Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
“I will repeat myself just once.” The white bear’s healthy eye found the Princess, immediately getting darker. “Come to me now, leave this place with me, and I will spare one of them.”
“Let’s start with the fact that you are not leaving this place!” Gideon was barely holding himself back. “Not after you threatened my wife and my unborn child.”
“Savannah is not going anywhere with you, Bjorn. And for the first time ever, I have to agree with Stormhold; neither are you. It ends now!” Kai joined the Westerner.
The bear wasn’t even looking at them, his eyes still lingering on the woman he desired.
“I only need your answer,” he said, frowning.
“I’m not going anywhere with you,” Savvy replied calmly. “My choice was made a while ago. I already told you that.”
“Then don’t blame me when the time comes.” Bjorn gritted his teeth, clenching his fists and turning his back to them. This was when Brigit tried to attack him again, but he caught her in the middle of it and threw the woman at the two Kings who charged at him. Savannah and Naya helped the group to keep their balance and prevented them from falling off the bridge, but all of them were delayed now. The warriors shifted into their wolves, ready to fight.
This was when a sound of an explosion reached them. The ground shuddered, and so did the walls of the ancient temple, threatening to fall on their heads at any moment.
“Yeah, I forgot to mention that the Forgotten City is about to explode!” Bjorn chuckled as he observed their reaction with some kind of amusem*nt on his face. “Now, it’s a real survival maze If you make it out of it alive, I’d be surprised! But I will give you a little clue on how to do it. Silver pits. Jump in them, and you’ll be safe. I’ll get you later, and we will continue where we left off!”
Gideon was furious, but his protector’s instincts took over. He knew he had to get his wife out first. There will be another chance to get this bastard.
“Everyone out!” He commanded, looking at his sister and then Riannon. The stubborn woman hesitated, and he knew he’d have to carry her out against her will if he had to. He wasn’t taking this risk, even if it was just a distraction for them.
Kai, however, still ran in Bjorn’s direction. Savannah followed close behind, even though Astrid tried to stop her.
“Savvy!” The Southerner begged, but the Princess wasn’t going to leave her chosen mate alone. Brigit rushed for the exit, and so did Naya after cl**king her t***ue. The cat knew better than to stay in a crumbling building,
Two warriors charged at the white bear, but he recoiled easily. The Northern Lycan King was close, ready to shift into his third form and end this,
“Aren’t you missing a Beta?” Darius burst out laughing, and Kai froze, blocking Savannah’s way, “And a little bird to go with him?”
“What did you do?” Savvy growled, growing her claws. “Where are they?!”
“No need to be so angry!” His l!ps curled into a smirk. “I am going to tell you! I ani not a monster. Maybe they are still alive… maybe not. Can they both swim?”.
Another explosion deafened them, some kind of dust or sand falling through newly created cracks in the ceiling. This one was too close.
Kai clenched his fists, knowing that he had already lost this light.
“Conic on” Bjorn chord for him with a mocking smirk. “You already know I locked them in the dungeon, don’t you? The first explosion caused a leak in the old water supply system of the city. The space where they arc is rapidly filling up with water. You have minutes to try and save your friends. Although, my personal advice would be to run and save yourselves.”
The two wolves snarled at him, but kai mentally ordered them to stop. They wouldn’t be able to win against the bear without him, and he couldn’t stay.
With a smug smile, Darius Bjorn bowed with contempt on his face and tell through the back exit, his laugh echoing through the building
“Take Penelope’s body!” Kai ordered his men and turned to look at Savvy. “Go find your brother. As long as Gideon and Riannon are with you, they will be safe.”
“Excuse me?” The Princess sorrowed her brows, shocked by his words.
“Something tells me Bjorn wouldn’t blow up the parts of the city where you walk.” I haled saying these words, but it was the truth.
The Bear King was a calculating bastard. He made a claim on Savannah, meaning that K*lling her wasn’t in his plans. He wanted her alive.
“More reasons for me to go with you!” She insisted.
“Savvy, please, we have no time!” He grasped her, almost ready to send her off f0rcefully and let one of the wolves carry her back to safety. But the stubborn glint in her eyes told him this would take a number of minutes he didn’t have at his disposal.
“Ria is blessed by the Moon Goddess.” Savannah reminded him. “When she said she isn’t dying today, she meant it. Trust me! Zara is my friend! I am not leaving her behind, and if you are right, it’s only more reason for me to stick with you guys!”
“Fine!” He growled and took her hand. They were running down spiraling stairs as the third explosion went off not too far away from the shrine. Kai swore under his breath at how easily they got into a trap. This place was checked. Other than traps,
nothing was supposed to happen. Yet Penelope was dead. And Fenrir knew how many other casualties they would have by the end of the night.
The staircase was too narrow, ceilings too low. Ancient Lycans were definitely smaller than modern ones.
“How long?” Savannah asked him as they skipped steps in the darkness to save time. There was no light in here, and they only relied on their night vision.
“Two or three minutes,” Kai replied on the way.
“Will it be enough7” She couldn’t help herself, worried sick for her friend.
“I don’t know,” the King admitted as it was the truth. “All we can do is try…”
Lachlan was furious. He had years of experience as the King’s Beta, but he still found himself in this situation.
A bait. He was bait for his own best friend. When they found themselves alone inside of this catacomb, he already knew it was a trap. The bears got Zara first, the werebird wasn’t a match for them, and when he saw a knife drawing blood from her delicate neck, he lost the ability to think clearly.
He blamed himself. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. He knew exactly what he had to do back then. She was the sacrifice he had to –make for the greater good of his kingdom.
She was just an a*s*sistant of a foreign Princess. He had to be able to give her up in a heartbeat for the North, for Kai. But he wasn’t able to.
Bjorn wasn’t there. The damn bear didn’t even spare them a glance before he left. He clearly had more important things to do. His men brought Lachlan to his knees, threatening him to K*ll the bird. His bird. They injected him with something that made his head hazy and then chained the two of them together, back-to-back.
They left and didn’t leave them a single torch behind. Darkness surrounded them, and only the sounds of their breathing were their companions for a while.
“You shouldn’t have done it,” Zara said. He could hear her pulse quickening. The girl was terrified.
“They didn’t K*ll us,” he said, hoping to bring her some kind of relief. It didn’t work as she started panting. “Bird*ie, calm down,” he advised. “The stuff they injected me with will wear off, and I will break these chains.”
“You don’t know that,” she held back a sob. He could tell she was on the verge of crying.
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