Chapter 246 – The Luna Trials Novel by Marissa Gilbert

Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Savvy could tell that the bears were trying to avoid her, probably having some orders from Bjorn on her account, and she wasn’t below using that to her advantage. She had made her choice, and it wasn’t her fault that Bjorn couldn’t accept it and let it go.

She did not owe him anything, and she was happy to accept this little gift from him because her only desire today was to win this war.

They were lucky that it was a smaller group.

The White Bear King probably did not think that it was important and arranged this ambush more as a habit. Or maybe it was just his backup plan to make one final blow from where they wouldn’t expect it if things went South. Savvy did not care.

Her thoughts were on the main battlefield, where her husband and brother were leading their armies against a f0rce greater than anything they had experienced before.

Savvy and Elene worked nicely as a team, greeting the bears and attacking them first together, then letting the rest of the she-wolves finish them off. Savannah knew now that she trusted Elene with her life, and the princess did not disappoint her so far even if she never considered her a fighter.

The Northern Queen glanced down to see the mist d*ie down and the bloody scene unveiled before her eyes. Amarok was the only one she noticed at once, relieved that he was alive, but the overall picture made her panic slightly. There were so many shifters down there, so much blood. It was hard to tell who was winning because it looked like one messy c*****e.

She had to focus on her own mission, but she couldn’t erase the m******e from her mind.

Things were not going well for them. She saw what Joran did and hoped that it wouldn’t influence the fight, but it did. The lycans were far from winning the war. The losses were too big, and she realised for the first time that she wasn’t ready for the future under Bjorn’s rule. She wouldn’t be able to- Anything but that!

The enemies from the tunnel kept coming, and the element of surprise that her group had was now gone, and now the bears were appearing, ready to K*ll them all. She saw one of the she-wolves attacking a huge bear only to have her head r!pped off. Savannah was moving swiftly bet**en them, trying to wound as many and as deeply as possible.

But she knew that it was time for phase two, and she found a moment to stop and raise her head to the sky, letting out a long resounding howl…

Zara recognised her Queen’s call at once, and a piercing shriek left her ch*st to summon the rest of the werebirds. A surprise that no one expected and not the last one for today. Kai had to strike a deal with them which was unheard of before. Werebirds almost never fought on anyone’s side, not if their own safety wasn’t in jeopardy. But the King’s offer was too good to pass.

The only reason the Flocks sent Mavis to the Luna Trials was to try to make her a Queen, so that she could give them a safe place to stay during the summer. This was something they never had but always wanted. So, this was exactly what Kai decided to offer them in exchange for their help.

A dark ominous cloud rose from the forest where they had been hiding up till now, watching and waiting for their turn. Now the wait was over, and they launched their attack from the sky, Zara among them, searching for her lycan mate in bet**en attacks.

Birds of prey knew how to fight without getting hurt, making clean dives down, damaging the opponent and going straight back up. They were distracting foxes and the bears, throwing them off the game and getting away with it.

Zara personally clawed a few eyes out, escaping before anything could be done about it by the victims.

Kai looked around, the picture was still far from perfect but it was too early to give up because it was time for his last surprise of today.

The witches came from the Lost City, Salome fulfilling her end of the deal they made back when she was still a contender. The date that was filmed and broadcasted everywhere was nothing more than a business meeting for the two of them. Kai was surprised that a witch joined the Luna Trials, ignoring that there was no chance in hell of them getting married. Not unless she was his mate, and they were done with that theory back at Introductions. However, he was still surprised when he heard Salome’s offer. The offer he had accepted, and now he was happy that he did.

It was a small group, just around ten people, but the damage they caused in minutes was incredible. Three of them were fire summoners, while the other three were earthbreakers, two were holding shields, protecting the team, and what Salome and the guy next to her did was unclear, but they looked busy. And in all honesty, Kai did not care. They finally managed to shift the balance of power, and now he could see the glimpse of final victory even despite their many disadvantages.

Kai was looking at the mountain where Savannah had taken her new personal warriors and said the silent prayer to Fenrir each time he noticed her white fur gleaming in the sunshine, thankful for his lycan vision. He wanted to find Bjorn, whom he had been looking for from the very beginning, and K*ll the ba*tard once and for all. However, no matter how hard he looked, he couldn’t find him.

Kai K*lled bear after bear, aiming mostly for the white ones as they were the strongest, but not a trace of Bịorn was found.

He suddenly had a very bad feeling, and his head snapped to the mountain where Savannah went. There was one serpentine path that led to the secret tunnel, and on that path, he saw a group of three bears rushing, undoubtedly to get his Queen.

He tried to get out, but he was in the very centre of the battle, and someone was constantly on his path. Kai’s stomach churned as he realised, he may not get there in time.

Zara was launching a new attack when she noticed familiar cream fur a few feet away from her.

Lachlan was fighting several bears and foxes alone, and she did not hesitate to shift to a bigger-sized hawk to get one of the foxes out in less than a few seconds. She closed her claws around the red beast’s back, piercing her flesh while she was at it. Then she lifted the creature into the sky, only to drop it on the rocks. She circled quickly and dived down again to defend the man she loved.

And this was what saved her from the huge black shadow that swept the sky, taking down dozens of birds. Their colourful feathers were falling down, drifting in the air slowly, and Zara couldn’t believe her eyes. She had heard many legends, but never thought that she’d see a real dragon with her own eyes…

Riannon ordered everyone to leave the control room. She still had monitors with drone footage in front of her, and just now, she witnessed half of them destroyed together with dozens of the werebirds. She stuck her emotions to the back of her mind, because she knew what would happen next.

The dark shadow covered the castle so fast that even the Queen of the Western Kingdom lost her confidence for a few seconds. However, she wasn’t going to admit it, and did her best to calm herself down, taking her seat in the main chair of the room.

“Greetings, Riannon,” Joran said as he hopped off the windowsil…

Lachlan had been truly terrified a few times in his life, but this one was probably the worst. Going into that battle, he knew that not everyone would return.

However, seeing a full-size dragon with dark blue and green scales flying right above their heads and taking out most of the werebirds in one go paralysed the mighty Beta with fear for his new mate. Feathers were flying everywhere- red, blue, white, black, and every other colour imaginable. The sight was so beautiful and horrifying at the same time.

Whenever a black feather landed in front of his eyes, he wondered if it was Zara’s, and the anger seethed in him. He had already lost a mate once. He couldn’t do it again.

Lachlan dug his teeth into an enormous white bear who tried to K*ll one of his men. These beasts were so big now, almost invincible, but the hate and the painful agony made the Beta blind to the unequal power distribution bet**en them. He did not care. He would fight and d*ie here if he absolutely had to. Especially if Zara…

He did not get to finish that thought as a huge black hawk reappeared to claw his enemy’s eyes out. Just the glimpse of her allowed him to breathe again, and he deepened his canines into the white beast.

Zara was making short, tactical attacks, where she dived down, trying to hurt the enemy’s vision, and then flew back up quickly to avoid their claws. Only to return to repeat everything until her goal was achieved. She did not let herself think of the flock that was once hers.

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