Chapter 93 – The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

He was an important part of her life, her friend. Yes, he made many stupid mistakes but losing him was still painful.

Her tears were now falling onto his face and he brushed one palm over her cheek, smearing it with blood.

“I’ve been such an j***t, Riannon,” Brayden smiled, his voice getting weaker and weaker. “I can say am sorry a thousand times but it would never be enough.”

“It’s all right,” she sniffed seeing how pale he was getting. His body was not healing and he barely had a few minutes left. Sadly, werewolves were not immortals…

“It’s all right, Bray,” she repeated, her tears now uncontrollably falling onto his face,“I forgive you. I really do.”

“Good,” a smile formed on his face, “At least I will know that he will take good care of you. Better than I ever did. Goodbye, Riannon…”

She didn’t understand what he was doing at first, but Brayden grabbed the spear and pulled it out of his body in one swift and immensely painful move. Now they were sitting in a red puddle of his blood that couldn’t stop gushing out of him.

Ria held his hand, the two of them looking into each other’s eyes. But at the very last moment, she bent and whispered into his ear what Onyx had just told her.

wiae, you ana your wou will be reborn in a new ure. Ana in that new ure, you will be given a mate. ine one that will be right for you and you alone. It will happen…and you will find your happiness.”

She distanced herself, to see that he was looking at the ceiling with glassy eyes.

But even now there was a vague smile reaching the corner of his lips.

She closed his eyelids with trembling fingers and took a deep breath of air, trying to hold back the sobs. He was her husband once. He was her friend first… He was her partner for a long time. And now that man was gone forever.

But even in his last moment, he was dreaming of his true mate that he had never got to meet. His one true desire…

“I hope you two will be happy in your next life,” she kissed his forehead one last time and only now noticed Ash that stood next to her.

“I’ll take him,” the Gamma lifted his best friend’s body in his hands without asking anything.” Everyone else in the house is either dead or out. Let’s go.”

Riannon followed him, trying to gather her thoughts. This wasn’t the time to be a soapy mess.

Her heart was broken from the loss of Brayden, but she would be truly dead if something happened to Gideon.

She already had a mate, the one who meant everything to her, the one who never failed her and the one for whom she was ready to do anything.

And her mate was fighting an army now. She couldn’t leave him.

“Maya,” she called her Beta, “Call everyone who can fight. We are going to the lycans. Now. Leave just a few people for protection here and to help the wounded. We will deal with everything else later.”

They were in cars in just a few minutes and took the shortest way imaginable to the Western Kingdom overspeeding on their way. The closer they were getting, the faster Riannon’s heart was beating. She couldn’t sense her mate through their bond even when they were supposed to be in the range for mind-linking.

She couldn’t feel him even when she saw the battle before her eyes. And that brought fear to her soul because she could go through anything. But only as long as she knew that Gideon was fine.

She got out of the car and took the spear with her. Ever since Ash took Brayden’s body, she couldn’t let go of it…

She knew that field. She already saw this place in the vision that Onyx showed her after her return. And she swallowed uncomfortably, knowing that this was the battle that would decide the fates of many.

All the scents were mixed here and it was hard to find the one that she was looking for.

Riannon froze when she saw a man holding another man in his arms right on the hill where she witnessed Gideon holding Reid in her dream. Everything was repeated and it suddenly became harder for her to breathe.

She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, she saw that the man was actually blonde and not as well built as Gideon. Now that she looked at him, he looked more like a fox. And it brought a little bit of relief to her.

All she wanted now was to help her people, the Union that they formed for peace… and also to find her mate.

She motioned for her warriors to join the fight and didn’t stay behind herself. She didn’t shift, using the spear as her weapon successfully to kill the enemies on her way. It helped her to manoeuvre better

Her bond wasn’t working for some reason, but she knew that there was no way that Gideon was dead.

However, if something did happen to him, she wanted to find him sooner rather than later.

Riannon pierced some fox’s head with the spear when she finally found the one she was looking for. But she didn’t know whether it was a good thing or a bad one…

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They knew about the upcoming sneaky battle, so Kyle met the enemy forces earlier than they anticipated and attacked first. But the element of surprise was working only for so long… The bears and the foxes brought a whole army with them. And lycans didn’t have enough time to call everyone who was on their side in time for the battle. Most were still on their way

Though even when they all would be here, there was still a risk that Savvy didn’t get all the names right and traitors could be between them. The possibility of being stabbed in the back was huge and they all knew that.

However, lycans were strong and soon Savvanah arrived with werecats, who jumped right into the epicentre of the battle, fearless, elegant, powerful. One of the best allies they had.

Gideon and Reid were working efficiently, targeting the biggest bears and killing them first, so that the werewolves and cats did not have to. The lycan king tried to find who the leader was but no matter how hard he searched for, he couldn’t find one.

Shrill screams, growls and screeching were turning into a background noise for him. Too many warriors were dying at both ends. But each time more foxes and bears were arriving. The whole battlefield was a mess of blood, dirt and dead bodies… Sometimes not even whole bodies.

“You know what we have to do,” Mars said but Gideon snarled at his constant companion. “No!” he refused that idea.

“G, you know what Riannon saw!” his wolf insisted. “As of now, there is a 60%

chance of us winning this battle. But that’s a big maybe and only if a lot of our people give their lives… But if we let him out…”

Gideon hated to admit when his wolf was right at a moment like this.

He hoped for quite some time that he wouldn’t have to do it. But now it was clear that he had to. For the men and women who fought on his side, for his little sister who turned out to be way stronger than he ever imagined… For his beloved mate, who deserved to be a queen and would do a good job even if he was no longer around.

“Reid, Sawy, Kyle,” he connected to his family who was close, “If anything goes wrong, I want the three of you to try and put me down.”.

“No, Gideon!” Savvanah was the first to react. She had the same blood in her veins and probably had the same thoughts in her head right now.

“What do you mean?” Kyle, however, didn’t get it at once.

“Gideon,” Reid also understood what he was about to do, “If you are decided on that, you have to do it as fast as possible. You know that your beast is controlling.

He will never let you get the control back if he can… So, don’t let him come to his full strength!”

“I will try,” he agreed, “But if it goes wrong, you know what I want you to do. I need your words on that.”

“I don’t like it!” his sister said. She was the only one who knew how hard it was to control the true royal lycan form. message to nis enemies.

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“Promise me!” he growled, feeling how the lycan inside him was getting to the surface. He was both him and Mars, but he was also something else. Something stronger, something bigger, something that he couldn’t control well.

“I promise,” Reid said and Kyle repeated his words. Savvanah hesitated.

“Gideon,” she said, “You have to come back after this! For all of us. Or at least for

Riannon. She will kill us all if we don’t bring you back and your sacrifice will be in vain.”

“I will do everything to return,” he said, and he intended to keep his word.

“Then I promise too,” his sister agreed, and he let out a long loud growl that shook the mountains.

His bones started to crack again. Because his true battle form was different from his usual wolf form. It was bigger and way more powerful. His muscles were getting heavier, firmer as if they were made out of steel now, and the shape of his body was changing. The wolf was turning into a lycan and for a few seconds, it seemed that the battle stopped because of him. Everyone was staring at him now. In shock, in fear, in disbelief… There were all kinds of emotions.

And when the beast that he now was stood on his two feet and let out another mighty and soul-piercing growl, it was as if he took everyone out of their daze. –

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