The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 39

Savvy blinked and saw snow-white hair swinging before her eyes as Naya took a battle stance.

“Easy there!” Her lips curled into a menacing grin as she blocked inga’s attack. Her eyes did not promise her opponent anything good, “You may hurt yourself again! We wouldn’t want that would

we?”

The werecat dodged another blow and then kicked Inga’s legs gracefully, making her kiss the dirty ground. Once again, Savannah admired the beauty with which the cats moved. As if they were dancing and not fighting

“If we could shift…” the werewolf growled.

“If we could shift, there would be a blood stain in the shape of you!” Naya retorted with a chuckle. “You don’t scare me, wolf girt. The only one I am scared of in this entire competition is the person I side

with.”

“Enough!” Celia tried to wriggle out from under Savannah, and the Princess stood up, letting her go. The ginger-haired girl rushed to her friend’s side,

“But…”inga was about to protest

“Did you hear what she said?” Celia seemed more agitated because of the magic word than anything else. “Sorry, but even Penelope is not worth it for me. Soyou are on your own! Besides, I think we have stalled them for long enough!”

Inga relaxed slightly hearing this and nodded. They exchanged glances and charged in the same direction without saying anything else.

“So much for their company!” Naya turned to face the other two women, and Savvy really didn’t

know what to expect next.

**You side with me?” The Princess raised her brow questioningly.

“Of course I do!” Alaugh followed the reply. “Who else could you and me, two Westerners, join

here?

“I could join forces with Astrid.” Savvy pointed out, throwing a quick glance at Petra, who still clung to the tree branch as if her life depended on it.

“I hate that one!” Naya scrunched her nose. “And Brigit!” The Princess continued. “Ugh, that one is even worse. You see why you needed me here?” The cat smirked.

“I needed you? Since when?” Now Savannah was interested.

“Since always!” Naya rolled her eyes. “Why do you think I am here? To fight for a man? No, thank you. I like pirts more anyway. Although men can be fun sometimes. That depends on the size of their dl-”

“I get it!” Savannah tried to stop her confession. “I still don’t get why, though. And how did you know

about the Trials?”

“I received an invitation from Elene. She wanted a werecat of noble blood to compete, and my

mother chose me.”

“So, you knew before I even got here?” Savvy gritted her teeth. “Why didn’t you inform us? We are

supposed to be in an alliance with the cat packs.”

“We are in an alliance,” Naya confirmed nonchalantly. “That’s the whole point. You didn’t need that

information back then. Your brother would flip, and we would have had another war on our hands instead

of a new and powerful ally. Who would want that? My mother sent me here to help you get King Kai’s heart and marry him. Or, at the very least, help you win the Trials and get the three wishes. If you had been disqualified, I would have to win this thing myself. Luckily, you didn’t disappoint. The King is really not my type, so thanks for that.”

“You cats have strange ideas about loyalty,” Sawy scoffed; however, she also felt relieved.

“We do what will benefit us all. If King Gideon asked us, we would have told him what we knew. But he didn’t, so….”

That was one convenient way of thinking

your being here helped me?” Savannah let out a laugh.

hilarious.

something wasn’t, I had to report to her, and she would inform King Gideon.” Naya folded

sounds like a very

worked, though!” The werecat snickered. “I was worried when you disappeared for a few days, but after I listened to Beta Lachlan’s conversation with Princess Elene, I knew you were not suffering in the King’s arms. I have to say, you worked faster than I

than enemies somewhere closer to the end of the Trials. And look at

and it’s

and they both turned to look at her. Her lips were twitching to keep a straight face, but tears

mumbled. “I forgot the

her hurt foot and winced at the sharp pain. More tears streamed down her cheeks. “Giving him

Savvy shook her head at once, choosing her words

sex al lavours! Petra, we

mouth. It was the first time she said that out loud to

first time she

Petra’s

girl asked, and Naya snorted, but Savannah jabbed her with her

cleared her throat. “You know what, we need to move if we

Forgotten City.”

stay here and wait for help.” The werecat smiled at

behind.

word that I’d take care of her.” “For real?”

and helped her

support. “Let’s go.”

The cat murmured to herself and took the tree branch away

it away. “Come here! It will be faster that

while, but since there were two of them

faster.

don’t have to worry about any attacks anymore.” The werecat tried to look

positive in the situation. “Inga and Celia are long gone. What

Forgotten City from a distance. They weren’t as destroyed as she imagined. In fact, they

it?”

wish I knew!” The Princess chuckled.

them. “Women spend their life there in prayers to Fenrir. They only eat food they grow themselves and are never allowed to marry anyone. Even if they meet their mate, however unlikely if one lives in Claghtern, they have to reject them. It’s pure life. They also train to be warriors and are considered elite here. They say that Fenrir gives them his blessing, and

tried to explain. “It’s an honourable position.” “if

chuckled.

werecat sniggered, and they

lauchs.

that each firstborn daughter would jo!n Claghtern” the pink-haired werewolf continued explaining. “Cella had to join them last year. Evelyn says it’s one of the reasons why she is in the Luna Trials. First, it postpones the Inevitable. And second,

thinks someone like Penelope would waste a wish on her, she doesn’t know her friend

but there was no

lost too much time, but it wasn’t hopeless yet. She was confident in her own strength and knew she could still catch

Naya exchanged concerned

with you!” The werecat sighed. “Just go already. I will look after her UNTIL

realised they were talking about her. “I will just wait here

this, and now you have to do the best you can. Your leg

a prize anymore?” The she-wolf pouted her lips. “According to your own mentor, the

and wait until someone arrives to save you?” Savannah

going to at least

to wait for the outcome. She had already

!

for Kai, not for any man. For you. You are just as strong as everybody else here. Even if you

“I’ll find you later by your scent,” she promised, waving

running for some time down the wall, realising there was no entrance to the

no doors, no

climb the wall, not to lose any

a huge circular labyrinth with thousands of branches, and Savvy had no idea how people lived here in ancient

sunset.

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