The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 32

“Okay” she sat beside him hesitantly, unsure what to expect. “You are intriguing me, Kai Fionnlagh.”

“Savannah, I haven’t even started yet,” he winked at her and wrapped his large arm around her frame. She fitted nicely under it. Just as if they were made for each other,

They sat like that for a while, and absolutely nothing was happening. Except for the two of them hearing their hearts beating in unison and the stars shining brightly above their heads.

Savvy giggled, remembering something. “What is it?” Kai asked, and she tried to avert his gaze. “It’s nothing,” she lied.

“It’s something,” the King insisted, pulling her closer and enjoying her warmth mixed with that intoxicating bluebell scent

“Well,” Savvy snorted because she couldn’t hold it back anymore. “I just remembered that you call yourself the North Star.”

“First of all,” Kai tapped her nose gently. “I am not calling myself that. People call me that”

“Changes everything!” the girl snickered, and he tightened his grip on her. He always wanted to have her closer

“And it has a meaning behind it,” he pointed out, shooting her a mischievous look. He said nothing else, and Savvy lost patience. “Don’t stop now!” she jabbed him with her elbow, and he pretended it hurt. “Ouch!”

Savannah’s face faded when she realised he could have been wounded after all. Kai read her worried gaze correctly. Her concern warmed his chest slightly.

“Just kidding,” he snuggled the princess, kissing her temple and then pointed at the sky. “Look, it’s over there. The North Star. Since ancient times it had been of special significance to us northerners. Not only it’s one of the first stars to appear in the sky, but it’s also one of the brightest. Wherever a northerner finds himself, he or she can always find the way back to the North just by walking towards this star. It will always lead them back home.”

“Kai,” Savannah breathed out with a gentle smile on her lips. “This is actually beautiful.”

“I think so too,” he chuckled, brushing his nose over her cheek. “This is why each King here is called the North Star. He is supposed to be the guide to his people and to make sure North always remains their home.”

“It makes much more sense now,” she turned to look at him but found their lips way too close to each other all of a sudden. His warm breath was caressing her skin, and she couldn’t help but inhale his scent of fresh forest and pine, He pecked her lips gently, and she responded to

him, leaning, forward and doing the same, luring him in. She didn’t want to pull away and was glad when he finally tugged her closer, burying his free hand in her hair and deepening the kiss.

Pleasant goosebumps rippled all over her. They couldn’t have enough of each other, and it was 80 obvious now. Too obvious….

Something cold landed on her cheek, and she winced at the new sensation, trying to ignore it. But then it happened again, and she had to blink it away from her long lashes when she suddenly realised and broke the kiss.

at Kai, who seemed to

knowing smile formed on his lips as he watched her excitement, and she realised that

words stuck in her throat. He brought her to watch the first snow... An event of

his arms again. “Savannah, here in the North, you only greet First Snow with a person who has your heart. In the olden days, winters were harsh, and often people couldn’t move around much during the coldest months. Meeting the First Snow together was a promise to spend the winter

her heart racing in her chest. He was so serious about all this. It was slowly

spend many winters

for the pocket of his trousers, and Savannah

out something silvery and sparkling, making her gasp again at the sight of a beautiful pendant on a delicate chain. She understood what it was at once as the little diamonds were glimmering in the light of

reading here. The northern Lunas of the past were wearing this around their necks on the

scattering of diamonds adorned a four-pointed star with four smaller rays between them, and one larger diamond flaunted precisely in the centre of

thoughts. “Only my Queen can

a tense puzzled expression on his face, his lips clenched

much in it. She hated herself for ruining this moment, but he was talking about trust, and

pendant, realising one thing… she wanted nothing more than him placing it on her neck. She wanted

the point of being unrecognisable. “Please, Savvy,

how I told you about my

didn’t work

It did not.” She admitted this without regret and noticed a trace of relief on his face. “I trusted him because of our bond. I believe that the true mate bond is sacred for everyone … but I was wrong. He betrayed me on the

break the

and share his land and power. My so-called mate promised to that fox that he would take care of me, that I would be nothing more than his breeding

know that word because it was something in the ancient

brother, and he was chasing me with his pack. They would have killed me if they could back then. Of that, I am sure.” She stopped just for a second to gather more strength. It wasn’t easy to share this

inside

rejection,” she gulped and looked him

his teeth, already planning how he would kill that man. “I am

the thing, Kai,” Savannah sighed. “He is here. Zack Morgan, the werewolf

He felt like an i***t for welcoming this basterd into his house, for parading him in front of Savannah and asking her to tolerate him. But he also experienced an irresistible wave of jealousy toward her. He thought that Savannah and her mate mutually rejected each other, secretly hoping the guy had already been dead. Yet here he was. The man who technically had more rights to her than he did. And he hated that fact alone. Something dark was growing inside

feeling now that it wasn’t enough. “Elene,” he

his sibling now of all times. “I need Zack Morgan

can use force. Just keep him there and

he closed the link,

and he noticed that her eyes glistened with a few tears threatening to fall down her cheeks at any moment. He had