The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 57

Chapter 57

The words hit harder than anything else so far-because this means she’s not waking up. Not anytime soon.

“She kept coming to, saying the name Josh.”

“That is the warrior who sacrificed his life to get us the information we need. They shapped his neck, right before,” my dad says.

“Do we know how long?” Aunt Liz asks.

“No, beta, we do not. We are transfusing her blood as fast as we can, but she also needs a blood donation because she lost so

much.”

“Take mine,” all three of her brothers say.

No hesitation. No questions. Just instinct-because losing her isn’t an option for any of us.

“And mine,” her father adds.

“Nurses will take you all to the back and get you set up. Blood from family members is always better. We’re trying to flush the silver and wolfsbane from her system so we can close her wounds and let her body heal, but her body is fighting us. This is worse than the last time.” she says softly before heading back into her room.

The room falls silent.

And for the first time since I found her… I don’t know what comes next. Not as her mate. Not as an Alpha. Not as anything.

Winter runs off, and everyone else is frozen.

Winter POV

She always knows her twin.

Even when she doesn’t want to. Even when it hurts.

As much as Summer hates her, nobody knows her better than Lyric. She said Summer would find out about prom, but none of us

believed her. Now we are all paying for that. So much for high school graduation.

I call Principal Jameson.

“Good morning, Principal Jameson,” I say.

“Good morning, Winter. The ceremony is set to start soon, and none of the high-ranking families are here,” he replies.

“I know, sir. There was another incident involving Lyric, and well…” I pause, gathering myself. “We won’t be attending the ceremony

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today. If it’s okay, I will pick up their diplomas and awards,” I say, voice cracking.

“Is everything okay with Lyric?” he asks, concern in his voice.

“No, sir, and we’re not sure if it will be. We’re just praying for a miracle,” I respond.

And I hate how real that sounds coming out of my mouth-like hope is already slipping through my fingers.

“I understand. Thank you for letting me know, Winter. She is in my prayers,” he says before ending the call.

Then I make my next call.

“Hello,” he answers, and the moment I hear his voice, I break down.

There’s no holding it together anymore-not when saying it out loud makes it real.

“Dom, they… they hurt her so badly. We don’t even know if she’s going to make it. How could they keep doing this to her?” I cry

into the phone.

“Wait, baby, slow down. What happened?” he asks, trying to soothe me.

“Lyric went missing again yesterday, and this morning, Mason and I went to look for her because today is their graduation, but she

wasn’t in her room. It was 7am, and she hates mornings, Then a warrior linked all the ranked members to come to the south border,

and she was there I cry out. I relay everything that they did to her. “They violated her over and over. They humiliated her and then

dumped her like she was nothing,” I scream into the phone, agony gripping my chest like a vice.

Like I can feel a piece of her breaking-and I’m not there to stop it.

Vega whimpers loudly in my mind, her pain blending with mine.

“Oh my mate, I’m so sorry, I am not there to hold you, I will be there as soon as I can okay,” he says softly.

“Okay, please hurry. I need you,” I cry.

“I know, baby. I’m on my way, I promise,” he replies, hanging up.

I sit in my room, looking at all the pictures of me and Lyric and some of us and Mason together. How could Summer be so cruel to

her own sister? Lyric would have loved her if Summer had ever let her. Instead, Summer hated her sister for simply being herself.

How could someone be that cruel?”

“She hurt our sister,” Vega says.

“She has to survive this. She can’t let her win,” I tell her.

“She will. Our sister is strong-stronger than even she knows,” Vega responds confidently.

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I make my way back to the hospital because just like before, I will be at her bedside every day until she wakes up, no matter how long it takes, because she is my true soulmate and I can’t do this without her.

The pain and fear crush me as I walk back toward the hospital.

Because this tinte. it doesn’t feel like we’re waiting for her to wake up.

It feels like we’re waiting to see if she even can.

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

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