Chapter 229 – The Luna Trials Novel by Marissa Gilbert

Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

“You’d better,” he claimed her l!ps once again and then added. “Hop on. We have a longer road than everyone else”

“Why?” she looked at him, startled slightly.

“Because we are not going where everyone else is going.” A smirk formed on Kai’s l!ps. “The night is young.

Savvy, and we have more important things to do.

Something I should have done a while ago.”

She wasn’t surprised when he took her to the mountains. Thanks to her memory, she recognised the place as the one where the cabin was located and where they spent those wonderful days. They passed the northern castle first, of course. It pained Savannah to see the damages done to it, although she had to admit that Bjorn’s Castle suffered more thanks to her invisible helper.

Everyone else was about to stay with Elene and work some more on plans for that final battle. At the same time, Kai decided to take one night off for the two of them.

Amarok had no trouble moving through the snow of the mountains. In fact, it looked and felt as if he was exactly where he was supposed to be. So they reached the little wooden house faster than she expected, and Kai turned back into a human.

Surprisingly, it was already warm inside as someone had already started the fire for them. Savannah noticed a table set for two and various clothes put in neat piles on the sofa. Someone has been preparing for their arrival.

However, she could tell by the scents inside the room that this someone was long gone.

Someone had been preparing for their arrival.

However, she could tell by the scents inside the room that this someone was long gone.

She walked inside and stopped by the fire, dropping the blanket to the ground and staying just in that torn red dress of hers. This made Kai growl and cross the  living-room in a couple of strides.

Alone, at last, they couldn’t take their eyes off each other.

“Mate,” the sweet word escaped the king’s l!ps as he brushed his palm over her soft cheek. His eyes were filled with l*st and longing, and it took all of Savannah’s willpower to step away. The action caused fear to appear on her beloved’s face. The bond was so new and fresh that they both were afraid, it was too good to be true.

“l just-” Savvy tried to search for the right words, but then chose to say it plainly, “I need a bath, Kai.”

His brows went up, but he understood what she meant at once. She was covered in dirt and blood. Some of it probably wasn’t even her own. No wonder she wanted to clean it off first.

“If my Queen wants a bath, then she gets a bath,” he smiled and took her hand, pulling her behind him.”

Luckily, we have a tub that fits two here, remember?”

She remembered. She hoped that he would say that because she couldn’t take not being together with him anymore. Not even if only for a few minutes.

Kai filled the bathtub while she washed her face. For her, it wasn’t just the dirt or the blood, not even the remains of the make-up the white bear maids put on her.

She wanted to get rid of Bjorn’s scent on her. She brushed her teeth vigorously, remembering how he k!ssed her without her consent, how he touched her at every opportunity he could. She felt that if she washed it all away, it would somehow fix what had happened. She wasn’t thinking about all that while she was in there because she had more important things on her mind, but now, with Kai so close, she didn’t want to have a trace of another man on her. It insulted their mate bond, and it insulted their love. She couldn’t have any of it.

She was washing her hands, again and again, scrubbing vigorously under the nails when he got her.

Two strong hands gently wrapped around her wa!st, and Kai closed the tap, pulling her away from it. Savannah looked down; she couldn’t brace herself to face him with all those thoughts in her head. And her mate did not want to f0rce her. Their bond was new and fresh, but he could sense her distress.

Kai lowered his head and gently pecked her on the shoulder, but to his surprise, she shuddered.

“What’s wrong?” He asked, afraid to make a wrong move. He was beginning to understand…

“It’s… nothing,” she tried to push past him, but he did not let go of her. Instead, he gently turned her around and made her look into his eyes. “l just really need this bath,” she tried to snort, but it sounded like a whimper instead. Why couldn’t she just be happy now?

“Savvy” it took all Kai’s strength and restraint to ask the question, “did he- Did Bjorn ever-” He couldn’t say it because he felt like a failure too. For not being there for her, for not being able to protect her when she needed it the most.

Savannah’s eyes widened when she realised what he was asking, and she shook her head, denying it.

“No, he didn’t” she a*s*sured him and placed her palm on his ch3st. “But being there was still- unpleasant and I don’t want you to feel his scent on me-“

“Is that what is bothering you?” he cupped her face and made her look at him. “Savvy, as long as you are alive and with me, this is all l could ask of you. l’d never blame you or be disappointed. I only want to K*ll the guy all over again. And l am so sorry that I didn’t protect you.

It’s all my fault! You have no idea how much I regret not acting differently in the past. I should have lured him out, found him and K*lled him the moment he laid his eyes on you. But l swear to you that it will never happen again.

No one would dare touch you again! I came back to life because l couldn’t leave you. I-“

He was lost for words, and she felt his despair. A tear rolled down her cheek, but her l!ps curled into a smile. She stood on her tiptoes, and this time she was the one to k!ss him. The k!ss was as light as a wing of a b*tterfly, but somehow this one single motion managed to break his soul and then heal it in just mere moments.

“We are not doing this,” she told him firmly, confidently. “We are not wasting our second chance on all of that. I’m not going to cry, and you are not going to beat yourself up about this. I didn’t even dream about you coming back, and now here you are! And Kai, I love you so much! I am always going to love you, and now we get to spend our lives together, however long that is.

Let’s take that bath together, wash it off and move on.

We will never forget it, but we’re not going to be the sl*ves of our past. What’s done is done, but together we are going to build our perfect future!”

“My Queen is wise,” he gave her a smile back, a genuine and heart-warming one, and then pushed the straps of her dress off her shoulders, making it pool at her feet.

Cautiously, he checked her body for any kind of wounds, bruises and scratches, and soon he hummed in approval when he didn’t find any.

She let him examine her with a little glint in her eyes and the relief on his face when he confirmed she wasn’t harmed, made the corners of her l!ps curl. Moon Goddess, she missed him! The desire for him was growing in her body, and when he lifted her up in her arms and then lowered her into the warm water, getting in there together with her, she did not protest.

Kai sat behind her back and nestled her between his things, then took a sponge and added some expensive and nice-smelling soap to it. Then he started sliding it over his mate’s delicate body softly, cleaning her torturously, thoroughly. Inch by inch, he was driving her crazy while she rested on his ch3st, not forgetting to claim her l!ps from time to time, each k!ss getting deeper, łonger and more passionate. She could feel his hardness growing, and her breathing became ragged from their proximity alone. He always had this effect on her, but now it was undeniable. Kai Fionnlagh could ignite her inner fire within seconds.

“Look at you,” his voice rasped as he gently brushed his nose over her neck. “Ready to be undone, and I barely touched you!”

She simply chuckled at that because she was not going to deny it. Moreover, all she wanted now was to embrace him. She needed him; she needed to feel his love.

“Tell me, Savannah, are you feeling fresh and clean now?” he teased her, drawing his tongue over her sensitive spot and making her toes curl. “You taste so good. I can a*s*sure you that! But do you have the strength to-“

“I feel as good as new!” she reported, sliding her palm over his well-sculptured thigh and pressing her nails into his flesh gently to let him know how serious

she was about it.

“Good!” Kai approved, a low dark laugh rumbling through his ch3st. And then he got her out of the water in one swift move, not caring about the water splashing all over the expensive wooden floor. “Because I haven’t even started, Savvy, and I have big plans for you tonight.”

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