The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37

I gently run my finger over the sunflower pendant.

She kept it, even though it has a bad memory attached to it now; she still kept it.

All these years, and she still kept it.

Even after everything. Even after mo..

Even if she never lets me near her again, I will make sure Summer never gets another chance to hurt you, my little sunflower.

I vow before walking out her room and downstairs for training.

Because if I can’t fix this-if I can’t get her back-then the only thing left is making sure the person who broke her never gets the

chance to breathe easy again.

Summer POV

It seems like everyone is being tight-lipped about Lyric.

Every time I ask, they say they don’t know or haven’t seen her.

Lies. All of them. I can feel it in the way they won’t meet my eyes, in the way conversations stop when I walk into a room.

I made Savannah go into the hospital to see if she could find her, but she claimed she wasn’t there and checked every room.

Where the fuck could she have gone?

Hospitals don’t just lose people. Especially not her.

I know she isn’t dead; I would have felt that.

There would’ve been something-some kind of shift, some kind of silence where she used to exist.

Everyone thinks I’m just a cold bitch, but nobody understands what it’s like for me.

Everyone always talked about how pretty she was when we were pups, how smart she was at such a young age.

I used to hear the Alpha and Luna talk about her training and how great she was when we were six.

How could she have been so perfect at such a young age?

It didn’t make sense then. It still doesn’t.

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Chapter 37

I gently run my finger over the sunflower pendant.

She kept it, even though it has a bad memory attached to it now; she still kept it.

All these years, and she still kept it.

Even after everything. Even after me.

Even if she never lets me near her again, I will make sure Summer never gets another chance to hurt you, my little sunflower.

I vow before walking out her room and downstairs for training.

Because if I can’t fix this-if I can’t get her back-then the only thing left is making sure the person who broke her never gets the

chance to breathe easy again.

Summer POV

It seems like everyone is being tight-lipped about Lyric.

Every time I ask, they say they don’t know or haven’t seen her.

Lies. All of them. I can feel it in the way they won’t meet my eyes, in the way conversations stop when I walk into a room.

I made Savannah go into the hospital to see if she could find her, but she claimed she wasn’t there and checked every room.

Where the fuck could she have gone?

Hospitals don’t just lose people. Especially not her.

I know she isn’t dead; I would have felt that.

There would’ve been something-some kind of shift, some kind of silence where she used to exist.

Everyone thinks I’m just a cold bitch, but nobody understands what it’s like for me.

Everyone always talked about how pretty she was when we were pups, how smart she was at such a young age.

I used to hear the Alpha and Luna talk about her training and how great she was when we were six.

How could she have been so perfect at such a young age?

It didn’t make sense then. It still doesn’t.

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Then Mason became obsessed with her.

He followed her everywhere she went.

Like she was the only thing in the world worth paying attention to. Like I didn’t even exist standing right next to her.

So I started making her invisible and insignificant.

1 made sure our parents and brothers only saw me.

She’s always been so quiet and small, and that worked in my favor.

She never fought back the way she should have. Never made noise. Never made it hard.

Mason was harder to break, but I knew that had to come from her.

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So when I burned her with the poker, I told her if she wanted to stop getting hurt, she’d have to tell Mason she didn’t want to be

ymore.

id it. She actually did it.

can’t believe he was actually hurt about that.

That gave me the chance to wiggle in and take control.

I had him from then until his fucking birthday.

I found out she’s his mate, and that can’t stand.

It won’t stand. I won’t let it.

So I have one last plan that will definitely make him disgusted with her, and when our birthday comes, he’ll reject her for sure.

Not hesitate. Not question it. Rejes

Now all I need

week

mpletely.

cks leave today and Mason, Hunter, Lucas, and Micah head off for Alpha training next

Phiding, Phase 3 can kick in.

there won’t be any coming back from it. Not for her. Not for him.

I just have to make sure all these idiots keep their mouths shut.

This is the biggest one yet, and it will give me exactly what I want.

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This time, I will not need to hurt Lyric myself.

I just need Mason to believe she is capable of something he cannot forgive.

Because this time, I’m not just trying to hurt her-I’m making sure when it’s done… there’s nothing left for him to choose.

And when Phase 3 is done…

even if she’s still breathing-

she won’t be someone he can love anymore.

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