Chapter 169 – The Luna Trials Novel by Marissa Gilbert

Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

“To hell with you!” The werecat sighed. “Just go already. I will look after her UNTIL her foot is healed. After that, she is on her own.”

“You can leave me now,” Petra realized they were talking about her. “I will just wait here until everything is over. I am not really a warrior.”

“You are now,” Savvy looked her in the eye, reacting fast. “Life has thrown you into this, and now you have to do the best you can. Your leg will heal soon, and then you will show what you are capable of.”

“What’s the point if there isn’t even a prize anymore?” The she-wolf pouted her l!ps. “According to your own mentor, the point is your pride and reputation. She put her life into bringing

you here. Are you going to just sit and wait until someone arrives to save you?” Savannah taunted. “Or are

you going to at least try?”

have time to wait for the outcome. She had already done enough.!

“You get to make one now. It’s on you,” the Western Princess said. “Naya will stay with you until your knee is healed, and I have to go now. But I really hope to see you fight, Petra. Not for Kai, not for any man. For you. You are just as strong as Everybody else here. Even if you don’t go far until you try, you know you are doing the best you can. Whatever you decide to do next-best of luck to you.”

Savannah nodded at Naya, and the werecat gave her a supportive smirk. “I’ll find you later by your scent,” she promised, waving the Lycaness goodbye.

Savannah was running for some time down the wall, realising there was no entrance to the city. Just the tall fence and no doors, no gates, no holes … nothing!

Annoyed, she decided to simply climb the wall, not to lose any more time.

Finally, at the top, an impressive view of the former northern capital unfolded before her eyes. It was a huge circular labyrinth with thousands of branches, and Savvy had no idea how people lived here in ancient times. It looked like a big trap, and it did not help that now it was lit by the red light of the sunset.

She was happy to acknowledge that Princess Elene had shown them the correct map before this challenge. At least the parts she could see from here matched now. She knew where she was and where she had to get. The shire where she was supposed to light a torch was in the very center of the maze, the only building tall enough to tower over everything else,

Savannah felt vibrations before they reached her feet and jumped down moments before sharp metallic sparks grew out of the wall top. Once again, she landed on a stone tile and felt something was off. The tile had a small crescent sign on it, and it was the last thing she noticed before arrows with silver tips started flying left and right.

Not wasting time, Savannah ran as fast as she could and felt another click under her feet, realizing that the tiles were triggering weapons. However, this time she was shocked when a wall appeared from the ground, cutting her way to escape and creating a dead end.

“What the…” She grunted, realizing she would have to go back by the road she came here. She looked at the tiles and noticed small signs on almost each of them. She saw crescents, circles, diamonds, triangles, flowers, suns, stars and many others. By now, it was safe to a*s*sume that a crescent was a no-go.

She measured the distance to a tile that was supposed to change the walls and noticed a diamond on.

Not thinking twice, Savannah stepped on the closest diamond tile, and a wall beside her moved. A different wall… which meant that the maze was changing all the time.

Her knowledge of the map wasn’t going to help much now, which only made her grit her teeth.

Savvy was sure that some of the tiles were safe and decided to try one to check, carefully stretching her leg to reach it. The floor under her dropped, and she grasped the ground next to her, trying not to fall

down. If she originally stood where that pressed tile was, she would be at the bottom of what looked like a bottomless pit.

Her hands were slipping, and she realized that the walls were sleek and shiny, a mixture of metals connected together in intricate patterns.

Silver and bronze.

Silver for the wolves and bronze for the bears. Of course… That made sense as these metals weakened the species.

A shadow covered Savannah’s face, and she lifted her head to see Brigit towering over her. The white bear had no emotions on her face, and Savvy didn’t like it.

“Hi!” She tried to f0rce a smile. “Give a girl a hand, will you?”

“I am sorry.” Brigit shook her head.

Her boot was inches away from Savvy’s fingers.

“Come on!” The Princess threw her head back. “You aren’t that bad, Brigit! Why do you keep doing these things? You could have already been in your mate’s arms instead of all this!”

The white bear’s eyes glistened again. Exactly like during her finding out about Aspen.

“I know your mate!” Savvy continued, trying to help her situation. “He is a great guy! He would devote his whole life to making you happy. He has one flaw, though – a very annoying sister, but does it matter really? When it’s true love, and you are true mates.”

Their eyes locked, and Brigit’s lips trembled just for a second before she pulled on a cold and indifferent expression.

“I wish it could be different!” The werebear muttered and stood on Savannah’s fingers. She was bringing more and more weight until the Princess screamed in pain and let go of the last thing holding her from the fall.

Savvy landed at the bottom of the metal pit. Silver wasn’t affecting lycans too much, but there was so much of it around that she couldn’t help but feel weaker. Besides that, she could feel something else in the air… Something unhealthy.

The pit was deep and impossible to climb up. There was nothing at the bottom that could help her as well.

“Brigit!” Savannah screamed, but the white bear was nowhere in sight. Sadly, getting out of here without help wasn’t an option.

She hated waiting. It was the one thing she despised the most. However, now she was f0rced into this position and prayed that Naya would soon catch up with her thanks to her scent.

The remaining sun rays falling from above were Savvy’s only source of light now, so when it suddenly got dark, hope rose in her chest. She looked up and saw… one red eye gleaming in the darkness…

“Hey there, Princess!” Bjorn said…

Kai knew this wouldn’t be an easy conversation. No love was lost between him and Gideon Stormhold, the King of the Western Lycan Kingdom. And also, Savannah’s older brother.

The Northerner was impressed by the size of the army Gideon brought with him, considering that it was on short notice.

Kai considered many opening phrases, but nothing seemed good enough to use in the given situation. So, he went with the most obvious choice.

“Welcome to the Northern Lycan Kingdo…” Gideon punched him hard.

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