Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
The hostess clenched her fists and looked down, which made Savannah want to throw her out.
They could have at least thrown a fight or two.
They were lycans, for Moon Goddess’ sake!
“You know why my brother and I got to where we are now?” Chloe gnawed at her but did not wait for a reply. “We are smart! And we adapt! And we know how to work as a team, and we know when to strike and when not to. And yes, this is what we did right now. What would be the point of being t*ortur*ed if we knew the result would be the same?!
But it doesn’t mean we agree with what is going on or that we don’t plan to act!”
“Oh, you plan to act?” Savvy raised her brow.
Care to elaborate? Do you have a plan?”
“This is why I came to see you!” Tears glistened in Chloe’s eyes, and for the first time, Savvy felt a prick of guilt. “You are our plan! You are my Luna! I serve you! We all serve you!”
“l am not a Luna,” the Princess turned away.
This was too much for her. “I-“
“My King announced you as one, and he stood at the marking ceremony, saying his vows to you. I saw you cry for him, I saw you fight for him. It doesn’t matter that it was never completed,” Chloe sniffed. “ln my eyes, you will always be The Luna of The North. You won the Trials fair and square. It is yours by right! The King is dead now, so we only have you left. We count on you! We need your help!
All of us. Especially Petra-“
The she-wolf stopped talking, and Savvy felt a wave of fear washing over her.
“What is going on with Petra? You said you know!” The Luna urged her to tell her the truth, feeling that it was something terrible.
“Some of the bears who greeted us when we arrived liked her. Bears of higher ranks.. So, since they couldn’t share, she is going to be auctioned to the highest werebear bidder,” Chloe told her and Savannah’s heart sank.
“What do you mean they are going to auction her to the highest bidder?!” Savannah was trying to get air inside of her lungs in sharp, angry gulps. This was outrageous! After everything she had been through, this seemed to knock the ground from under her feet now.
Petra.. She wasn’t cut out for life among bears. Hell, she’d barely managed herself among wolves!
“Apparently, several of Bjorn’s high-ranking warriors were so infatuated with Petra when they brought her here that they all asked their King to give her to them. A few Alphas were also present and they took an interest in her as well. And now everyone wants her,” Chloe informed her professionally as if she was still in front of cameras. “They wanted to fight each other, but, Bjorn couldn’t have this, of course, so he told them to make their offers, and he would make a fair decision.”
“Let me guess,” Savvy grated out, “and absolutely none of them wanted to ask what Petra wants!”
“She was sobbing hysterically at this point, wiping away her tears with her tulle dress, so, yeah, they didn’t bother” Chloe affirmed. “They are rough men here. I think seeing this tiny little flower trembling before them was appealing to them. She-bears are either feisty warriors or take the roughness quietly. Petra is a novelty in this place.”
“She is not a toy, though!” Savannah practically exploded but bit her tongue in time. She couldn’t allow herself to make a scene. Not before her plan formed. Not before she knew what to do next. “We need to get her out,” she said in a much quieter tone.
“l am all ears,” Chloe closed the distance between them. “This is exactly what I am here for. Tell me what to do.”
The weight of responsibility was heavy. Savvy was a mess, having people count on her now was complicating things. However, she knew one thing. She couldn’t leave them. She couldn’t leave Petra and Aspen. The thought of Gamma’s destiny made her shiver.
“What do you know about Aspen?” she asked Chloe.
“He is chained to the wall in front of the main entrance in the courtyard. They want to show him off.
Anyone who passes by can hit him or do whatever they want to him. The only thing prohibited is anything that can K*ll him,” the blonde lowered her eyes. “They want people to see the Gamma defeated. However, the show is only for the bears. They prohibited us from broadcasting about what is being done to him.”
“And what can you broadcast exactly?” Savvy pierced the reporter with her gaze, but the latter stayed quiet and swallowed, her fingers fidgeting over the embellishment on her dress.
Impatient, Savannah charged for the door, j*rking the door open, scaring the maid behind it.
“Give me your phone!” she demanded.
“I. I can’t!” The girl protested.
“Give it to me, or I swear, I am going to K*ll you on the spot!” Savvy made sure her eyes gleamed gold, showing off her lycan power, and then added an Alpha tone to her voice to amplify the effect. “Give it to me now!”
The maid trembled and got an old phone out of the pocket of her knitted jumper. She probably already hated Savannah more than Bjorn, but the Western Princess wasn’t here to make friends. In fact, she couldn’t careless. She went back to Chloe, opening up the mostfamous news website in the North.
Her heart dropped when she saw the headlines.
“The New Times, The New King?”, “Long Live Darius Bjorn”, “Love Conquers All”.
Angry tears burned her eyes. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go.
“l am sorry,” Chloe sounded sincere. “He prepared himself very well, and we didn’t have much choice.”
Savvy ignored her. Whether she had a choice or not was questionable. She couldn’t move because she saw a picture of herself on Bjorn’s back. It was one of the things that was now etched into her memory, one of the worst moments of her life. And it was front page news now.
The photo was taken in a way that no one could see the chains on her hands. The blue cape and her hair fluttered in the wind, and Bjorn’s white bear held his head high. He was the winner, and she was his prize.
Except.. now it looked like she did not mind.
“What is this?” Her voice came out raspy, barely above a whisper.
“This is how he tells your story” Chloe couldn’t face the princess’ gaze.
Savannah hit the play b*tton and heard Claude’s voice telling the viewers that the White Bear King had found his true mate and challenged the Lycan King. He’d won their fight and took his Queen to his castle, from where the two of them would be ruling the North together. They would be working to make it the strongest kingdom as it rightfully deserved. Even the marking ceremony date was already set, and Savvy felt a wave of nausea when she realised that it was in just one day.
“We cannot wait,” Bjorn smiled at the camera.
Savannah and I are each other’s second chances, and I will d*ie before I let anything keep us apart again. True love conquers all.”
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