Chapter 177 – The Luna Trials Novel by Marissa Gilbert

Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Her own mate was useless in that sense. Sometimes she thought that Kai could be the one to do this for her, but he was nowhere near now. Nevertheless, she was ready to take one for the team. If it meant ending the Great War that threatened to happen any day now, she was willing to make the sacrifice. Kai and Elene could control their forms, and Gideon was now in the North. bet**en the three of them, they would be able to stop her. To K*ll her if they had to.

Yes, she had made her decision and stood up.

“I will hold her back as long as I can,” Athena promised her in their shared mind.

“I know,” Savvy breathed out. She was ready to turn into a monster when Kai’s warriors burst through the door. The room suddenly became crowded.

Bjorn was surrounded, but it didn’t seem to disturb him as he removed his leather jacket and made it fall to his feet. His l!ps curled into a smirk as he twirled on his feet, either watching his enemies or showing himself off to their faces. It was hard to tell. But one thing was for sure – he still wasn’t bothered with any of this. He still wasn’t lacking confidence. On the contrary, he radiated it when he lifted his hands as if he had welcomed them all.

Savannah had a bad feeling.

Two men shifted into their wolves in a jump, trying to get the white bear first. He met one of them with a strong punch in the jaw, well managed to catch the other one by his neck. The grey wolf scratched him where he could get it, but Darius twisted his neck and the cracking sound echoed through the high walls.

Astrid tried to attack him again, but he didn’t pay too much attention to her, not taking the werewolf seriously. He threw her over the bridge, and Savannah screamed, running after her friend and trying to catch her. A fall would mean death for her. She managed to catch her hand at the very last second, clinging to her as if everything depended on It. She was ready to sacrifice herself, but she was not prepared to lose the people she liked and cared about.

“You really don’t have to do this!” Astrid tried to smile as her hand was sl*pping out of Savannah’s. “I can hear water. Maybe there is a pool down there, and I will not d*ie.” The she-wolf tried to joke but it wasn’t funny.

“We don’t know that!” Savvy tried to get her out, but the grip was uncomfortable, and she was afraid she would lose her any moment now.

“Hold on!” Naya appeared by her side and somehow bent lower, grasping Astrid’s second hand.

From the corner of her eye, Savannah saw that it wasn’t going well for the warriors. One wolf managed to bite at Bjorn’s side and rip a big chunk of his flesh. The blood was gushing at first, but the wound started healing very quickly, closing before her eyes,

This wasn’t possible! What was he?! Because he definitely wasn’t a simple bear! She couldn’t heal like this. Her brother, the mighty lycan king, couldn’t heal like this! She was pretty sure that no one could heal like this. No creature she was aware of.

They managed to pull Astrid out when they saw Bjorn lifting Bridgit up by her neck. He was covered in blood now. Mostly not his. His black t-shirt was in pieces on his toned body, but it didn’t seem to have any effect on the man.

Brigit was kicking her legs, trying to reach him and save herself. It proved to be useless.

“What do we have in here?” He let out a dark laugh that could make chills run down everyone’s spines. “A little traitor, aren’t you?”

“I’ll put my life to K*ll you!” Brigit gurgled.

“More reason to K*ll you now!” The man didn’t seem imp**ssed by her speech, but this was when two loud, powerful growls interrupted them all.

Bjorn’s eyes scanned the space around him calmly. As if he wasn’t in immediate danger. As if the presence of not one but two Lycan Kings was nothing to him.

He dropped Brigit to his feet, losing interest in her. The woman almost clawed her own ch*st, trying to get some air into her lungs.

She was lucky to survive as it was.

Kai and Gideon both growled again, warning the bear, letting him know his days were numbered. They saw what kind of chaos he caused and were ready to end him right there and now.

“On your knees!” Gideon ordered; eyes glowing golden. “Do it quietly, and your life will be spared!”

A chuckle escaped the white bear leader, and Savannah had a bad feeling about it as his gaze grazed over her. Calm, he was too calm. This kind of confidence could only mean he was sure he would be walking out of there unharmed.

However, this was ridiculous! She might have had trouble defeating him on her own, but now there were three Royal Lycans in the room and a few Alphas to top that off. Not to mention the feisty contenders who all looked like they wished to take part in his execution.

Bjorn knew all that, and he still remained unconcerned.

“So tempting!” He stepped over Penelope’s body which was on his way again. “Did you make an offer like that to my brother before you K*lled him, Western King?”

Everyone tensed as his red eye gleamed in the dimmed lighting of the ancient temple. They all had been thinking about the same person now.

“You are Castiel’s brother,” Riannon entered the shrine, and Gideon growled, trying to step in front of her for protection, but she only placed her palm on his shoulder and didn’t move an inch from where she stood. Those two had an understanding bet**en them, and although Gideon wanted his wife safe and sound, as far away from here as possible, he had to respect her choices. And she chose to join the fight alongside her family as the Alpha that she was.

“Ah, Queen Riannon Stormhold in the flesh. I thought getting to you in person would be much more complicated.” Bjorn sneered, taking a step forward. The remaining warriors snarled at him; however, everyone’s movements were restricted because of the narrow bridge bet**en the two platforms. There weren’t too many left, but with the royals in the room, their chances of winning were huge now.

“It’s bold of you to just arrive here like that in front of me.”

“I am not going to d*ie or get hurt today,” the Queen stated calmly, and now he stared at her with genuine interest. “He spoke about you a lot, you know.” Ria tilted her head to have a better look at him.

“He didn’t speak much about you,” Bjorn countered. “Which only means he treasured you, considering how much trouble he got into thanks to you. My silly brother was probably afraid I would want to take you for myself. He was a bit insecure like that.”

Gideon’s eyes flashed gold as he bared his teeth, but that only made the white bear chuckle.

“Relax” he lifted his hands up in the air. “I am not interested in what belonged to my brother. I have my own prize in mind.” Bjorn’s gaze locked with Savannah’s once again, and both Lycan Kings growled menacingly, realizing what he meant.

“Over my dead body!” Kai was next to her in an instant, pushing the three girls behind his back, his hand brushing over Savannah possessively. Gideon followed him to the center of the bridge, ready to rip the enemy to shreds.

“Funny you should say that because this is exactly my plan!” Darius threw his head back and laughed wholeheartedly.

Why don’t you come closer and try bringing it to life?” Kai scoffed, knowing there was no chance in hell the bear would do this. Although Darius had spent a lot of time on his territory lately, Kai had trouble meeting him face to face for months. Every time he was close, Bjorn changed his location. This chase had been going on for years, and there was no end to it.

However, right now, he was close. So close. It could attend tonight. The white bears would be broken easily without their scheming ruler.

This was why the Norther King was so surprised that Bjorn was still here, with a smug exp**ssion plastered over his face.

“I am afraid you will be too busy for that.” The bear king’s grin deepened. This couldn’t be good.

“Savvy, take the other women and leave,” kai found her hand without looking at her as he had to keep his eyes on his foe and gave it a sq***ze.

“I have a better idea!” Bjorn got angry for the first time as he observed them. “Come here, Savannah, and I will give you the best gift.

You can choose the one who will survive out of your family. Your brother or your pregnant sister-in-law.”

Silence engulfed the room as Savvy’s head snapped to Riannon. She already knew, of course, but this wasn’t something they announced to everyone. This was a secret. It was essential for safety reasons, yet Bjorn was aware. It started to seem like traitors were everywhere.

---