Chapter 71 – The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

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“That would be an overstatement,” she lifted her chin high, assessing her clothes.

To her relief, she was still fully dressed. Only her beautiful leather jacket and boots were missing. At least that was good news, nobody violated her in her sleep. This was giving her hope. “You drugged me, remember?” She moved to the edge of the bed and sat on it.

“I do and I am sorry,” he shrugged his shoulders. He wasn’t sorry at all. But he was

“You are not.” Riannon stated plainly, rubbing her forehead. She never had a headache this bad.

“True,” the fox smirked. “I would have done it differently if there was a chance.

But there was not, so, don’t blame me. I wanted us to talk for a while.”

“We live during sad times if men have to drug women to simply talk to them,” she scoffed, but he did not give her any reaction, walking deeper into the room and taking a seat in one of the armchairs next to the window.

Ria decided not to waste any time and stood up, pacing slowly around the room and looking around. Any detail here could be an important piece of information to use in the future.

But the more she looked, the more disappointed she became. This room had no character in it.

“It’s all brand new,” she heard the fox king chuckle behind her back. “I had it prepared specially for you after our first meeting in person. You will not find anything here.”

“Who said that I am looking?” she raised her brow at him and went to sit in the opposite chair, placing one of her legs on top of the other. “Maybe I am just admiring the design.”

“Yeah. Sure,” he let out a little laugh, tapping the armrest with his long fingers while eyeing her. He was enjoying all this and she hated the fact that she was providing this satisfaction for him.

mood and that arrogant smile dropped off his lips.

“The question is whether I lost them or simply sacrificed them?” he was back to sneering in less than a second. But this time she knew that it was an act.

“Why don’t we get to the point and you just tell me what do you want from me?”

Ria cut straight to the chase. Foxes hated that. They loved their mind games.

“Who said that I want anything?” Castiel winked at her as if they were good friends.

“Well, you did prepare a room for me,” she pointed to everything that was surrounding them and he nodded, giving up on that one little lie.

“Oh, Riannon,” he sighed, looking her straight into the eyes, “I want so many things from you! You have no idea.”

She cringed a bit, hearing that, but did her best not to show it.

“I am not sure I want to hear this,” she parried and heard another chuckle of his.

Menacing this time.

again…

Riannon tried not to display her emotions in front of the fox king, as his men dragged

Harper into the room. Not that she experienced a lot of emotions. For a second there, she was afraid that it could be Maya. But seeing her ex’s sister actually made her feel relieved. That was the sacrifice she was willing to make if she absolutely had to.

Harper looked even worse than the last time she saw her. It had probably been hours since she switched off in the woods. And Ria guessed that Castiel didn’t have a luxurious room

“What is this?” she co.cked her brow and stared at the fox king, absolutely unimpressed. “Riannon!” Harper whimpered, but she ignored that. The less attention she paid to her, the better. She couldn’t show Castiel that she cared even one bit. That would seal the girl’s

“You know exactly what this is,” the man in front of her sneered, brushing his head over his medium-length hair.

“What does Brayden’s sister have to do with me?” she shrugged her shoulders.

“You came to save her, remember?” he reminded her and she let out a little laugh.

“Seriously? That’s your leverage?” she scoffed. “You know very well why I came there.

Not for her.”

“You b*tch!” Harper screeched and Riannon rolled her eyes. “I knew you were like this!

You worthless…”

“Then if she is this insignificant and has no use for you, I don’t think I have use for her as well anymore. She played her part.” Castiel clicked his fingers and one of the warriors hit the back of Harper’s knees, making her fall down. The other grew his claws and grabbed the girl’s hair with a free hand, digging them into her flesh almost to the point of bleeding.

Ria pursed her lips. She did not owe anything to Harper. Especially not after what she saw in her past.

But she wasn’t a murderer. And Harper hadn’t done anything yet. Maybe… just maybe there was still a way to save her.

However, letting Castiel think that Harper meant something to her would be a mistake.

He would then use the girl against her again and again. And she didn’t even know yet what he wanted from her in the first place.

Everything was a game to him. The smirk on his face was the proof of that. So, she decided to try and play with him as well.

indifferently. “But I am surprised you think that she played her part already.”

Her opponent chuckled and she locked eyes with her ex-sister-in-law just for a second. The girl clearly wanted to say something but clenched her lips as the claws dug a bit deeper into her neck.

“Elaborate on that, please,” Castiel encouraged her.

“Just because she doesn’t mean much to me, doesn’t mean she has no use for you.” She was choosing every word carefully. “She is still Brayden’s sister. And

Brayden is still the Alpha of The Silver River pack.”

“Which is bankrupt now. How long is it until his own people turn on him or other

Alphas come to claim his land?” the fox king smirked, looking at her with amusement.

“My Beta or Gamma will give him the money due after our divorce,” Ria lied calmly. She was thinking of it but did not give such an order yet. But those were insignificant details now.“ His pack would be thriving in no time. And no one would start a war, knowing that we have another one looming over us.”

He watched her as she spoke and she did not like his gaze on her. She did not like his interest. She did not want it.

“Take her back to her cell,” Castiel commanded, and his men obeyed, yanking

Harper back to her feet. She had tears rolling down her cheeks that ruined the remnants of her mascara. But at least, she wasn’t shouting any insults anymore.

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