The Lunar Queen Chapter 110

Kairo POV

When the door closes behind Cole I honestly don’t even know what to do. I haven’t been alone with any she-wolf in years let alone my mate. Today has been a whirlwind of a day and the most unbelievable thing about it is Hades is finally calm. Not fighting. Not raging. Calm. I don’t even know how to fully process the day. When I invited them to come, I never expected finding a mate let alone two. I definitely never expected one of my mates to be a man.

“He’s ours too” Hades says.

“I know” I reply.

And strangely enough that part doesn’t bother me nearly as much as I thought it would.

When their pup called me papa Hades howled in delight. I lost so much after Hades took control all those years ago and in a short amount of time I gained an entire family.

The thought should terrify me after everything I lost but instead it makes my chest feel too full.

Her cries bring me back to the moment and out of my head.

“Why the tears love?” I ask her, taking two strides to close the distance between us and taking her hands in mine.

“You saw everything?” she asks quietly.

I lift her chin so her eyes meet mine.

“I did and it changes nothing” I say to her.

If anything it only makes me understand why Fate brought her to us.

“Cole’s never even seen what actually happened, he’s only seen me after or heard about it” she says, tears falling and I wipe each one.

“Why is me seeing it such a bad thing?” I ask her.

“I don’t want you to look at me differently” she says.

At that I scoop her up and walk to the chair closest to us and sit her in my lap.

The moment she settles against me Hades goes completely quiet again.

“Why would I look at you differently?” I ask, rubbing small circles on her back trying to calm her a little.

“Because everyone always asks why I didn’t tell or why I didn’t fight back and I just wanted you to see me first and not my past” she says.

I do wonder why she never told anyone. I saw every accident, every cut and stab wound, I saw the pleading from her friend and still she said nothing.

But none of that matters compared to the fact that she survived it.

“I only see you Lyric, your past doesn’t define you and you had your reasons. As outsiders we have to respect that even if we don’t like it or agree” I say to her and she turns to look at me.

“Shut up” she says covering her face.

I smile at her.

“You don’t like what I said?” I ask pulling her hands from her face, her beautiful green eyes staring back at me.

She shakes her head.

“No, I loved it” she says.

Something warm settles in my chest at that confession.

“I just didn’t think anyone would believe me over her. She was the future Luna and the pack princess and I was the invisible outcast daughter of the Beta, so I trained a lot so that I could leave when I turned 18” she says.

“I get it love, and you don't owe me any explanations” I say wiping her tears.

“I know but you should know” she says.

She turns in my lap.

“What was it like?” she asks me.

“Being trapped in my Lycan form?” I ask.

She nods.

“It’s torture because you don’t have any control to shift back. It was like being a passenger in your own body but you can’t speak. I couldnt speak and I was slowly losing who i was. It got worse over the years and soon I was just a Lycan or at least that’s how it felt. I couldn’t even speak to Hades” I say.

There were days I honestly thought Kairo no longer existed anymore.

“How did it happen?” she asks.

I go quiet for a moment as all the memories from that night flash in my mind.

Pain. Blood. Betrayal.

“If you don’t want to tell me you can show me” she says holding out her hands.

She looks into my eyes.

“You can trust me” she says smiling.

And gods I do. Far more than I should after only knowing her for a day.

I grab her face and kiss her softly and she grabs my hair in her hands and kisses me back deeper and I groan into her mouth.

The kiss feels less like starting something and more like finally giving into something that’s been pulling at me since she walked into that room.

She pulls back trying to catch her breath.

“You saved us, we trust you with our life” I say lightly brushing her cheek.

“Thank you for saving me” I say low.

“You’re welcome” she says.

“Thank you for giving me a family and hope and love” I say.

The words feel too small for what they actually mean to me.

“You deserve to be loved Kairo, and Fate and Selene both knew” she says.

I hold out my hands and she takes them in hers.

“Just think back to when things went wrong” she says.

The moment I think about that day we’re both transported to that day and I stiffen.

Even after all these years the memory still feels sharp enough to cut me open.

“Hey, I’m here with you, nobody can see or hear us” she says taking my hand.

“Your pack was beautiful” she says as we walk through the pack towards the house.

It was. Before that night it felt alive.

I see my past self walking across the lawn with her.

Alexandra, my second chance mate.

Hades growls in my head at seeing her.

The sound is pure hatred.

We follow behind them into the house.

“I can’t wait for you to officially become my Queen Alex” I say to her.

“I can’t wait either Kai” she says leaning her head on my shoulder.

“Kairo the family is already waiting in the dining room” my father says walking over to us in the foyer.

“We’re on our way up now father” I say.

I see my dad look at Alex funny and I never noticed it that day.

Like some part of him already knew something was wrong.

“You look happy” Lyric says softly.

“I was, but it was one sided” I say as Hades paces in my mind.

We focus back on the memory and just as we do all hell breaks loose.

Alex stands from the table and stabs my father in the chest.

My mother screams and shifts into her Lycan but a blast at the door distracts everyone.

Jude walks through the door smiling.

That same fucking smile.

He walks straight to Alex and kisses her.

“Good job baby” he says smiling.

My brothers shift to attack them with my mother but he snaps their necks without them moving.

I’m stuck unable to move.

Completely helpless while my entire family dies in front of me.

“Kill everyone in the room except him” Jude says pointing at me.

My eyes are glued on Alex.

“Why?” I ask her.

“He promised me more power than you could ever give me” she says.

“But you’re my mate” I say voice cracking.

“You’re weak and I deserve a strong mate” she says and Hades takes over and forces the shift and charges her and Jude just moves to the side and I grab her by her throat and roar in her face.

“Jude help” she strains out, but he just looks at her and laughs.

“Oh I got what I wanted, now time to watch it all unfold” he says before he leaves the same way he came.

I rip her throat from her body and Hades roars out before we’re pulled back into our bodies.

Lyric gasps and her tears are falling.

“I’m so sorry, you didn’t deserve that and you are not weak, she was a power hungry bitch. What’s more powerful than the Lycan king for a mate” she says.

Her anger isn’t pity and somehow that makes it easier to breathe.

I smile and wipe her tears.

“Thank you love” I say.

“She said Jude, that's the King of the Southern kingdom, why did he attack you?” she asks.

I shrug my shoulders.

“I never got a chance to find out because I never shifted back after that until today” I say.

One night destroyed everything.

She cups my cheeks.

“We will never betray you and anybody who does will have to deal with me” she says.

I chuckle at her.

“I know they would” I say to her.

And strangely enough I believe her completely.

“Do you want me to heal you?” she asks.

I raise a brow.

“I thought you did that already?” I ask.

She smiles.

“I healed your connection with your Lycan and I helped you shift back but I didn’t heal you and your heart” she says putting her hand over my chest.

The moment her hand touches me I realize just how much pain I’ve been carrying all these years.

“You are my mate now and I will love you just as much as I love Cole and he will love you too, you are not alone anymore Kai” she says tears streaming down her face.

“Please” is all I can manage to say.

I feel it as soon as she starts.

I just feel lighter.

Less tired.

Less angry.

Now all I feel is love for the growing bond that found me at my darkest time when I almost didn’t even know who I was anymore man or beast.

Like someone reached inside my chest and finally pulled out years of grief.

She wipes the tears that I didn’t even know were falling.

“I got you Kairo, you are mine now” she says kissing me softly.

“I don’t want to leave without you” she whispers laying her head on my chest. I wrap my arms around her and hold her close.

The words hit harder than they should.

“It will only be for a little while I promise” I say to her.

“Can you mark me first?” she asks and I stiffen my hold on her tightening slightly.

She wants me to mark her. That means sex and for some reason that scares me more than anything else.

Not because I don’t want her but because I do.

“You want to be marked before you leave? Are you sure?” I ask.

“Are you having doubts about us? Do you not want to mark me?” she asks panic lacing her voice.

“Hey, hey calm down of course I do, I just didn’t want to rush anything with you or him” I say gently to her.

The last thing I ever want is for either of them to feel pressured by me.

“I want you to mark me before I go home without you, I want to be completely yours when I leave” she says looking me in my eyes.

I never thought I would hear those words again from someone and they mean it and I actually believe them when they say it.

For the first time in years the future doesn’t feel empty.