The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 51

Chapter 51

have never been so nervous in my life. Waiting for her to get here has been the most nerve-wracking thing ever. Kane has been

pacing in my mind all day. Hearing her say she doesn’t like sneaking around with me breaks me because I don’t like it gither. Only

being able to hear her voice over the link and during the occasional senior meetings with her has been torture. I haven’t been

physically close to her in weeks, and Kane is going crazy being apart from his mate.

Next week, we leave for alpha training, and that is going to be the longest 10 months of my life.

Kane starts going crazy in my mind-“our mate is close,” he says.

Then, like a warm blanket-sweet, warm, and comforting.

My breath catches; she is breathtaking.

She wears a deep burgundy dress that hugs her body, with two high slits on the thighs and a deep back that shows her scars. Her

hair is straight and beautiful, and her green eyes shine brighter against the burgundy of her dress and the red of her hair.

I am stunned.

Kane howls in my mind-“our mate is perfection,” he says softly.

As she gets closer, she smells even better-hints of vanilla. Oh gods, help me tonight.

“Hello, Mason,” she says, and oh goddess, I know I will do whatever she asks of me-ever.

“Hello, my sunflower, you are gorgeous,” I say close to her ear, and she shivers in response.

“Thank

y glad you came,” I tell her.

“I am too,” she replies softly.

“You thirsty?” I ask.

She shakes her head no.

“Want to dance?” I ask.

”

“Sure,” she says, walking toward the dance floor, and I can’t help but stare as she walks away from me. Every step feels like

something I’ve been missing coming back to me all at once,

Watching her dance is mesmerizing.

THU

2

O

r

1/4

12:19 Thu, Jul 2 ) D *

Chapter 51

1

1

2 DD

“I didn’t think you could dance. You would cry every time I asked when we were kids,” I tell her.

She laughs, and the sound goes straight to my cock-fuck, just one more year.

&

ཀྐཱ།

“That was because you were a horrible dancer, and I cried because it would make you stop asking,” she says, smiling up at me.

“Oh man, that is messed up, I say..

“You brought it up,” she replies.

We stay quiet for a while, just enjoying the moment-dancing, laughing-until she starts,

“You know,” she says, pausing.

“I still have the necklace,” she whispers softly.

I already knew that, but I don’t want her to know I do.

Why?” I ask.

was special, and even though there’s a bad memory attached to it, it represents so many good ones, and you gave it to

e says.

Anything you ever gave me or anything we ever made together, I kept. I used to go to the stables every day, but it’s gotten too

hard. Now I only go once a week,” she continues.

“I’m sorry, sunflower. I wish I hadn’t let you push me away. I should have fought harder for you,” I say.

“Mason, we were kids. It’s okay,” she replies.

“No, you were so much more to me, and I knew that even back then. I was just so hurt and confused,” I say, voice cracking.

She reaches out and takes my hand, and sparks erupt down my arm at the contact.

“I know, and that’s why it was so much harder for me because you didn’t even know why, and I couldn’t think of a reason that made

sense quick enough

ng out I was your mate?” she asks.

Mont shock, then relief, then guilt, then fear. But when you looked back at me before you walked out of the dining room on my

birthday, all I felt was joy-that you, my sunflower, are really mine,” tell her.

2

The night goes on as we dance, talk, eat, and reminisce about all the crazy things her and Winter made me do as pups. We discuss

what should be different in the pack; we talk about everything we can think of, and it feels incredible. My heart hasn’t stopped

racing since I first saw her.

THU

2

N

|||

O

2/4

12:19 Thu, Jul 2 ) Do

Chapter 51

When we’re getting ready to leave, we stand off to the side of the dance floor.

“I had so much fun with you, Mason,” she says.

“I did too, more than you know,” I reply.

“Can I kiss you?” I ask her.

She nods yes, and I bend down to softly press my lips to hers. Her hands cup my cheeks, and she nibbles my lip, asking for permission, which I gladly give, deepening the kiss.

She tastes amazing-

and for a second, everything else disappears-the room, the music, the people-like it’s just us again, like nothing ever broke

between us.

–and then a flash-

our moment is broken.

I glare at the person who took the picture.

“Sorry, it was for the yearbook,” says Kasey, a student on the yearbook committee.

“Just leave,” I say, my voice low and sharp, because something about that moment being captured feels wrong in a way I can’t

explain.

I’m so furious I don’t even notice Lyric go rigid.

“Hey, sunflower, what is wrong?” I ask.

“That picture cannot make it into the yearbook; it can never be seen by anyone ever,” she says, eyes wild with panic,

I cup her cheeks. “Hey, focus on me. I will get the picture back and make sure nobody sees it,” I say.

“I want to go home,” she says.

And just like that, the night shifts-like something invisible just stepped into the room and everything we had a second ago is

already slipping out of my hands.

The whole night is ruined because of fucking Kasey.

I’m furious at Kasey, but then I look back at Lyric and realize she isn’t just upset. She looks terrified.

Like that picture did not just interrupt our kiss.

DHJ

2

N

|||

O

く

3/4

Chapter 51

Like someone is going to use it to destroy her.

Comments

P Visitor

there are alit of chapters from about 35 through to now that are repeated

1 days ago

THU

002

37

< SHARE

N

|||

O

r