Chapter 85 – The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

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Very quickly, they both helped each other out of their clothes, step by step, approaching the bed.

“I think I am in heaven,” Zack said as he hooked her lacy underwear with his fingers and pulled it all the way down to her feet. “Savvanah, you are divine!”

She was taking in his strong muscular body, which was also perfectly tanned.

And the bulge in his boxers seemed impressive too.

“Just call me Savvy,” she smiled at him, lifting one of her legs tracing her toes along his perfect abdomen. He caught her leg and bent down to kiss it, spreading her slightly before his eyes.

“Very well, my Princess,” he smirked, “Savvy it is.”

 Without any further warning, he knelt before her, placing her leg onto his moaning into her.

“Savvy,” he growled and kept pleasing her, his voice created vibrations in her most sensitive spots.”Savvy, Savvy, Savvy.”

Zack pronounced her name, again and again, bringing her over the edge way too quickly. The mating bond was intensifying everything they felt. Savannah arched her back, screaming his name as she clim.ax for the first time. But he was far from done with her.

She had to admit that her mate was very experienced because he knew exactly what he was doing. And he did it masterfully.

Slowly, she felt how he started placing kisses all over her body. He didn’t miss an inch of her, easing and exploring, enjoying her fast heartbeat.

“You are so sweet, Savannah,” he announced to her with a grin.“I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful and amazing mate.”

“You don’t know me yet,” she let out a little laugh, trying to steady her breathing,

“What if I am this horrible and mean person?”

“No, you are not,” he brushed the hair off her forehead and traced her sensual lips with his fingers. “You are the sweetest thing that I’ve ever seen. Don’t worry, whatever happens, you are mine now and I am going to take care of you.”

She could feel him positioning himself at her entrance, anticipating it as the lower part of her belly was aching for him. She felt so much in love that she wanted to say it out loud. Even if it was probably stupid to do it on their first day. But she felt it and she wanted to share. They were at war after all and she did not want to waste any of the time they had together. She had already opened her mouth when he entered her in one gentle but firm move. He gave her a few seconds to adjust and then his body towered over hers. He started peppering her with kisses and moving at the same time.

“I am the luckiest man alive,” he muttered in between swearings, which she took as a compliment as well. He wasn’t her first man. But he was the most special.

Savvy wrapped her legs around him and adjusted to his rhythm. The each other.

After a few hours of making love, they were finally tired enough to want some food. They talked about their lives, but mostly about hers. Zack turned out to be a great listener.

Savannah was checking her phone from time to time but there was nothing from her brother or read. Although there were a few messages from Kyla asking her if she was okay. She replied to him with a few emojis and their code word, so that her best friend could go to sleep tonight. Even if she was not going to.

Because after the late dinner, they were back in each other’s arms and making love.

Savvy did not remember when she fell asleep, but she remembered how sweet it had been to be in his warm arms.

She woke up while it was still dark and, to her disappointment, her mate wasn’t around.

“Zack?” she called his name but received no reply.

Her heart couldn’t stay calm. If he left her in the middle of the night, he had to have a good reason. That girl with dark hair came to her mind, but Savannah brushed it away. If Zack was cheating on her, she would have felt in through the bond. And she felt no such thing.

So, it could only be something connected to his pack or the war. And she felt like she had to be involved in both cases as the future Luna. She did not want him to think of her as some spoilt princess. She never was that.

So, Savvy took his shirt that still smelled like him and put it on.   She did not bother to look for her shoes and just walked out with bare feet. She did not have to wander the dark halls for long when she saw a little line of light, left by a door that wasn’t properly closed.

As a lycan, she could already feel the scent of her mate and to her relief, he was there alone.

She wanted to enter the room when she became able to recognise his words.

Savannah closed her mouth with her hands, afraid to even take a single gulp of breath. This couldn’t be happening. This was some kind of a sick joke.

Or there was another Castiel who her mate could be talking to in the middle of the night… However unlikely that sounded.

There could be another explanation. There had to be another explanation.

“No, that part changes obviously,” Zack went on, “Savannah is my mate, and she will stay with me. But think of it, Cass. It’s for the best. We agreed that I would become the Wolf King and rule the werewolves that would remain and it would be so much easier if the lycan princess was my wife. She will be the symbol of my power…”

Sawy tried not to breathe. She wanted to cry, to scream, to burst into this room and confront her mate.

But she was taught better than this. She was trained. She was prepared.

Unfortunately, now her broken heart did not matter anymore. She would have to think of it later. And maybe it was for the best, because Athena was unsettled inside and she needed to control her better, so that Zack’s wolf wouldn’t sense any distress. She had to play the happy mate part now more than ever.

“There will be no need for this,” her mate’s voice sounded firm. “Savannah is mine and we mated today. I will mark her tomorrow and be done with it. Trust me,

I can control my mate. You don’t have to worry about it. She won’t be a problem… No, she will not be a distraction, trust me. The proof is that it’s our first night and I am here talking to you. Just deal with your women. You have too many to worry about. I’ll deal with mine. Savannah will be busy the next few years mourning her brother and friends as well as giving birth to my pups…”

His every word felt like a slap to her face. How could a mate do this to another mate? He sounded so cold and calculating… Did he not feel anything for her?

Was it even possible?

“Yes,” Zack seemed annoyed, “I will contact them all and let them know where you expect them tomorrow. Do you think the redhead will crack by then?”

He listened to someone on the phone and Sawy couldn’t hear what Castiel was saying, no matter how hard she tried. She knew that she would be able to if she got closer. But then Zack would be able to sense her and she couldn’t risk it.

“Yeah, it is lucky that now he will never be able to make that marriage alliance with the North… No, he has no idea. I think everything will go smoothly and it will be done tomorrow. Just make sure you kill Gideon in one blow and don’t create any more trouble for us… Fine, I’ll call them now. Bye.”

The words echoed in Savannah’s ears again and again.

She then heard her mate hanging up and dialling another number and prepared to listen again.

“Yeah, hi,” Zack said to someone at the other end of the line, but this was when she sensed another werewolf walking from the other end of the corridor and hurried back to their bedroom.

Although ‘their’ wasn’t the right word anymore. Life was cruel and Savannah became the happiest girl alive and the most broken one in just under twenty-four hours. She curled in the bed, pretending to sleep and thinking about her options.

She needed to get out of this place and preferably do it fast.

But before she did that, she wanted to do something else – to find out the names of the people Zack according to wnat she neara, out sne nad to try.

She heard from Reid that Riannon let herself be captured willingly to try and use that chance to destroy their enemy. And Savannah thought that, as a princess, she owed it to her people and her family to at least try. She was more than just a breeding machine his mate took her for.

Tears were treacherously forming in her eyes at the thought of him. But she forbade herself to cry. She couldn’t give herself away that easily.

she heard the sounds of approaching steps and then the creaking of the opening door. The scent of her mate overwhelmed her again. He had that musky masculine scent with a hint of something woody., She loved it so much when they first met a few hours ago. And now it was enveloping around her, tempting her to pretend that she did not hear anything, did not know anything.

A part of her wished she could. Because deep inside there was this longing for him.

The mattress next to her dipped and in a few moments Zack’s hands were wrapped around her. He brushed his nose and lips gently over her neck and shoulder, inhaling her own scent. And after doing it a few times, he planted a soft kiss on her silky skin.

That would have been a sweet moment if only he wasn’t a lying scumbag who plotted to betray them and to kill her brother. Savvy had to channel all her inner strength not to try and kill him now. She could probably do that. He was a werewolf and she was a royal lycan.

Only that then would it be unlikely for her to escape and warn her brother of the betrayal. She did not know the exact plan yet. It would probably still work without Zack. So, she couldn’t kill him now. Even though he was breaking her heart.

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