Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
He took off the hood and looked around in surprise.
“My King,” he said in an official tone. “I apologize, but what I need to tell you can’t wait.”
“Speak” the ruler of the North ordered, and the ma*s*sive guy looked at him questioningly just to ensure he didn’t mishear. “Speak, Aspen, speak,” Kai pulled the Western Princess closer and locked his arms around her. “Savannah is my chosen mate and your future Queen. You can speak freely in front of her.”
“Can’t say I am surprised after the last time I saw you.” Aspen shrugged as if he was about to laugh but ended up frowning instead. Their situation was too difficult. “Maybe it’s for the best since Savannah’s brother is requesting to enter the country.”
The room filled with silence as everyone present was sure they had misheard the big guy.
“Gideon?” Savvy furrowed her brows.
“Yes, Gideon.” Aspen was studying her face and reaction. “He brought a small army with him, and he is furious. He insists that he didn’t send you here to take part in, and that the event alone is humiliating for someone like you,” the red-haired spy added. “He demands to enter the country or bring you to the border so that the two of you can see each other. He gave us a timeline too. So, putting it mildly, we are on the brink of the war, and I had to pull back some of the warriors to hold them back if they attacked.”
Savvy tried to think in this stressful situation. She knew Gideon wouldn’t be happy with her plan at all, so she turned to glance at Kai.
“I think you just got one more task to do,” she snickered at her man, and his face became even grimmer by the minute. “Win my brother over.”
“Savvy,” he gr0@ned. “As if it’s possible.”
“It will be possible if you grow up and apologize,” the Western Princess pointed out. “And then prove to him that what we have is real.”
“I know what his reply is going to be either way.” Kai exhaled heavily and then pulled her into another warm embrace. He couldn’t get enough of her. “But do not worry, I’ll do anything he wants other than giving up on you. We are a package deal now.”
“That we are,” she chuckled into his chest. “Just … be sincere with him, okay? He is better than you think. We need to move to the next stage of the Trials as soon as possible so that he can’t reach me for a while.”
“What?” Kai distanced himself slightly from her and locked eyes with her. “You are not going to meet him? He’d take it better if he saw you are in one piece and happy.”
“Oh, I doubt it!” she snorted. “The moment Gideon sees me; he’d grab me and take me back home. He is in his Papa Lycan mode now.”
“This is your home now!” Kai growled menacingly.
“And that’s why I want you to show it to him and for you to get to know each other better before he has access to me” Savannah smirked, playing with her golden-brown locks.
“That’s a horrible plan!” Elene rubbed her chin. “And moving the Trials… It’s risky.”
“On the contrary.” Savvy shrugged her shoulders. “If we move the challenge, it will ruin our enemies’ plans. If they have any, of course.”
“Lachlan,” kai looked at his Beta “I want double security around the Forgotten City, Warriors should be ready to act if something unexpected happens.”
“It’s a long distance, Kai,” Elene clenched her lips. “Even if something happens, the contenders would
have to take care of it themselves.””
“Still better than nothing!” The King insisted.
“We need to prepare fast then,” his sister gave up. There was no point arguing with him once he had made a decision, and she knew that.
“I will write Gideon a letter,” Savvy went to sit at the desk as if she owned it and opened one of the drawers looking for paper, “Give it to him to support your words. And one more thing, Kai. If his wife Riannon is there, she would be the one to help you.”
Savannah knocked on the door, and it was opened almost immediately. Evelyn looked like she wasn’t happy to see her, though.
“Hi,” the Western Princess waved awkwardly.
*Your Highness.” That woman was the only one who always used titles as it was appropriate and not on a whim.
“Don’t call her that!” Kyle’s voice emerged from the back, and he soon appeared wearing a female silk bathrobe. The young lycan wrapped his hands around the older she-wolf, who closed her eyes, annoyed to the c0re. “We are all practically family now! Just call her Savvy or Sav.”
“Moon Goddess!” Savannah was barely holding back a laugh. “You weren’t wasting your time!”
“Come in already!” Evelyn motioned for her to enter the room and closed the door after she checked the hall behind it. “I can’t believe I got into this mess with the two of you.”
“Thank you for helping Kyle out,” Savvy smiled weakly. She still knew too little about the werewolf lady in front of her.
“Don’t thank her!” Kyle chuckled. “She got a good deal out of all of this.” He looked like he was having the time of his life.
“Which was… what exactly?” Now the Princess was worried.
“Nothing special.” Evelyn rolled her eyes. “It wasn’t really worth it for me, was it? The North saved Petra anyway. And if it didn’t, it would be Her Highness Elene.”
“Doubtful” Kyle scolded. “My article on Petra about how her unusual sense of fashion makes her unique and how brave she must be to showcase it had a record number of likes. People loved that story, and her reputation is safe now.”
“Yeah… sure.” Evelyn ran her hand over her face. “Amazing work. Shame we are stuck here together,
though I could really use some test0sterone-free zone right now.”
Savvy knew that the woman was right. She also knew for a fact that her best friend Kyle could be a lot to handle Too confident, too c*oc*ky
“That’s no l what you said last night,” he said with a smug smile plastered all over his lace, and she wanted to slap him.
“You mean when you got into my bed without permission?” Evelyn snapped at him.
“You didn’t push me away, did you?” His grin became wider.
“Too much information!” Savannah tried to close her ears but then saw her friend choking with laughter. It had been a while since she saw him this happy. If she ever saw him this happy.
“Relax,” he said and hugged Evelyn again. She looked exhausted from his attention and didn’t even try to fight it off. “We just cuddled, but it was the best sleep of my life.”
“I wish I could say the same,” the woman in his arms snickered and pushed him away.
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