that does something weird to my chest.

He follows my line of sight.

“She’s attached” he says smiling.

“She’s been having visions of you and apparently of us” I say.

He smiles.

“I get it, she knows what is to come” he says.

There’s no fear in his voice. Just acceptance.

“How long are you guys staying?” he asks.

Cole looks at him then at me.

“Because it will probably be some weeks before we see each other again, a few days that way we can get to know each other a bit

and spend time with each other” Cole says.

Kairo looks at me.

“How do you feel?” he asks me.

Not what do we think. What do I feel.

“I’m just not sure how I feel about us all living apart, Nova is restless” I say.

Kairo stands and hands a sleeping Hannah to Cole.

He comes and crouches down in front of my seat.

The movement is slow enough that I realize he’s giving me time to move away if I want to.

“Is this okay?” he asks and I nod.

Again he asks.

“I’ll try to come as often as I can so the time apart doesn’t feel too long, but I can’t leave yet” he says cupping my cheek.

The sparks settle my racing heart just a little and I lean into it.

Immediately Nova calms and that realization unsettles me more than I expect.

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“I know it’s just now that I have both of you it’s going to be hard leaving you” I say.

The words come out before I can think too hard about them.

“It’s only temporary princess” Cole says.

“Tell that to my wolf” I say.

Kairo’s Lycan comes forward.

“You saved us mate, we will never be too far” He says voice rougher than Kairo’s.

Something in his voice makes my chest ache because it sounds less like reassurance and more like a promise.

He kisses me very lightly so lightly I barely feel it but it sets my entire body on fire.

Not desire. Recognition. Like something inside me noticed before I did.

“Fine” I say standing to walk out.

“I need a minute” I say and walk out of the office.

Why is this hitting me so hard.

Why am I getting so emotional about this and we haven’t even left yet.

And the worst part is I think I already know the answer. I just don’t know if I’m ready to say it out loud yet.

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what a plot twist

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