Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
“No, it’s not. The surprise is that she stayed.” Elene pointed out the obvious. “Don’t you get it? She learned about the three wishes. She wins, and she can get anything from you! Honestly, I don’t think she would stop at the alliance.”
“The wishes have limits….” He reminded her what was important here.
“She still can use them to her advantage.” The Princess covered her face with her hands. “You are right. It’s my mistake. I shouldn’t have arranged all that in the first place.”
“That’s fine,” Kai patted her head just as he used to do in their childhood. “We can still figure everything out.”
“But Savannah…”.
“Elene,” he made sure she was now looking him in the eye. “I need you to leave Savannah alone. I will deal with everything myself. All I need from you now is to ensure the Trials run smoothly. Lachlan will help.”
“You don’t want to get rid of her,” the girl shook her head in disbelief.
“I want the Trials to be fair. I want the North to not be embarra*s*sed about how the members of the royal family behave. Can you help me with that? Since it’s shown on TV, I want us to be the epitome of our principles.”
“Of course,” Elene nodded, sadness written all over her face. “You can count on me.”
Kai saw Savannah going back and tried to catch up with her. She looked as if she was lost in thoughts, and he had to call her to get her attention.
“Savvy, wait!” he grasped her hand, but she yanked it back angrily and stared at him with knitted brows
“What do you want?” the Lycan Princess snarled, confusing the hell out of him.
“To talk…”. He confessed. “Did something happen?”
“A lot happened,” she admitted quickly, crossing her hands on her chest, but toned down her hostility. “You just put a target on my back. Do you even understand this?”
“What? Because of the points?” He ran his hand over his hair. “Savvy, they would have noticed our relationship anyway.”
“What relationship?” she chuckled. “I am a Western Princess, and you are the Northern King. Everyone knows that you will end up with a northerner. They are never tired of reminding us of that. What kind of relationship are we even talking about?”
“The one where we don’t care about the titles,” he said, still holding her hand,. She looked at him for a few seconds, and hope flickered inside of him. But Savannah turned away, and the whole world suddenly became colder and… lonelier.
“That’s impossible,” the girl sighed. “Just… let me go.”
“You told me to prove that I care about you, and I did. Maybe it wasn’t perfect, but it was my first attempt, and I did try.”
Kai insisted, stepping closer. “Now, how about you prove to me that you care. Not about the Trials, the alliance, the North, the West, the war… I want us to prove to each other that we care about us.”
“How do you even see this?!” she let out a painful, bitter laugh. “We always have to think of these things!”
“King Kai and Princess Savannah have to,” he smirked and added, “but the gardener and the little maid don’t.” Her lips parted, and it was very tempting to k*iss her. Yet the King knew that if he did this, he would ruin everything.
“For one evening, let’s spend time together just you, me, and nothing else. And after that, we will see.”
“Kai…” She was about to shake her head and reject the idea when he placed his finger on her lips.
“Nope. Not Kai anymore. Call me… call me Zack!” he suggested with a grin, and her eyes grew wide.
“Anything but that!” she let out an almost hysterical laugh.
“Fine, whatever,” he chuckled. “You can call me what you like, but tonight after dinner, come to the pond, and I will take you on a real date.”
“Kai,” she bit her lip painfully. “I don’t know.”
“Don’t say anything,” he stopped her again. “Go back to your room and think. And I… I will be waiting for your decision at our spot.”
“Our spot?” she c****d a brow up, impressed by how daring he was today. He sure was working fast
“Our spot,” he nodded. “I’ll be waiting for you. If you come, we have a chance. If you don’t… I will respect your decision.”
He walked away before she could reply, mostly because he was afraid to hear another rejection. All of that was so new to him. He never asked a woman for anything. He simply did not have to. And tonight, he wouldn’t be the one to decide …
He was at the pond right on time, ready for action and nervous. He had never been this nervous, not even before the most challenging battles. In fact, he would probably better be fighting now than just standing there, hopeless and alone, not knowing if she would show up… Fearing that she would not.
Savannah was preparing for sleep. There was no way she was going to that… ‘date’. She took a long bath, so lengthy that she was going to miss that dinner, after which she was not going out of her room. Then she brushed her hair and curled it slightly with her straightener because she was still not going anywhere and had all the time in the world. She did very light make-up. Just because she wanted a little practice. Her eye was constantly on the clock.
“Let’s go!” Athena urged her, but, of course, she ignored her. She was the decision-maker. Not that wolf. No one, absolutely no one, was going to f0rce her to make a wrong decision. She had already made one of those with Zack and now faced the music each time he had fun with someone else. She did not need this. She did not want this …
“Ridiculous!” Savvy told herself and went to look for outfits. She sent Kyle and Zara away early today and had all the time in the world.
Savannah found her favourite pair of ripped jeans and added a beige satin chiffon top to it with two layers. She found herself buckling the straps of her white sandals very soon after that.
Why? Because she was just going to check if the Lycan King of The North had bothered to show up himself. That was why. The only reason.
It was already well past dinnertime, and Savannah didn’t expect to see him there. He wouldn’t be waiting for her for an hour. Although … he never told her the exact time. So, technically, she wasn’t even late.
Her heart was beating so fast that it felt as if it was going to jump out of her chest any moment now. It only got worse with every step she took toward the pond. Kai called it their spot. Wasn’t it ridiculous? It was. Despite the fact that this was the place her mind went to when he mentioned it, it wasn’t their spot. They didn’t have a spot. They were nothing to each other and would never be anything. They would never have “a spot”.
They were not even …
“You came!” his voice emerged from the darkness, and she had to adjust her vision to see him sitting under a tree. One hand on his knee and the other brushing his hair that looked … as if he was nervously fiddling them for hours… He did not trim his stubble and looked more like the gardener she knew again, especially in his white t-shirt and jeans paired up with a black leather jacket.
“I was just… passing by,” Savvy mumbled, turning on her heels, but Kai was next to her in a blink of an eye.
“Of course you were,” he chuckled, towering over her, his eyes exploring every inch of her. “Better late than never, Savannah.”
“How long were you going to sit here?” She found herself asking, even though it didn’t matter.
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