Chapter 244 – The Luna Trials Novel by Marissa Gilbert

Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Such things were hard to forgive.

Mate or no mate, that woman was his poison, and he was ready to snap her neck when he went to see her.

Only that the girl who stared at his broad frame with wide doe eyes, wasn’t Brigit…

Kai and Savannah led their army hand in hand to their position and found the bears already waiting for them on the other side of the field. Everyone knew this would end here one day, in the historical place where the white bears and the lycans always fought each other. Kai intended for this battle to be the last.

Mountains surrounded the field on one side, and Forbidden Forest was starting on the other. This was where the bears waited for them.

They could see Bjorn in his human form at the head of his formation, glaring at them. His gaze did not miss Kai holding Savannah’s hand, her wearing the same outfit she did at the Forgotten City during the Luna Trials and the big glowing mark on her neck. That one especially hurt him.

Joran appeared at his side, placing his hand on Bjorn’s shoulder.”Just K*ll the King, and she will be yours. She was stolen from you, but the moment he is gone, your mate bond with her will be restored.”

Bịorn knew this. This was all that kept him sane lately. That tiny fl**ker of hope kept him going.

He met Savannah’s defiant gaze, and she turned away, standing on her tiptoes and k*issing Kai. Her hair was gathered into a high ponytail with a northern braid in it. She knew how to play the game as he noticed the drones filming everything from the sky.

So be it. Let them film this. Let them film how he would K*ll Fionnlagh and then drag his mate back where she belonged – in his bed.

Savannah broke the k*iss, and they held their hands just a moment longer, squeezing them as hard as they could. They couldn’t show more emotions now because they had to radiate confidence.

“It’s time,” she said with the saddest smile on her l*ps

“I know,” Kai replied, not wanting to let her go.

But he had to. She was now leading her own squad -The Luna Squad. And her warriors played an important part today. So, she, Elene and other she-wolves stepped back, leaving the scene, which tooked as if they were retreating.

Kai was left with Lachlan and Aspen in his wolf form by his side.

His loyal brothers-in-arms. No words were needed bet**en them. Everyone knew very well what they had to do.

“What the-” Lachlan narrowed his eyes, watching what was going on on the enemy’s half of the field. All of them darted their gazes there too, observing Joran stepping forward with an ominous sneer on his face.

The skies became darker with malice as he faced the white bear army, joined by foxes and brown bears, multiplying their number at least by three.

This, however, wasn’t the end of it. The deity raised his hands to the black as ink clouds and thunder rumbled, followed by a few bright lightning bolts slicing the sky. They struck the bears’ formation, and it glowed momentarily.

“Fvck!” Kai swore loudly, realising what had just happened. He could feel that with his bones, the power erupting right in front of him as roars filled the world.

One by one, the bears, the foxes, and some of the traitor wolves were turning into bigger and more dangerous versions of themselves with sharper canines and longer claws.

“What is that?” Lachlan asked, still trying to comprehend what was going on.

“They just got blessed by Joran,” the Northern Lycan King said, voice grim. “All of them.”

Kai watched as Joran, on the opposite side of the vast clearing, smirked at him and returned to Bjorn’s side, placing his hand on his shoulder and saying something that only made the bear more confident, judging by the looks of it.

“Well, we are utterly fvcked now,” Lachlan said to his King, using the mindlink bet**en the two of them and Aspen. They couldn’t risk demoralizing their warriors right before the fight by discussing openly how their chances of winning just dropped significantly.

“Just more bear meat,” Aspen snarled. He was the one ready to charge at any moment and avenge his human legs. The Gamma felt like he had nothing to lose, but everything to gain by K*lling as many enemies as he could.

“Just a few chosen ones,” Kai reminded them calmly, even though inside he was worried. “They are bigger and stronger, but they are still mortal.

Besides, there is a reason why gods don’t bless everyone all the time. Maybe they aren’t as strong as Riannon and I because they all shared one blessing.”

“Yeah,” Lachlan did not sound confident, ” maybe-“

Kai closed his eyes and connected to all of his people at once, knowing that this was the moment they needed to hear from him. He hated giving speeches, and by no means was he good at it, but when duty called, he rose to the occasion once again.

“Remember who we are,” he said, skipping a fancy beginning. It looked like the bears were ready to attack, and he had mere seconds. “We are the true Northerners! We defend our home, our way of life! We shared the North with them; they had their land, they had their ruler, but they were greedy and wanted more. They want what we have, and they want us gone! Like it or not, if we lose today, the Northern and the Western Lycan Kingdoms, the way we know them, will be gone forever. The continent as we know it will be gone forever! Everything will change, and not for the better.

But we have friends, and we have allies. We have eliminated the traitors, and now our lines only have people who will defend your back. We are fighting for what is right and just!

Those bears and foxes will go home tonight, and their lands will finally be enough for them because there will be just a few of them left- If any survive at all. We did not start this, but we will finish the war today, whatever it takes us! Even if it takes all of us!”

First, silence greeted him, then a howl of approval emerged somewhere in the lines of wolves. And then another, followed by more and more until all of the Northern lycans howled as one in a battle cry that let their enemies know they’d rather d*ie than give up.

As soon as they were done, more howls erupted from afar, and Kai snapped his head to see more wolves approaching from the Western Mountains. They were fast and ready to clash with the bears, but they stopped as the pitch-black Royal Lycan stepped forward. Gideon roared, and his army joined him to let everyone know that the Western Kingdom warriors were here to support the North and defend their own borders. This would be the first time in many years that the West and the North would fight back to back.

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