The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55

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I didn’t hear from Lyric all day yesterday after I told her about Kasey’s camera, which is strange.

Not strange for anyone else-but not for her. Not when she always answers me, even when she’s upset. Even when she shouldn’t.

I linked her a few times and got no response, and now it’s the next day and still nothing.

And that silence is starting to feel wrong in a way I can’t explain-like something already happened and I just haven’t caught up to

it yet.

I head to Winter’s room. “Hey rabbit, have you heard from Lyric today?” I ask.

“No, I actually haven’t spoken to her since yesterday afternoon,” she says. She stands up and heads down to the Beta floor, and I

follow behind her. We go to Lyric’s room, and although it smells like her, her scent is faint, as if she hasn’t been here since

yesterday.

Too clean. Too still. Like she left in a hurry-or didn’t leave on her own at all.

1 link Hunter. “Hunter, have you seen Lyric today?” I ask.

“No, I honestly figured I’d just see her at the school for the ceremony since she’s valedictorian,” he says. “Why?” he links, but it gets cut off by a patrolman linking all the ranked members.

“We have a situation at the south border, Alpha. I think you should get here now,” the warrior says.

“What is it?” my father links back.

“I think you should just get here, Alpha. Hurry and bring the pack doctor with you,” the warrior says, cutting the link.

My chest tightens instantly. They don’t call for the doctor unless it’s bad-really bad-and my mind only goes to one person.

“Lyric,” I say.

It’s not a guess. Not a possibility. I already know before anyone says it.

“Lyric, what?” Winter asks. “What was the link about?” she asks,

“I don’t know, the warrior just said we need to get to the south border.” I tell her.

“No, it can’t be her. She didn’t do something to her again,” she cries out. “Please, goddess, not again. She’s suffered enough,”

Winter cries.

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“Rabbit, I have to go,” I say softly.

“Go,” she says.

1 run downstairs and out the door, shifting mid-run. When I get there, I stumble at the sight and shift instantly. No. What did they do to her?

My vision tunnels, everything around me fading except her-broken, barely there-and something inside me snaps so hard it almost takes me down with it.”

When I get close, she’s barely conscious.

“Josh,” she says softly.

Her voice is so weak it barely reaches me, but I catch it-cling to it-because it means she’s still here. Still fighting.

“Who is Josh?” I ask.

“We have a warrior named Josh,” Hunter says.

“Cabin, Josh,” she says. That makes everyone’s ears perk up.

“I need a team to go to the old hunting cabin by the north end of the border, near the river,” my father says over the link to all the

warriors and ranked members.

My sunflower, what did they do to you?

“Oh my goddess, Lyric,” Dr. Grant screams when she sees her dropping down beside me. “She lost so much blood, she is barely breathing. I need to get her to the hospital now,” she says, crying.

The words don’t even process right. They just echo, bouncing around in my head like I don’t understand-them-but I do. I

understand exactly what they mean.

She turns to my father. “Alpha, this has to stop happening. You have to do something about her,” she pleads.

“We will, Sonia. We may have a lead that we are checking out now,” he responds.

“We need to move her now and cover her better than this. Be gentle; she has too many open wounds,” she instructs.

“I will carry her,” I say.

“NO,” uncle Donovan growls, “you will not touch her. I will carry my pup,” he insists, gently picking her up and heading back towards the pack as fast as he can.

And I don’t argue. I can’t. Because one look at her and I know-if I touch her right now, I might lose control completely.

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“Dad, I didn’t know this would happen. She was so scared about the picture, but I never imagined this,” I say, tears falling.

We both get a link at the same time. “Alphas, we found something. You need to see this,” they say, cutting the link.

When we arrive at the cabin, it’s worse than the school scene-the amount of blood is overwhelming.

It hits me all at once-the smell, the sight, the reality of what happened here-and I have to lock my jaw to keep from losing it

right then.

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why are they surprised? the last time they said all the same things. should have got her protected then.

6 days ago