The Lunar Queen Chapter 107

Lyric POV

The way he moves away from us makes Nova whimper.

Not confused. Not rejected. Sad.

She kneels and then lays at his feet.

He looks at her then at Cole and he tilts his head.

“Can you shift back?” I link him and his red eyes go wide.

He shakes his head.

Something in his expression twists painfully and I realize this isn’t refusal. It’s inability.

“Nova we may need to touch him so that we can help him” I say to her.

She stands and closes the distance between us.

Slowly. Like approaching something hurt instead of something dangerous.

She yips and he just looks at her and she yips again and he brings his head down to hers.

She presses her head to his and he roars in pain before his fur starts receding , his snout starts reshaping.

The sound tears through me because it doesn’t sound like pain alone. It sounds like something breaking free.

When he is completely in his human form he collapses onto the floor breathing heavy.

Gods he is beautiful, I thought Cole was a god by himself, but them together.

His head snaps up to meet Nova’s eyes.

“How?” he says voice hoarse from lack of use.

She yips at him and puts her head to his once more healing the connection between him and his Lycan.

The moment she does we’re hit with his scent freshly baked apple pie the scent hits us so hard Nova stumbles back.

Warm. Familiar. The kind of scent that feels like home before you understand why.

“Shift back princess” Cole says eyes locked on Kairo.

I shift back and Cole hands me his jacket.

I put it on and walk to help Kairo up.

Cole moves to his other side and the moment I touch him sparks break out across my hands and I guess it was the same for Cole because he freezes for a second before moving to get a better grip on him.

The sparks feel different. Not new. Like something waking up.

When we sit him down I really look at him.

He has tattoos also but not nearly as many as Cole, his skin is a tad bit lighter than mine and he has pale blue eyes.

His eyes don’t match the rest of him. They feel too tired for somebody who still looks so young.

He looks between Cole and I.

“How?” he asks again.

I smile at him.

“I guess fate had other plans for us” I say.

The words still feel impossible even as I say them.

“Hi, I’m Lyric and this is my mate Cole” I say smiling at him again.

He touches his throat as if it hurts to speak.

“May I?” I ask.

He just nods.

I lightly touch his throat and heal his vocal chords.

He clears his throat.

“Thank you” he say locking eyes with me.

His expression softens for a second and I realize he probably hasn’t been cared for in a very long time.

“You look like her” he says.

I giggle softly and it’s like the sound settles something in him he didn’t know he needed.

His shoulders lower just enough for me to notice.

“I am the last one of Eloise’s reborn selves” I say.

“How are we mated?, I already had a second chance mate and how am I mated to your mate?” He asks.

Of all the questions in the world that’s the one he chose. Not why me. Why us.

I don’t even get the chance to respond because Selene chooses that moment to appear.

“Oh hello mother moon” I say.

“Hello my daughter” she says smiling.

“I can answer that for you” she says to Kairo.

“Long ago my siblings and I created a prophecy to prevent the Rogues from taking over the supernatural world using my daughter’s reincarnated self the way the first Alpha King of the East did to my beautiful Eloise” she says pausing momentarily.

The room feels impossibly still.

“By the time your mate was born Kairo 3 others were reborn and killed before they were even able to shift, your mate was fortunate because she was born in the Western kingdom” she says sadness lacing her voice.

“But they found her” Kairo says softly.

His voice is quiet but the grief underneath it isn’t.

She smiles sadly at him.

“Yes and she was taken from you much earlier than she was supposed to be, when your second mate betrayed you my sister felt you deserved a mate who would be strong enough to help your Lycan and a mate who was strong enough to help you rebuild your kingdom. She felt you deserved to be whole” she says looking at Cole and I.

My chest tightens unexpectedly at the way she says deserved.

“We know that neither of you have ever been with a man, but the bond between you two isn’t meant to be romantic although free will is always an option, Cole is the anchor for the bond, the one who will keep the three of you whole, the one who will keep you balanced. He is the one who will keep you two leveled. That is why all three of you are mated, Lyric will only grow stronger as she discovers how her powers work and she will need both of you for what is to come and you two will need each other” she says.

My eyes immediately go to Cole.

“trust each other and your growing bond, this new threat is nothing anyone in history has ever faced” she says.

Then she turns to me.

“Your seer gift will begin to grow and sweet Hannah’s will also grow, nurture it and keep her safe. You and your daughters are the strongest seers in our world and he needs them to complete his plan” she says.

Immediately my mind goes to Hannah. Then Eloise. Then all of my pups.

She knows me too well because before I can form the words—

“I cannot tell you child, you know there are limits” she says gently.

“Just keep them close and nurture her gift she can see things that you can’t” she says.

She turns to Kairo.

“I’m sorry my child, you’re grandfather was my first Lycan and none of them deserved what happened to them but your kingdom has been without a King long enough” she says.

Something in his expression shifts and for the first time he looks his age instead of his face.

She smiles.

“Good luck my children” she says before she disappears.

After she leaves the three of us are quiet as we take in everything she just said to us.

A knock on the door breaks the silence.

“I’m sorry….” Javier starts before he notices Kairo.

He drops to his knees instantly.

“Y-you’re you” he whispers tears falling down his face.

His reaction makes my chest tighten because suddenly Kairo doesn’t feel like somebody returning. He feels like somebody they thought they lost.

Kairo stands and he is taller than I thought.

He walks over to him and puts his hand on his shoulder.

“You did well Beta, thank you for keeping our kingdom running. Rest now” he says and his shoulders drop.

The relief on Javier’s face is immediate and heartbreaking.

“Thank you Alpha” he says.

I walk over to him and push calm into him and heal the years of stress and pain for his friend.

He picks his head up and looks at me.

“You look like our first Luna” he says.

I smile.

“She was my past self, apparently my soul has been reborn quite a few times” I say.

“Wait, my Lycan says you’re our Luna Queen” he says eyes going wide before he looks at Kairo who just smirks.

“Well yeah I guess I am” I say chuckling.

His eyes flick to Cole then back to Kairo and Kairo shrugs but the amusement in his eyes doesn’t go unnoticed.

“How?, A second chances is rare, but a third bond with an already mated couple is unheard of” He says.

Honestly I feel the same.

“story for another time” Kairo says looking at me then Cole.

“How about some breakfast?” Kairo says.

Javier smiles.

“Your daughter has been asking for you my Queen” he says.

I smile.

“She likes to be close” I say.

“I’ll have the servants prepare breakfast for us” Javier says rising and looking at Kairo and smiling before walking out the room.

Kairo walks closer to me and pauses and looks at Cole.

“May I touch her?” he asks and I gasp at him.

The question catches me off guard more than the bond did.

Cole looks at me then at him.

“She is ours, no permission needed” he says.

The words settle warmly in my chest.

Kairo releases a breath and lightly touches my cheek and I lean into it and place my hand over his.

The touch doesn’t feel overwhelming. It feels familiar in a way I don’t understand yet.

We may not have known he was out there but as I look between Cole and Kairo I realize Fate never gave us something new. She returned something that was always ours.