Chapter 86 – The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

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She had been waiting for a mate all her life. For a person who was supposed to love her unconditionally.

But he didn’t. Zack didn’t. He did not even hesitate to use her to his advantage.

He did not consider her feelings. And it did not seem to have any kind of remorse about it. On the contrary, he adapted fast and had already chosen a role for her.

Without hesitation. Just like that…

“I know you are not sleeping,” he whispered and her whole body tensed as he cupped her breast, chuckling. “Sawy, you are wearing my shirt and when I left you, you were naked. Just the way I like it.”

Of course. This was all he needed her for after all. “So, what were you doing while I was gone?” he asked, teasing her with his fingers.

And she decided to just go with the role he chose for her. This was how he saw her and it had to do. For now.

“I went to the bathroom and realised that you were gone,” she pouted her lips and could feel him smirking at that. “I missed you and decided to put your shirt

Where have you been? You left me all alone…”

“I am sorry, my love,” he bit her earlobe gently. “Urgent pack matters. You looked so tired. I did not want to bother you. But I am all yours now.”

His hands started going up and down her body, one of them dangerously low on her thighs.

“I am tired,” she tried to whine (something she wasn’t particularly good at).

“Tomorrow is a long day and you have already exhausted me. Could you… could you just hold me?”

Zack chuckled again and stopped his advances, following her request. “Anything for you,” he lied, and she felt as if a knife went through her heart. They could have been happy. They could have had anything. But they never would…

Savannah started to control her breathing to make it seem as if she had fallen asleep. But every time

She closed her eyes just for a moment, after fighting with herself for most of the night, and the sunlight was already streaming through the windows. But most importantly, Sawy felt something sharp grazing over the sensitive spot on her neck. The realisation that these were Zack’s canines made her flinch and he growled in protest.

“What’s wrong?” he asked her, turning her to face him. “We are mates, aren’t we? You are mine. I want to mark you, Savannah.”

She had to switch on her inner Riannon, running her fingers up his naked chest.

“I want that too, Zack. More than anything,” she bit her lip seductively when she looked at him and that made him snarl hungrily. “But… I want a marking ceremony. As you know, I am a princess and there are rules and traditions.

These are very important for lycans. Those things are inherited by us from the olden days. Lycan royals were marking their mates publicly so that there could never be rumours about the couple and their children. It’s important to us.”

“Then marking ceremony it is,” he agreed with ease. He probably really wanted to be the king if he bought that lie.

“We need to get ready,” Savvy sighed with a fake regret in her voice. “Gideon might find out where Ria is any minute. And we can’t lie in bed naked. We need to be prepared.”

“Life is unfair,” the Alpha snorted, but got out of bed after all and went in the direction of what looked like a bathroom. “Care to join me? I bet we still have a few minutes to spare,” he taunted.

“I am not a big fan of quickies,” slipped off her tongue before she bit it. But, luckily, he only let out a little laugh and then closed the door behind him.

Savannah decided not to waste time and charged for the bedside table, where she noticed his phone. To her disappointment, it was locked and, after a few attempts with the six digit code, she had to admit that it was useless. So, she put it back and stared at the wall in front of her. There was an almost full-sized picture of her mate hanging in a golden frame.

What a narcissist.

The time went by quickly and she was counting seconds until Zack would come out after he was done showering.

The smile on his portrait was smug and she did not like it.

“Maybe it’s a misunderstanding,” Athena suggested, and Sawy smiled bitterly.

She wished it was a misunderstanding. But she knew that it was not. “But he is our mate, we need to at least talk to him,” the wolf suggested.

“We will talk when our family is safe,” she cut her off.

“But look at his face! Someone like him can’t be…”

“Right!” Savvy jumped onto her feet with his phone in her hands and went all the way to the wall, swiping her finger and enabling… face recognition.

She had to try different angles, but in the end the phone unlocked.

Savannah knew she had seconds to get what she needed and she scrolled through the list of the last calls first. Luckily, Zack was very well organised and next to each name there was also the name of the pack.

“Bingo!” she whispered with excitement, but at the last moment a new message icon appeared and she opened it, her eyes going wide.

Zack took his time in the shower as if water could help him wash away the feeling of guilt that his wolf tried to make him feel. But the decisions were made long before Savannah. All that he could do now

She would still be a royal and she would have their kids to love instead of her brother. Yes, it wasn’t perfect, but it would work. He could tell that she already loved him, the bond made him change his own plans. He was supposed to kill her together with Gideon, erase the western royal lycan family once and for all.

But the moment he saw her, he knew that he would move mountains to keep her.

And while everyone discussed their plans at the impromptu Alpha meeting, he was making adjustments to his own plan in his mind.

He couldn’t sleep even with Savannah by his side and only after talking to his partner Castiel did he feel at ease. They could both have it all.

He dried himself properly after the shower and walked out of the bathroom not to find his mate waiting patiently for him on the bed as he had hoped.

“Sawy?” he called her, but there was no response. Although, what was he hoping for? That she was hiding under the bed?

Zack got his clothes and started pulling items on one by one, feeling how distressed his wolf was.

“What is it?” he asked nervously. “Our mate is unhappy. She is far away and getting further every second!” The reply irked him. There was no way… No way in hell!

He quickly scanned the room and saw his phone right where he left it. But just in case, he decided to check. Savy couldn’t know the code…

Yet when he checked the messages, everything became clear. The last two were received while he was in the bathroom. And they were both already marked as read.

One was from King Gideon. But the other… the other could be the end of him if he didn’t get his mate back.

“My mate Sawanah is gone and is on the run,” Zack mind linked his Beta, “Send everyone available. You’ve got to trace and get her back. I am going to. This is a life and death kind of situation. But I would prefer to get Savannah back alive. If there is a chance of that…”

He threw the phone away and shifted, jumping out of the window. He had to get her and he had to do it fast.

Sawy managed to reach the woods unnoticed in just her mate’s boxers and shirt.

There was no point wearing anything else as the moment she was hidden by the bushes, she shifted into her wolf work and ran, ran, ran. But before she even managed to get far, she heard a howl after a how. Dozens of wolves were after her now and she sped up.

Her wolf, Athena, was a true Alpha warrior and despite of being in pain, she accumulated all their energy to save themselves.

She had the speed of a lycan as her advantage. But unfortunately, she did not know where she was. These lands were unknown to her and she didn’t recognise her surroundings.

However, these were minor things now, because here and there she started to see the glimpses of other wolves. They were getting closer. And she knew that there were too many of them for her to handle alone.

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