The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 73

Chapter 73

Lyric POV

“What did you do to them?” Summer screams.

“I killed them,” I say plainly. I don’t raise my voice. I don’t need to. The words land heavy enough on their own.

“How? You are nothing,” she retorts.

“Actually, I am your Lunar Queen, and this freak is our moon goddess’s daughter reborn-the most powerful werewolf to walk the earth,” I say, stepping closer to the cell. The title still feels strange in my mouth, but not wrong. Never wrong.

I unlock the door and walk inside.

“How did you do that?” she asks, fear evident on her face.

My voice blends with Nova’s. “We are Eloise reborn, our powers unlimited-we are the Lunar Queen,” we say. The sound of us together fills the space in a way my voice alone never could, and judging by the way Summer flinches, she feels it too.

“How?” she asks.

“Not important,” I reply, grabbing her by the throat. Her skin is warm under my hand, her pulse frantic, and for one ugly second all I can think is how many times I dreamed of having her exactly like this.

“I’ve never been weak, Summer-just smaller than you, but never weaker.” We say. “You tried to break us and couldn’t stand the fact that you never could. We are a goddess and Queen. We will not be broken,” we declare, Every word steadies me more, like saying it out loud locks it deeper into my bones.

“Seris, come forward,” we command.

“My sister, I am so sorry. I tried to get her to stop, but she wouldn’t listen to me,” she says.

“I will release you, my sister. I love you, and I will see you in the future,” I say. And I mean that part. For all the pain wrapped up in this body, her wolf was never the thing I hated.

I place my hand on her forehead, releasing her from her body, and Summer drops to her knees.

She looks up, confused. “Wait, why didn’t I die?” she asks.

“Did you think you’d get off that easily, sister?” I reply. I tilt my head slightly, watching her the same way she used to watch me when she knew something bad was about to happen.

“Oh no, you shall feel every ounce of pain you made me feel before I kill you-which I will. You will never escape this cell, and I will deliver every ounce of pain all at once.”

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Everybody around me gasps as every wound she ever inflicted on me begins to appear on her, starting with that broken pinky. She

screams in pain as each wound manifests on her body.

“Every time Mason did something for me, I paid the price. Back then, I was even smaller than you and you took advantage of that,” I say calmly. And that’s the part that shocks them-the calm. Not because I don’t feel anything, but because I feel all of it and still

don’t shake.

I know she’s at her breaking point when her screâitis become gut-wrenching

I hear sobs behind me. “I’m sorry, sisters. If you want to leave, please, go,” I say.

“We are not crying for Sunny; we are crying for you,” Winter says.

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“Her screams were yours. Her pain was yours,” Aria adds, tears streaming down her face.

“It’s okay. She’ll feel every ounce of it,” I say calmly. The words should hurt more to say than they do, but all I feel is the cold

certainty that this is overdue.

Cole comes up and wraps his arms around me. “You’re blocking me, princess,” he says in my ear.

“I know. I’m sorry, my love. I just didn’t want you to feel that,” I reply softly. Because once I let him in, he’ll feel all of it-the rage, the grief, the sick satisfaction-and I’m not sure which part will hit him hardest.

“Take down the wall, my love,” he urges.

Mower my walls, allowing him to feel all my emotions and in my head.

“You’re not alone anymore, my love. We are a team,” he links us. The second he says it, some of the tightness in my chest loosens.

Not all of it. Just enough.

I turn my attention back to Summer. I smile as the slices from Savannah appear on her body next.

“You know, I could never understand why you hated me so much. As I got older, I realized you were jealous of me-and how people treated me compared to you. But that wasn’t because of me; that was because of you,” I say.

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