Semua Bab Bride of the Sea-King Alpha: Bab 81 - Bab 90

Lyra‘Lyra!’ Cassian calls in our private mind-link.‘I’m okay,’ I respond. I don’t have the energy left to stand, and certainly not enough to shift back.Using the amulet’s power in my wolf form felt completely different. I had more... control. And it seemed like I could choose what I wanted it to do, sort of.‘What can I do?’ Cassian asks.‘Nothing,’ I tell him. ‘I just need a moment.’He shifts and gets dressed, and I see Elara and Freyja sprinting up to us.“I never thought I would see it with my own eyes,” Freyja says while Elara examines me.“See what?” Cassian asks her.“I have read of a power that allows the user to select the attack according to the four elements,” she explains. “But the ancient texts are fragmented. I had no idea they were speaking of the Amulet of Light.”‘Cassian, the baby,’ I tell him in the mind-link. I hadn’t even considered what would happen to our child when I shifted. It’s certainly nothing I’ve ever dealt with before. ‘I shifted....’‘The baby will

LyraI had a lot of time to think about becoming Luna Queen of Oceana. Well... our wedding happened fast, but with the excursion to get the amulet and then the long trip home, it wasn’t as instantaneous as this.But suddenly, I’m standing in front of a group of people who are now my subjects, and their lives are in an upheaval, thanks to my now-absent father. I suppose anyone cold-hearted enough to do all he’s done to these people is also cowardly enough to run.I will clean up his mess and help these people rebuild.“Take us to the castle,” I tell Tehlan. A look into his eyes tells me I can trust this man, even though he worked closely with Assanan.He didn’t have much choice.‘Make camp,’ I hear Cassian order in the mind-link. ‘We’ll remain outside the city so people aren’t alarmed. Guardsmen, you will come with the Luna Queen and me.’I hear shuffling behind me as everyone busies themselves with camp preparations.“We don’t have a lot of military and medical supplies, but we can tr

LyraI haven’t even been officially crowned in Oceana yet, and I have already become the ruling Luna Queen of the Forest Kingdom.It’s a lot to absorb, considering where I came from, and what I thought I was. Just a human... a lower princess, even, a daughter forgotten until a convenient political arrangement paid for with my body, my life.Even with that horrible situation, I think I was better off with King Chez as a father than my real one—Assanan, a man who decimated lives in pursuit of more useless power, then ran like a coward when the real threat arose.We do need to chase after him. We need to reach him before he learns something in that library that will help him regain power so we can stop him forever.But handing out food and a few bolts of fabric just isn’t enough for these people, who have been starved of every aspect of life for decades. They need hope for the future. They need someone who will stay with them and handle the logistics to meet all their needs.I can’t leav

Lyra“Please don’t forget about Raelyn and her children,” I tell Mother.“Dear, that’s the fourth time you’ve reminded me,” she says. “We’ll find them and make sure they get everything they need.” I open my mouth to add something but she cuts me off, saying, “Including plenty of blueberry muffins for the little boy.”I let out a breath. “Thank you,” I tell her. “I know I’m being a pain. I just don’t want to go back on any of my promises to these people—my people. They’ve been let down so many times, for so many years.”“They are lucky to have you as their Luna Queen,” she tells me. “Now, go with your husband. Finish off that awful business so you can come back here, and I can pamper you until you have my grandchild.” She pats my belly lightly and chuckles.It makes me reach for it myself. I’m not feeling my pregnancy fully yet, not really, though I have had a few cravings that are a bit out of the ordinary. Still, the morning sickness has faded, and though my waistbands are a tad tigh

LyraIt takes about an hour to circle around the dark forest. It isn’t as large as I thought it was, not like it seemed when we were attempting to travel through it. It’s hard to believe our caravan could get turned around in something like that.Relief washes over me when we’re finally back on the main road and heading in the right direction. That creepy chill finally leaves me, and I hope I never have to see that dark forest again.But then again, it’s part of my kingdom, so there will come a point when I need to figure out what’s going on with those witches and get them under control.That’s a problem for another day.Right now, I’m just going to focus on the task ahead. Maybe Assanan thinks we’re still stuck in the forest. If that’s the case, we’ll have the element of surprise. Hope flows through my veins, but I’m also realistic. If he put the witches in our way, I have to assume he will put another problem in our path.“How far to the border?” I ask Cassian.He shrugs, turning to