Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
Her l!ps parted in shock. She couldn’t have imagined that.
“But I never felt anything for him,” she wanted to argue her case.
“You couldn’t,” Kai’s grip on her tightened, but he continued his thought. “You were mated to Zack first and fell in love with me. Then, when Zack was K*lled, your soul needed to heal first to accept a new bond. These things aren’t instant.. But Fenrir bonded us before Bjorn could do anything.”
Savannah tried to connect the dots, but it wasn’t easy, and in the end, she hid her face somewhere in Kai’s broad chest.
“It doesn’t matter” she muttered. “Even if it were the truth, I would still choose you.”
“I know,” her King smiled, wrapping his hands around her. “You were mine from the moment I laid my eyes on you. The mate bond from Fenrir is a nice bonus, but- Savvy, what we always had was more than a connection created by someone else. It was almost more. Even gods couldn’t break us apart.”
“And gods aren’t taking our baby anywhere,” she agreed, feeling the weight of her eyelids getting too heavy.
She closed them just for a second, as it was almost afternoon already.
“Time to go back,” Kai whispered and placed a k!ss on her forehead.
Savannah feared going back to the castle, fearing to see what happened to it after the recent events, but when they both walked into the main hall, holding hands, she gasped because she did not expect to see what unfolded before her eyes..
It was the first time Savannah had visited the northern castle since the fire, and the sight saddened her to the c0re of her soul. The scent of smoke that was still present hit her nostrils, and when she saw the blackened walls Str!pped of curtains and other decorations, she clenched her fists, trying to control her fury. The royal lycan wished to be freed and bestow her vengeance on the ones responsible for all of this.
Savvy had grown to love this castle and the history it held; she loved noticing little details she had missed previously every time she paid attention to a painting or to a carving. And now most of it was gone, leaving a little empty spot inside of her.
For the first time, she realised that this place was her home now and that her enemięs had entered it and tried to wipe it off the face of the earth, destroying everything and everyone she loved in the process.
Kai’s grip on her hand tightened as he pulled her closer and whispered, “No worries, Sav. It just needs a little revamping. That’s it. This castle has stood through worse times, trust me.”
She rested her head against his chest just for a moment, breathing in his scent to calm down. “! just hate that it happened on our watch. We can’t let them win after everything.”
“We won’t,” he a*s*sured her, lacing his fingers in her hair. “We are the ones already winning.”
He took her into the main hall, and she let out a sigh of relief when she saw all her friends inside. A little part of her was still afraid that all this was a dream. They were discussing their war plans around an interactive table, moving the maps they carefully planned their strategies, and hadn’t even noticed the Northern King and his Queen at first. Until one set of familiar eyes locked with Savvy’s.
“Reid!” She threw herself into the Western Beta’s arms. “I didn’t know you were here!”
A growl emerged behind her, and she instantly knew that it was Kai’s reaction to her hugging another man. She ignored it though. This was something he would have to get used to because Reid wasn’t a threat to him and he was family.
“Im not technically here,” her friend laughed, patting her head as if she was still a child. Reid was like a father figure to her. When her parents d*ied, and Gideon was busy with his Lycan King duties, this man was the one to step in and raise her and Kyle. Unfortunately, during those days, they couldn’t trust too many people and the Beta act as a babysitter as well.
“You are not?” Savannah knitted her brows, puzzled slightly.
“He is not,” Gideon smirked. “Right now, he’s trying to rule the western Kingdom in my stead because l’m dead. So sad-” He grimaced and she chuckled in response to that.
“Poor you,” Savvy rolled her eyes, but it was just a cover-up because her eyes started stinging from the tears forming in them. The memory of losing her sibling was still fresh in her mind and she was so happy that she got to tease him like that again.
“What’s this on your neck?” Gideon grasped her hand and his sister closer to inspect her brand new and shiny North Star mark. It was still gleaming softly when the light grazed over it. “Did you mark my sister?” the Western King growled, nostrils flaring and eyes shining golden for a moment until he suppressed it.
“Yes, I did,” Kai responded calmly and moved Savannah away from her brother, wrapping his hands around her to demonstrate their closeness to everyone. “What did you think I was going to do with my mate?”
“| still can’t believe the Moon Goddess punished her that much!” Gideon grumbled, but no one took it seriously because the next thing he did was place his palms onto their shoulders and whisper with a wicked grin, “Hurt my sister and | will arrange her next marriage in a heartbeat and make sure she gets half of your Kingdom in the process.”
“Gideon,” Riannon reproached her husband as she strolled towards them with a bright smile, ” leave them alone. Look how happy they are!” She then turned all her attention to the beaming couple and her eyes stud*ied their marks as well. “They are very beautiful,” she said honestly. “Just as marks of Divine Wolves should be.”
“Divine Wolves?” Savannah’s eyes grew wide.
“When the gods bless us, they give us a particle of their divine power,” Riannon informed them. “
Any special ability we have afterwards comes from it. This is what being blessed truly means, and the way our marks looks is a sign of how we can recognise other Divine Wolves.”
“How do you know all this?” Kai was impressed by the western Queen’s knowledge. “Was it a vision?”
“When my wolf asks the Moon Goddess a question, sometimes she answers. After I found out that you have been blessed too, this was what we asked. It’s different from my visions, though.
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