Chapter 74 – The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

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“I am sorry,” Roxanne lowered her head. “I already told Ash everything I knew. I don’t remember anything else. But I am sure that my strong Alpha will save me anyway. Right, Brayden? You will not leave me and your baby alone?”

She looked at him pleadingly and he took her hands off her and walked a few steps away.

“Bray,” She mumbled, “what is going on?” “Shift,” he ordered her in a cold voice, making her lips part in shock.

“Bray!” her tone was begging for mercy as she stared at him helplessly. “What are you saying? Why?”

“I want to see your super special wolf. That’s all,” a smirk appeared on his face and Gideon watched curiously. This wasn’t a part of their plan. But then again –

their plan just failed. She did not fall for it. So, they would have to try something else.

Maybe that Alpha wasn’t that useless after all?

“Shift,” the stone-cold voice made the little fox shiver. She knew that it would be over for her if she did.

“Shift. Now.” He wasn’t reacting this time. If the person who was being seduced was aware, it lessened the effect. A lot. This was how sailors were surviving on the sea in the olden days. They knew exactly what kind of monsters sirens were.

“I can’t shift!” Roxy sobbed, “I am still an omega! It can hurt the baby. Your baby!”

“It seemed to be fine just a while ago,” he got out his phone and quickly swiped the screen. Then he shoved it into her face and Gideon could see a video playing. “You shifted into a fox to fight Maya. I hate to break it to you, my love,” this time every word was coated in

“Brayden!” she burst into tears loudly and ugly, throwing herself at him again. “I am still your mate! I couldn’t tell you that I was a fox! You would never accept me… So, I lied about

The Alpha was looking at her now and a storm of emotions was raging inside of him. How could he be so stupid? Why didn’t he see that before? He lost everything because of the deception of that woman and all he wanted was to snap her neck. Moreover, he even knew already that the baby wasn’t his. The doctor ran some tests on Roxy and the baby’s blood type meant that he couldn’t be his father. Because that child, however small, didn’t have the Alpha marker in his or her blood. And by the next morning, he would have DNA test results to confirm his suspicions once and for all. But looking at her now, he already knew that he wasn’t the father.

“That child and you will be dead by the end of the week if you don’t start speaking,” he

“Brayden! Brayden!” she screamed, but he stopped hearing her as soon as the door closed behind him. He went to the bathroom and washed his hands, face and everywhere else she touched with her tears. He didn’t want any of that on him anymore.

“How the hell do you have the footage from the woods?” Gideon growled behind his back as he walked in. His eyes were glowing now and Bray knew that the lycan king would rip him apart if he could installed in a few places to spot intruders. I was lucky that Maya ended up fighting her right under one. That’s all. I have already checked everything else.

There’s nothing useful.”

“Can you see her in the video?” Gideon interrupted his speech.

“Just a bit,” Bray admitted.

“Give it to me! Now!” the lycan snarled at the Alpha. Brayden handed him the phone and Gideon started watching the short extract of what surely was a long recording before.

He saw a bear, a fox and Roxanne in her human form. Then he saw another wolf attacking them, who was probably Maya. She was outnumbered but fought fiercely and when she was done with the first two beasts, Roxy shifted into a huge fox right in front of her. A few moments later he saw her, his Riannon. She appeared from the depths of the forest and watched her friend fight. One breath

– and a dark figure appeared behind her. He placed some kind of fabric over her nose and mouth and held her tight while she… did absolutely nothing to fight him. Ria did not struggle at all.

Maya was done with Roxanne when she could still see the man taking his mate away. But she did not move either, watching how the fox slowly shifted back to her human form instead and only occasionally glancing at her Alpha being taken.

So many things were wrong with that video.

The whole finale took a few seconds but an Alpha and a Beta were supposed to have better reactions.

“Bring me the rest of it!” Gideon ordered, sending the video to himself via messenger and turned his back to the Brayden. “All of it!”

He went to the observation room, where Maya, Reid and Ash were still watching

Roxy cry hysterically in the corner. :

“So noisy!” Reid rolled his eyes, pointing at the fox behind the glass who couldn’t see them.

or if it was some kind of a joke. However, when he growled loudly and menacingly, they all stood up and headed for the exit.

“Not you, Maya,” the lycan king motioned for the Beta to stay and his own second looked at him questioningly. “We need to talk.”

just like Ash, not defying his king’s command.

Maya did not seem worried of phased at all even when Gideon handed her his phone with the very same video. She watched it, unbothered. Just the way she watched

Riannon taken

“So,” Gideon snarled, “would you explain to me what the hell that was?!”

He did not lie to her when he told her she could roam freely around his house.

But Castiel forgot to mention that two guards would be following her wherever she went.

It was annoying but she chose to tolerate them and pretend like everything was

A-okay.

“I can kill them now if you want,” Onyx offered with a chuckle. “One is a bear, and one is a fox. We snap the fox’s neck first and then deal with Paddington.”

“Just leave them be,” she said to her wolf. “They are doing their job and also there are cameras everywhere here. It’s not the time. Not yet.”

She cringed at the thought that Castiel could be watching her with the help of his hidden cameras. She had to take a shower and change, knowing that, but she had to act as if she wasn’t aware. Riannon needed to underestimate her at least a bit, so she acted naturally at all times. But she still learned where the cameras were and where the blind spots could be. She did not plan to stay here for long, so she chose one of the many dresses in the wardrobe that he provided. No pants were there and her own clothes disappeared. So, she chose a black dress with sequins, long sleeves and a plunging V cut at the front. It wasn’t what she would prefer to wear while on the enemy’s territory, but other dresses seemed to be even more revealing.

The mansion she was at was exquisite, filled with pieces of art and expensive decorations. Castiel definitely did not spare any money and had an expensive taste. But at the same time everything here felt a bit too much. As if he was proving something. As if he was proving that he was a real king… Even the clothes he provided for her seemed like a doll’s wardrobe. He probably saw her as a new pretty possession.

She remembered her mate. Gideon did not have to prove anything to anyone. He never felt that need.

But thinking of him now was hurting her. She wished she could just tell him how she felt and why… The Red Eden. building was empty and barely anyone lived here. But soon her ears picked up a strange buzzing noise. She decided to follow that and in a few minutes she found herself in front of huge wooden doors.

“What is that?” she asked one of her guards, the taller one, and he seemed uncomfortable hearing this question.

“We’d better go somewhere else,” the shorter one said, mirroring his colleague’s expression.

Now she just had to enter that forbidden place.

“I thought I was allowed to walk anywhere I want in this house,” she quirked her brow up and the men looked at each other, both of them tense.

“You are,” the tall one agreed uncomfortably, “It’s just… This place…”

“Open the doors!” she commanded, and they obeyed. At least, she had some kind of power here.

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