Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
“How do I find you now?” she whispered the question and felt her eyes stinging. She blinked away the tears not to show her weakness to the shifters accompanying her. She was aware that the moment she did, they would drag her home for protection, and this was something that she couldn’t afford.
Her heart was calling for Kai, and she found herself praying to Fenrir and the Moon Goddess together while looking at the North Star above her head.
“Help me find him, help me find him, help me-” she chanted desperately, panting.
Savannah threw her head back to gulp the frosty air and closed her eyes for a moment. She knew she was missing something this whole time. He was alive, and he was so close, but she was doing something wrong.
She clenched her North Star necklace so hard, and the mark on her neck prickled her too… Her North Star mark… Savvy opened her eyes in sudden realisation.
The North Star! It was there all the time, showing her the way. All the magic in Kai’s life was connected to it. He was the Star!
Why didn’t she think about it before?
“I know where to go!” she shouted at her companions, and they stood up immediately. The Queen couldn’t wait for them. The sudden surge of strength was pushing her to keep going.
She had to find him! He had to be there.
She ran through the crispy snow, not caring about the cold or anything else. She ran for so long, getting between huge rocks, passing a frozen river… She ran, and she ran, watching the direction the North Star was giving her. The night was stepping aside, giving its place to the dawn of the new day, but the star still stayed shining in the sky right next to the bright moon. Savannah sped up, too afraid that she didn’t have much time.
At last, she reached the bottom of a tall gorge and stopped, seeing that this was a dead end. The snow blanket covered everything here, and in the very centre of the passage, stood a small icy hill.
She wasn’t sure what to do. It did not seem right. All her instincts were screaming at her that she was in the right place, but her eyes were telling her otherwise.
“Sawy, Zara placed her hand on her Queen’s shoulder. “I-”
“Fly around this area; look for him!” Savannah shrugged. “The rest, start digging. Kai is somewhere close! I know this!”
No one replied to her, and only Lachlan went forward and started digging the snow as ordered. He was the one who complained the least, because he wasn’t ready to lose his King and best friend either. Thankfully, the rest followed his example.
Savvy was removing the snow and the pieces of ice, feeling angry and frustrated. But still not ready to give up.
After about an hour, the star was gone, and she started to feel desperate. And furious. So furious that she began to scream at the top of her lungs.
“Kai!” Her voice was so loud that her friends feared she’d cause a new avalanche. “Kai! I know you are here! Kai!”
She started hitting the ice block before her, remembering how she had already fisted a wall once when she was desperate. Now she was not only hopeless but also enraged.
She would crush those northern mountains if she had to! She wouldn’t stop at anything!
But this was when the ice before her started glowing…
When Kai was falling from the sky, the only thing that worried him was that Savannah stayed alone with Bjorn and the goddamn dragon. He knew it was too high for him to survive the fall, but giving up was never an option. Not when his mate was in danger.
“It’s going to hurt!” Asgard warned him, but Kai did not have a problem with that. As long as they got to return for her again, he was fine. “Give me the control!” his wolf growled, and he obeyed. He did not have any good ideas now, but it seemed like his wolf had a plan.
Kai could feel how ice started growing from his spine, every bone of his, every cell of his body… It was covering him whole, and then more and more formed around him. He couldn’t breathe anymore, and at first, it was scary, but then he quickly realised that in this state, it wasn’t required.
“Only hibernation can save us now,” Asgard explained through gritted teeth. “It may take a while to wake up, but-”
“Whatever works,” Kai grunted. A day, a year, ten years… He’d take it for a chance to be with Savannah again. Anything was better than dying and leaving her behind.
By the time he reached the ground, he was an unbreakable globe of ice. His blood flow froze, and he had to close his eyes because he couldn’t stay awake anymore.
The darkness enveloped him, and he had to give in to it.
Until bright light made him wake up again. It was so pure and luminous that he was sure it was the North Star itself. However, soon
he realised that the golden glow was something else. It was getting closer and closer to him, and then he finally heard it. Not with his ears because the ice was blocking the sounds completely but with his heart. She was calling his name, and there was so much pain in her voice that he couldn’t ignore it.
Savannah was near, and she was searching for him. Her soul was searching for him, and his soul was responding.
“Kai!” her voice was so hoarse that it pained him.
“Savvy!” he growled, and the strength started to return to him. He remembered that he was the one who controlled the ice, not the other way around.
The molecules obeyed him, cracking his prison. Myriads of ice shards flew in different directions, yet not one of them hurt his mate or his friend. He was in full control, and now he finally stood up before Savannah, alive and well. And radiating power as if he was a deity himself.
Savvy’s breathing hitched when she realised that the ice hill was actually where her mate was preserved. It wasn’t an obstacle. It was the final destination.
“Kai,” she couldn’t stop repeating his name as tears streamed down her face. It was him. He was alive. The worst thing that could happen to her never did. She did not lose him. She’d never lose him again.
“You aren’t getting rid of me that easily my Queen,” the Northern King shifted into his human form, and this time she did not hesitate.
She threw herself into his arms, crying and laughing at the same time.
“Don’t cry!” he said, k!ssing away every tear on her face. “My brave, beautiful mate. Never cry because of me. I’ll come back for you from the dead if I have to. Do you hear me, Savy? Lam-
“You are not going anywhere anymore!” she laughed. “I promise you that, Fionnlagh! Our child and I need you!”
“Agreed,” he said, covering her lips with his while his fingers faced into her tangled hair. “My Quech, my wife, my mate…”
Their friends watched them with relief on their faces. Once again, these two were so close to disaster, but somehow they managed to bring everything back to order again.
Gideon smiled, happy for them. He finally knew that he could leave the North with a calm heart when the time came. Savannah was in good hands, but also… also she did not need anyone to take care of her. Now she was the one taking care of everyone around her.
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
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