Chapter 94 – The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

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Dozens of bears threw themselves at him. They knew that they would only have a chance if they .! attacked now, while he wasn’t at his strongest yet. And only if they fought wisely. Foxes tried to launch a series of smaller assaults but that was like tickles to him now.

He didn’t even bother to look at the little red things when he crushed them with his feet or backslapped them, sending them to the flight of their lives. Even bears weren’t that much of a threat to him now. He was catching them and snapping their necks with ease. Or catching two and crushing their skulls against each other. He wanted their blood, he wanted to see their death, to feel that power over their pathetic lives. The beast wanted more. More, more, more…

Catch, snap, crash. Repeat. Catch, snap, crash. Again.

Riannon couldn’t believe what she saw. She called her mate, she knew that it was him. But Gideon wasn’t responding to her.

She knew that royal lycans did not like to shift into this humanoid wolf form of a monster. She remembered how her mate was telling her about his struggles with control. The stronger the beast was, the harder it was to get back after shifting into him. And Gideon’s lycan was one of the stronger ones that ever existed…

She wanted to go after him but some fox jumped on her. The spear proved to be useful again. And Riannon had to use it a few times as she ran after her beloved.

He was slaughtering their enemies one by one and cleaning the field off the rival species.

From the corner of her eye, she already saw that the presence of the true lycan was changing how the battle continued. Wolves and werecats were getting the upper hand.

Gideon was now in the middle of a large enemy group. They were jumping on him, trying to bite him, cut him, do anything possible to turn the tables…..

Ria tried to get to him but it was so hard in all that mess. Someone was attacking her every second and her progress towards him was slow.

Before her eyes, a huge wave of bears and foxes covered her mate from her, climbing on top of him, jumping on his back and forming some kind of a moving mountain. mountain telt.

She tried reaching her bond, she tried calling for him… But he wasn’t responding.

As if he was not there at all.

Riannon did not know what was going on there but she tried to get to that part of the battlefield whatever it cost her. Another fox, a grey one this time, sliced her back and she screamed again, falling to her knees. She twisted and managed to pierce the one who attacked her. However, a huge brown bear was there before she managed to get up. He snarled loudly and was about to tear her into pieces when a resounding roar shook the ground beneath them.

In one breath the bear was gone, his bloody head falling to her feet and a huge black beast stood before her, his eyes grazing over her slender frame.

“Gideon,” she called her mate’s name but he did not respond. “Gideon!” she sounded desperate now, but she did not care. He looked at her as if… as if he did not know who she was…

Riannon couldn’t believe her own eyes. The beast stood over her, breathing heavily. Blood was dripping from his claws and his snout. And for the first time ever she was afraid of her mate.

“Gideon!” she repeated his name, but there was no response.

A fox charged at him, but he hit it so hard in its jump that the red-furred creature flew far away and did not move anymore from the moment it landed on the ground. He probably broke his neck just like that.

“Gideon, it’s me!” Ria tried to explain to him again, but he took a step toward her, growling.

Two bears attacked them simultaneously and she wasn’t ready for this, distracted by the whole situation. But she didn’t need to do anything, because the lycan killed them both in an instant. She took a quick look around, seeing that the advantage was now on their army’s side. She did not see wolves fighting wolves, meaning that the traitors did not attack them. Which did not make them any less traitorous, but it was good enough for now. It would be easier to win this battle without trying to understand who was a friend and who was a foe.

She also still did not see any leader in the army that attacked them. But she knew that someone had to command all those beasts.

“Mine!” the lycan growled so loudly that the ground underneath them shook.

Then he took another step towards her. A small smile formed on her lips.

“You do remember me!” she whispered in relief. If anyone could bring him back, it would be her. And she intended to do just that.

In an instant, Riannon shifted into her wolf, angering the Lycan in front of her. He did not like the game that she was playing. But she sprinted away from him as fast as possible.

She deliberately went through the biggest fighting crowd, knowing that he was following her and that he would destroy every bear and fox on his way. Even in his state, he knew who his enemies were.

She was throwing herself inside of the bear clusters, usually going for their feet.

The bears were slower than her and she was getting out of their grasp right before Gideon’s Lycan was finding them. Smelling her scent on them, he was going feral, ripping his potential rivals apart one by one.

She just hoped that it wasn’t taking too long. She knew she needed him away from all that, where no one would disturb them.

: From the corner of her eye, Riannon noticed Reid and Savvy’s wolves running next to her and felt them knocking into her mind. They never used mind link together before, but technically she was already a member of their pack and could do it since the moment Gideon left two golden crescents on her neck. So, she let them in

“I hope you have a plan!” Savvanah was the first to speak, her white wolf with black ear tips looked fierce as he destroyed one of the foxes in her way.

“We need to get him out of this as fast as possible,” Reid informed her, “The longer he uses this form, the harder it will be for him to get back.”

“I am on it!” she replied with confidence that brought relief to them both, “Will you be able to finish up here alone?”

“Yes!” they replied in unison, and she knew that they meant it. “Gideon has already shredded half of their army to pieces. Just get him to shift back and we are

“Good!” Ria took up speed and headed for the woods, away from the clearing.

“Then don’t look for us! At least not for the next few hours! Reid, you lead the army. Savvy…”

“I know,” the white wolf replied, “Don’t worry, we were all trained for this. Do what you have to do!

Riannon did not say anything else and changed her course. The hugelycan beast followed her as if his life depended on it. Her silver fur was glowing again, and it was hard to miss her on the battlefield.

Savanah followed them with her gaze, knowing that her brother was in good hands. She also knew that even in his feral form, he would never hurt his mate.

They loved each other too much for that. They were how mates were supposed to be. Perfect. Pure. Sincere. Consumed by each other’s existence, Irrevocably in love.

So not like her and Zack…

Sawy was fighting, targeting bears mostly. As a lycan it was her duty to remove the strongest . enemies so that their allies could fight the foxes. But she was looking for the wolves. Or better say one wolf in particular. The traitor. Her mate.

However, Zack wasn’t there. She was looking everywhere for him, trying to find that intoxicating scent of his. She needed to kill him. She needed to kill her mate and free herself. Free herself from all those feelings that were overwhelming her and from that damn pull that could lead her to her demise.

She refused to be a mate to this man. And since he rejected her rejection… she had no choice anymore. She would do it even if she would have to scratch her own heart out.

Riannon was sprinting as fast as she could, knowing that the Lycan followed her.

She knew that he could already get her, but the predator in him loved to play with his prey. Which at the moment was her.

She stopped when they were far enough from the battle, choosing the clean grass-covered clearing. He leapt out of the shadows and knocked her off her feet, towering over her with his eyes glowing. He tucked his nose into her neck, and she heard a distinctive “MINE” snarl.

Struggling under him, Ria shifted into her human form, and he growled in approval, not taking his glowing eyes off her.

“Shift!” she told him firmly, but he only inhaled her scent again and then howled loudly into the air, ignoring her words.

“Shift!” Riannon ordered, and this time she brought his attention back to herself.

He was snarling at her and baring his teeth. Which was a bad sign. But she wasn’t afraid. Whether it was his third form or one hundredth, he would never deliberately hurt his mate. Gideon loved her too much. And she trusted him even now.

So, she took a deep breath and punched the Lycan into his snout as hard as she could. Since the Moon Goddess blessed her and Onyx, strength wasn’t an issue anymore. So, her punch did have an impact and she even heard something cracking.

The lycan growled louder, pressing her harder into the ground in an attempt to submit her. But she wasn’t giving in to him.

“Shift!” she roared together with her wolf, their voice deeper and scarier than ever before as it echoed through the woods. The lycan’s claws dug into her skin, drawing blood. Angry, she reciprocated, leaning closer to his neck and baring her canines. Not thinking twice, she dug them into his flesh right where her mark was supposed to be on him. She closed her eyes, knowing that it was the last thing that she could .

All she felt was his weight on her as his blood dripped down her chin. without

you! i can’t lose you… Ever! you promised to always stay with me, remember!”

“I do,” he replied, and she froze. For a moment, she was afraid to even move. His hands wrapped tighter around her and she realised that they weren’t covered in thick fur anymore.

“I will never leave you,” Gideon said out loud and she retracted her canines and looked at him finally. He was lying on top of her, naked. And there was this soft knowing smile curling his lips. “Even if you ask is me, I will never leave you,” he added, and she felt salty liquid burning her eyes.

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