Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
“It’s time! Everyone is waiting for you!” The Moon Goddess insisted.
“I think I liked it more when she wasn’t speaking to me,” the Wolf God grunted, rolling his eyes.
“Just remember, she is leaving after the coronation,” Astraea hissed, biting her lip and trying to hold back a laugh.
In the meantime, Selene grew impatient.
“The rituals won’t perform themselves, and without them, Asgard will never recognise you as their King and Queen.
Now, you may have gotten away with your private wedding, but this
“We are done here, Mother,” Astraea walked out from behind thick bushes, glowing petals still entangled in her long hair and cheeks flushed. Fenrir followed her, shoving her torn lacy underwear into his pocket.
The Moon Goddess politely did not comment on any of that.
“I am taking Astraea, and Magnus will help you prepare,” she informed them. “There is still so much to be done today.”
“Is there a need to separate us?” Fenrir’s jaw tightened. “It’s not like its a wedding, and I am not allowed to see the bride.”
“No, but you still have different things to prepare and trust me, you can live a few hours without each other.”
“Debatable,” Fenrir grunted under his breath.
“I’ll see you soon,” Astraea stood on the tips of her toes and gave him a little kiss on the cheek. Two massive hands wrapped around her waist, pressing her against him as he covered her lips with his in a long, possessive kiss. Breaths mingled, fingers tangled in each other’s hair. They were ready to forget about the whole world…
Until Selene cleared her throat loudly, bringing them back to reality from their bliss.
“Just a couple of hours, and you can do whatever you want,” she insisted. “A few hours that would help you earn the respect of your people. Show them that not much is changing. Asgard is under new rulership, but they have nothing to fear.”
“We will think about it, won’t we?” Astraea lightly elbowed her husband.
“Sure,” Fenrir rolled his eyes, remembering how much he hated politics.
After a few more minutes of passionate goodbyes, the Moon Goddess was finally able to drag her daughter away from her beloved
“You two are like children with new toys,” she complained.
“We value every minute together,” Astraea corrected. “And fear spending any moment apart. Weve lost too much time as it is.”
“I know, and I am so sorry for my part in it. I just hope to earn your forgiveness one day.”
“You are doing all the right things,” Astraea smiled. “It’s just
-it will not happen in one day. But we appreciate your help during the fight and now. I know you are trying, Mother.”
A shiver shot through Selene’s body. She didn’t think she would hear that word again, yet her daughter turned out to be kinder than she expected.
“I have something for you.” The Moon Goddess stretched her gloved hand out and produced a small shining ball of energy.
“What is thi-” Astrea stopped talking because she recognised that aura. Her eyes darted back to her parent, and Selene’s lips curled slightly.
“It took me a while to get her out of the Source, but the fragments were still there. I pieced them back together, and although she will still need a few years of healing, she is alive.”
“Nova!” Astraea breathed out in relief, accepting the ball of magic.
Losing her wolf left a hollow in her soul, and she was so happy that she had something to fill it with.
Her wolf survived!
“Thank you!” The Goddess of Stars threw herself into her mother’s arms, hugging her for the first time since… centuries ago. “Thank you so much for this!”
“Anytime, my sweet girl,” The Moon Goddess tried to blink away the tears that threatened to escape her, too afraid to ruin the moment.
Astraea knelt and added a speck of her divine power to the ball of energy, slowly adding more and more until a beautiful glowing wolf looked at her from the grass.
“Nova!” she beamed at her old friend, who recognised her immediately and jumped into her arms. The goddess tucked her face into the soft silver fur, still not quite believing that it was real.
“In a decade or two, she will be ready to become someones wolf again,” Selene explained, “but for now, all she needs is your love and good care.”
“And she will always have both,” Astraea stroked her wolf’s head, trying to mind link her and only hearing silence in response.
Nova, do you hear me? She asked again and again.
The wolf tilted her head in response as if she didn’t understand what she was doing
Nova? Astraea tried again, disappointed that their connection was lost.
“Don’t worry, my girl,” she hugged her wolf tighter, “you will stay with me, and I will take good care of you. Just like you did for me all these years. And when the time comes, I will pick the best human for you.”
I think I’ve earned the right to pick my human .for myself.
Fair and square, Nova’s sarcastic voice rang in her head.
Nova! Astraea was happy, angry and shocked at the same time. Don’t you ever do that!
Oh, come on! Her wolf chuckled. I wanted to see you cry for me. I earned that too, don’t you think?
You-She was about to scold her when love overwhelmed everything else, and she simply placed her forehead on her wolf’s, closing her eyes and enjoying the return of her closest friend. Welcome home, Nova!
“We need to go”” Selene urged them after a few minutes. “
You still have a lot to prepare before the coronation.”
Astraea hated that their reunion was disrupted, but Nova spoke up in her mother’s defense.
Just so that you know, she risked her life getting me out,the wolf confessed. Do you see her wearing gloves now?
It’s because her hands were badly burnt in the process. The scars will probably never heal because the Source itself gave them to her.
The Moon Goddess caught her gaze and placed her hands into the pockets of her long, moder gown.
“Thank you for this, Mother” Astraea stood up and gave Selene another hug.
This time, it wasn’t rushed or due to heightened emotions.
This time, it was a choice, and at first, the Moon Goddess was so shocked that she froze in her daughter’s embrace.
However, in just a few seconds, her arms wrapped tightly around the starry goddess frame
“Of course,” Selene whispered. Til do whatever you need to be happy.”
“They still hate me, don’t they?” Fenrir asked his wife as they were about to enter the main Hall of Asgard. As Asgardian traditions required, they both wore white and gold today, which made the wolf slightly uncomfortable.
The fur on his cape added to his misery.
“Of course not!” Astraea looked into his eyes, a slight curl to her lips. “If it makes you feel any better, they hate both of us!”
“We still can abandon them and run away to the mortal realm,” the wolf reminded her.
“They will ruin it within a century,” she countered.
“Right-” Fenrir exhaled loudly. “So, ruling Asgard it is.”
He laced his fingers with his wifes even though, according to customs, he was supposed to enter the ceremonial hall first, and she was to follow him.
“Together,” he said, and Astraea smiled back at him.
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