Chapter 184 – The Luna Trials Novel by Marissa Gilbert

Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

“Did you eat anything today?” Savvy asked, and silence was her answer once again. This was no way to go on. She walked deeper into the room and slid down to the floor next to Elene. One could hear a pin drop there. The Northern Princess did not react, and they sat like this in complete silence for a while.

“Your brother is worried about you, you know.” Savannah sighed and leaned her head against the cold wall.

“And he needs you. Probably more than ever before. Your country is falling apart, the war is on its doorstep, and enemies are all around us.”

For a few moments, Elene said nothing, but then she asked, “Did she suffer?” Her voice was trembling, and so was her small frame. Savannah knew that she meant Penelope, and some part of her wanted to tell her the dead lycaness was never her friend in the first place. Her speech right before her demise was horrible and cruel. However, Savvy feared this would probably only break her almost sister-in-law irreparably.

“No,” she said honestly.

“Not really.

He snapped her neck; everything happened very fast. I don’t think she even had the time to process what was happening.” And now Savannah was the one being blamed for this.

After Bjorn mentioned that she had “slayed her compet*ition”, at least half of the Northern Lycan Kingdom started hating her instantly since Penelope was the only one dead.

They got Bjorn’s little hint. Everyone used to see Penelope as the North’s sweetheart and the best candidate for the role of the Luna. Her father was an Alpha of a prominent lycan pack, and he was fuming. Things were bad.

“That’s probably the best way, right?” Elene looked at her questioningly, and Savvy f0rced a little smile on her face, nodding.

“Her funeral was beautiful,” she added.

“Everyone was missing you.”

“And I will miss her…

Pen was the only one who always was on my side.” This time, Savannah chose not to comment because telling the truth wasn’t an option right now, considering how fragile the lycaness next to her was and lying to her face wasn’t a good idea either.

“I saw her,” Elene said suddenly, wrinkling her nose.

“Who?” Savvy’s stomach churned.

“Gideon’s wife.” The northerner looked away, fidgeting with the edge of her long nightgown.

“I saw both of them through the window.” She bit her l!p almost to the point of bleeding and then exhaled heavily.

“She is so… perfect.” Savannah wondered if this was part of why the woman stayed in her room the whole time.

Not only had her so-called best friend just d*ied, but the love of her life was also here with his beautiful, flawless mate. The two always radiated happiness. Savannah loved them both, but she knew how a person with a broken heart could feel next to them. It was a lot to take in for anyone.

“Yeah. Riannon is amazing. It’s not always easy to be in the same room with her,” she admitted.

So many times after Zack’s betrayal, she questioned herself, thinking that maybe it was her fault he couldn’t choose her over everything. Perhaps, if she could be more like Ria, everything would have played out differently.

Only now, with Kai by her side, she knew her imperfections weren’t the problem. He loved her the way she was. He loved her for the way she was.

“And it looked like he loves her a lot.” Elene threw her head back and closed her eyes, swallowing a sob that threatened to escape her.

“He does.” Once again, Savvy chose not to lie.

“They are perfect for each other.” For about a minute, none of them said a word.

“I’m sorry,” Elene tried to hold back her tears.

“I know you like her, and he’s your brother- and they are mates. He never looked at me like that. Even when I thought he liked me. Of course, now I know he never did, and I imagined it all. You probably think I’m a horrible pathetic person.”

“I think you’re a passionate person ready to do everything for the ones she loves. That being said, you really did give me a hard time when I arrived.” Savvy let out a little laugh, and Elene smiled for the first time in forever.

“I did, didn’t I? I tried to push you away. ignoring how much Kai was smitten with you. I pushed Penelope into this compet*ition and practically f0rced her to take part. If not for me, she would probably be alive now!” That glimpse of that weak smile was gone again.

“You don’t know that,” Savannah tried to choose her words carefully.

“Penelope was a grown woman and had her own ambitions. She did not give me the impression of someone who could be pushed around easily, so the decision was always hers. All you did was give your best friend a helping hand when she needed it.”

“Is he at least happy?” The northern Princess returned to the previous topic spontaneously.

“Gideon looks really happy with her,” she muttered.

“Of course, they will be happy. They are mates. Who am I to question that?! What I feel is irrelevant-”

“I’m not going to tell you that your feelings are irrelevant when I am deeply in love with your brother, and I’m not his mate. In fact, what I feel for him is much bigger and deeper than whatever I felt for my own mate. It can’t compare.”

Elene looked at her. For the first time, she really looked at her and then nodded slightly, brushing her hair with her fingers as if she had just remembered who she was and what she probably looked like today.

“I’ll get over it,” she promised quietly.

“I already did once. It just… wasn’t the best time to see them.” “Good,” Savannah found her hand on the floor and gave it a little squeeze.

“Kai is worried sick about you, and he has a lot on his plate right now.” “You said that he needs my help,” Elene straightened her back like a true royal should.

“How can I be of a*s*sistance to him?”

“He needs your help with what you can do best.” Savvy furrowed her brows, playing with her NorthStar necklace.

“Darius Bjorn has made a speech, undermining Kai after everything that happened at.

Unfortunately, it’s working in his favor, and many in the media are on his side now. Their loyalties are shifting. It looks terrible, if I am honest.”

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