The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 88

Chapter 88

Cole-POV

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I knew the moment she asked to talk to him it was a bad idea. That feeling hit fast-sharp and immediate-and it hasn’t eased since. She wasn’t ready, she literally has been on emotional roller-coaster after another since she woke up this morning.

“we’re leaving soon, maybe she just wanted to get it out the way” Zeus says

“she needs time for that one, she still loves him” I say to him my jaw tightening as I force the words out anyway

he growls in response “MINE” he roars

“yes she is ours and she loves us and him” I say to him firmly even though something in my chest doesn’t like saying it out loud “and we will love her through that” I add

He doesn’t even respond he just shut me out. The silence is worse than the growling.

“what the hell just happened?” Hunter says as Mason walks back up.

“not now” Mason says walking past us. He doesn’t even look at anyone, and that alone tells me everything.

He looks at Aria and just runs his hands through his hair and shifts and runs in the opposite direction of Lyric.

“go check on your alpha fellas, he is going to need you three right now” I say to Hunter, Lucas and Micah who walked up as they

were talking.

“did he just walk away from me?” Aria says

“little sister” Elias says

“what, my mate just went to go talk to the girl he is obviously in love with his whole fucking life and then walks away from me after she runs off on him after they were being very intimate” she shouts

“look Aria I’m going to say this then go find my sister. Her and Mason is a very complicated situation and like you said he loved her his whole life and she loved him except her love and his love cost her things every single time it was displayed publicly and him he was oblivious, then he found out she was his mate and he couldn’t stay away from her while she was trying to stay away from him and she paid the price every time, so yeah he walked away from you because she walked away from him and he carries so many different feelings for her only to find his mate before even dealing with them. Cut him some slack respectfully” Winter says.

She turns to Iris “are you coming?” she asks

“yes I am” Iris says

They both kiss their mates and head towards the treeline.

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“Okay what?” Aria says “are you not upset right now?” she asks me

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“Zeus is but that’s the alpha in him being possessive of his mate but my logical mind knows the magnitude of their relationship, Lyric and I talked while they were mated and I know how she felt about him and I knew it was complicated and I knew that she was meant to be mine and at some point she would be and now she is” I say keeping my voice even even though my chest feels like it’s tightening with every word

“regardless of how either of them feel, she is mine and if your pup of a mate would like to challenge me for her he can try and will kill him where he stands” I say calmly too calmly-the kind of calm that makes everyone else go still

“Cole” Elias says

“I’m just saying if he feels he wants to do something about those unresolved feelings he can try she is already marked and mated” 1

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“Aria, Iris said Lyric asked for you, they are at the lake just follow their scents” Elias says

“um should I go?” She asks

“yes, you should, your queen and your sister in-law asked to see you” I growl out my patience already thinning

“okay, okay” she says

“I’m going with you” Mira says

They both walk towards the treeline.

“that was heavy” Xavier says

“you would really fight him for her?” Dom asks

and the growl that tears through me has all of them turning their necks in submission

“MINE” I roar out the word ripping out of me before I can stop it

“I’m sorry alpha” Dom says

I take a few deep breaths to calm myself but I can’t because the last thing I felt before she shut me out was so much turmoil and guilt. It’s still sitting in my chest like it belongs there.

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