Chapter 201 – The Luna Trials Novel by Marissa Gilbert

Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Only then did he decide to leave. His duties couldn‘t wait any longer.

“When I get back, she‘d better look much healthier than now!” He barked at the group. “If she gets worse, heads will roll. Maybe yours, or maybe your friends and family. We‘ll see.

No one responded this time, and they all bowed to him in silence. This was just how he preferred it. They knew what the stakes were now.

Gideon held Riannon close as they both looked at the flames destroying the Royal Northern Castle. It was a sad sight, and he wasn‘t sure what to do next. They had just been majorly outplayed by that werebear. His sister was gone, and he knew very well where to look for her, but nothing looked good now.

He and Kai never managed to become good friends. For the past few weeks, he thought that it might be possible, but now he would never find out. However, that uneasy feeling in his chest made him regret so much.

They both were sl*ves to their pride, and this was the result. Kai was dead, Savannah was taken, Riannon and the baby survived by a miracle. So many warriors were slaughtered. The taste of defeat was new to him, and he didn‘t like it.

Ria wasn‘t saying a word, tears streaming down her face silently at the sight before them. Gideon took a look around and saw the Northern Princess not too far away, helping Evelyn, who was sobbing since they did not find Petra.

Brigit and Astrid were missing too, and they had no idea what happened to any of them. They could have been taken together with Savvy or… they could have been the ones who poisoned them.

However, that also meant that one of them was still on their side. If that wasn‘t the case, they would have been all dead. That was Bjorn‘s plan.

His memories of the night were cloudy, but he was proud of his little sister. No matter what, she managed to K*ll her mate before she was overpowered by the bears. He saw Zack‘s body and his heart on the floor covered with dirt.

Savvy‘s scent was all around it, and he had no doubts she was the one who did this. She ripped the traitor‘s heart just like he taught her. Even knowing it would hurt her.

His heart clenched at the thought of her, how she was suffering now after everything she went through. He would get her back, he would do anything to save her, but…he couldn‘t bring her chosen mate back. That wasn‘t something in his power, and Savannah, of all people, deserved to be loved the way Kai had loved her.

Gideon may not have liked the guy, but he couldn‘t deny that what they had was real… and beautiful. It was what he and Riannon had. It was what Reid and Maya had. Kai would have made her happy… They would have led the North together…

And now all that was left was Elene. He had forgiven her, and she did seem to grow up, but the girl wasn‘t born to rule. Yęt she was Kai’s sole heir now. He glanced at her and

sighed, realising she had completely broken again. Lachlan held her in his arms while Zara stood nearby and watched the princess sob.

“It‘s a disaster,” he muttered. “Not really,” Riannon said quietly, and he looked at his wife.

“What do you mean?” Gideon knew one thing very well – everything his wife said had to be listened to carefully. The Moon Goddess‘s blessing was working in mysterious ways, and often Ria knew things no one else could know.

She had her dreams, her visions, and sometimes she simply sensed events everyone else ignored. It was her gift given to her after rebirth. They were still figuring out how that all worked, but no word of hers was ever. ignored.

“Something is happening there,” she whispered, looking at the flames in the windows. “Something big. Important. Divine.”

“Should I go inside and look for survivors?” he asked.

“I don‘t think so,” she shook her head. “Onyx only senses one, and he will come out on his own.”

The moment she said that all the flames instantly d*ied down as if they were suffocated by a f0rce bigger than all of them. The air grew colder, and Gideon could see his breath turning into steam.

Everyone around them got quiet and looked toward the castle. What they were seeing was impossible. The firefighters hadn‘t arrived yet, and such a ma*s*sive fire couldn‘t just disappear on its own.

It was now so dark that they could only see, thanks to their beasts‘ night visions.

Instinctively, Gideon wanted to place Riannon behind his back. Something was getting closer. He could sense it and the hairs on the back of his neck rose.

A loud and powerful growl sounded, echoing through the empty castle. Then, sounds of calm, confident footsteps reached their ears.

And then they saw him… First, the creature‘s eyes gleamed in the darkness, and then he slowly walked into the moonlight, making all of the survivors part their l!ps at what they saw…

The creature stepped out of the darkness, and even Gideon grew tense at what was before his eyes. The wolf was larger than any Lycan or werewolf he had ever seen, with fur in a midnight blue colour, almost as dark as black, but not quite.

All this, however, wasn’t what amazed the King of the West the most. It was the spikes of ice that grew straight out of the wolf’s fur. Larger over the top of his neck and back, smaller on the sides. He looked majestic and ominous at the same time as he bared his sharp, sparkling white teeth.

New. He was so new! As if he was just… born now.

It was hard to ignore how cold the night became, and snowy mist started to form around the creature whose eyes were gleaming like two northern stars.

“Amarok,” Riannon whispered. She was the only one smiling now because she was the only one who knew the creature’s true ident*ity.

The true Lycan King of the North, he was on his land and in his right. The ruler that was needed now more than ever.

“Who?” Gideon still trying to gently move his Luna behind him in an attempt to protect her. It was hard for him to tell whether the beast meant well or not.

The bones started snapping, and in just a few moments, the wolf turned into an ice lycan standing on his two feet. This sight was even more incredible than the first one.

However, in just a few moments, slowly, and it looked painful too, the lycan tried to retract his spikes, but something wasn’t working, making him growl in frustration and fall back on all fours, turning back into the ice wolf.

“He can’t shift,” Ria explained, voice barely a whisper, but everyone present heard her. She seemed to be reading the creature’s mind.

“Stay back, Ria,” Gideon still wasn’t convinced it was safe, the memory of holding his pregnant wife’s dead body was still haunting his mind. His family being destroyed before his eyes was the scariest thing he had ever experienced, and he was ready to d*ie ten times over to not let that happen.

“Don’t you see it?” His wife furrowed her brows as she glanced at him. She knew something he didn’t again. “It’s Kai!”

“What?” Lachlan stepped in front of them.

Seconds ago, he was mourning his best friend and blaming himself for not being able to get Kai’s out of their burning home, and now a beast stood before his eyes, and it felt so new and so familiar at the same time.

The Western Queen’s words ignited a spark of hope in him. Was it really his King? He was ready to accept his new form, he was ready to follow him to hell and do anything just for the chance of getting his friend back.

This monster walked out of the castle that wasn’t burning anymore and he was the one that put the fire out. The second his paws stepped onto the ground, frost covered it, spreading fast around him. This wolf was a f0rce of nature and the embodiment of the North.

“Kai?” They all heard Elene’s weak voice as the Princess walked closer to the wolf. Their eyes locked, and she threw herself at him before Lachlan had a chance to intercept her. Gideon was ready to step in if it was necessary, but Riannon dr@ped her arm around his and leaned over. Neither she nor the princess had any doubts.

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