Chapter 111 – The Luna Trials Novel by Marissa Gilbert

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“Not this time,” Savvy gave her the most charming smile.

“What do you mean? I’d never…” she started talking but cut herself off in the middle of it, realising what the westerner meant. She was talking about the instructions she sent to her room to try and get rid of her quickly.

“Don*t worry about it,” Savannah leaned forward and whispered to her ear. “I appreciated the gesture and I will return it when I can.” Not waiting for a reply, she entered the ballroom.

The space was filled with guests in masks and she tried to observe them discreetly. The ball was only supposed to start when the king arrives and the contenders are introduced. So, she still had time to do whatever she needed to do.

Masks were covering the faces but no one here was able to hide their scents. Savvy tried to remember them now, since that would be valuable information for later.

She was sipping champagne in the corner when the doors on the opposite side of the grand hall opened, a familiar scent hitting her nostrils

Savannah couldn’t believe this. That was definitely the scent of the gardener. This scent was more evident and intense for her than any other in this room even if she couldn’t see him yet,

She started thinking hectically while trying to stay reasonable. There was no way that a simple gardener would be invited to a grand party like that. And that could only mean one thing. The man she k*issed yesterday wasn’t a gardener.

Savvy gulped her champagne and stayed in her corner, watching a group of men enter. She only saw the tips of their heads in the crowd but by the way people were greeting them it was clear that they were important here.

“Your Majesty!” someone close to the group said in a voice laced with fawning and Savvy tensed.

“Are you sure that’s him?” she heard two girls who stood not far from her whispering, trying to cover their mouths to muffle the sounds.

“Yes, I met the Beta yesterday and I am positive that it’s his scent. It’s the king and his entourage,” was the reply. They were probably other contenders since they didn’t know who was who. Locals seemed comfortable at the ball. The masks for them were just a fun outfit element for the party, nothing more.

But this was bad. Really, really bad. If that was Kai and his most trusted men then it meant that she k*issed one of them! It couldn’t get any worse than that and Savvy s*cked in a deep breath trying to calm down.

Why did she even a*s*sume that he was a gardener?! She knew why. Simply because she saw him in dirty clothes and … in the garden. This definitely wasn’t her brightest moment and she cursed under her breath at the realization.

Savannah remembered pretty well that she called him a gardener in the library and he did not deny it. Moreover, he went with it. So did she pretending to be a maid. But she had a very good reason for that. What was his reasoning to pretend while on his own turf?

The answer for that was too obvious… He knew who she was from the very beginning. And he played her. Was he laughing at her with his friends? Or even worse — was he laughing at her with king Kai?

Or… was it king Kai’s idea?

It was clear that no one wanted her here. Was it another part of their plan to get rid of her? Would they now use it to blackmail her so that she would be humiliated? Did they want her gone that much?

She gripped the stem of her crystal flute so hard that it crumbled in her hand to pieces, drawing blood. But she did not care, as the wounds healed quickly. Not a drop managed to fall on her gorgeous dress. She needed answers and she needed them now.

Anger was boiling and something that she locked inside of her years ago was urging her to let it out.

“The gardener” and other men stood next to the musicians and were chatting with women surrounding them. Savvy watched them from afar for a few seconds but when some brunette in a red dress slid her arm over “the gardener’s” bicep, she made up her mind.

She marched in their direction and placed her hand on his shoulder, squeezing it with a royal lycan’s might to send a message.

“Hey there,” she smirked as if she was in full control of the situation. “I think you owe me a dance.”

He looked at her, startled. She could bet he didn’t expect her to be this daring in this situation. Too bad for him. “Who do you think you are?!” the brunette in red gasped.

“The music hasn’t even started,” some guy in a black mask with a blonde beard stated. And it was a fair point.

Savannah’s head snapped to the musicians as she felt Athena surfacing and her eds glowing

“Play something fiery!” She gave them an Alpha order which she almost never used and they grabbed their instruments. “What the…” someone was about to protest but the gardener raised his hand, motioning for them to stop

“It would be my honor,” he took her hand from his shoulder and k*issed it sending shivers all over her body. But she had to snap out of it. It meant nothing to him and it would mean nothing to her

Kai was shocked. The little maid was one of the guests, which meant that she was someone important. And of a much higher rank than he initially thought. He never bothered to check her wolf because he was overwhelmed each time they were together. He let his guard down. And it was a mistake.

Did she already know who he was*Judging by the look in her eyes she was angry with him. And rightfully so. He was the king of the Northern Kingdom and she probably thought that he was just toying with her. But it wasn’t like she told him the whole truth either.

Kai walked her to the centre of the room, and everyone stepped away, leaving the dance floor to the two of them. The first accords sounded, music filling the room in an instant. Their eyes locked and he pulled her into himself closing the space between them. After this conversation they would be done, and a part of him wanted to at least feel her closer.

A corner of his lip curled into a smile. She was clever since she wanted to do this with music on. This was the only way to speak privately at a party with so many shifter ears in the room.

I guess that you…” He wanted to start but she growled at him. A woman never growled at him before.

“I hope you had your fun,” she gritted her teeth looking at him with a challenge in her eyes He hated the mask that was covering her pretty face but at least her eyes were still on full display

for him.

“Look, if I knew who you were, I would have kept as far away from you as possible,” he told her but, of course, it didn’t help his case one bit.

“Goddess,” she chuckled bitterly, “are you seriously going to pretend that you didn’t know?” “And you*’ he arched his brow although she couldn’t see it through the mask.

“I am the one who is new here! I couldn’t know!” the woman in his arm hissed and he could feel how fast her heart was beating. She didn’t look like she was lying.

“Exactly, you are new here,” he mimicked her     “how was I supposed to know? I am sorry, but I am not following princess Savannah on social media to know what all her friends look like.”

Her lips parted. Was he still trying to play her? If that was the case, she wasn’t letting it happen.

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