The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Savannah and Kai could hear the sounds of the water threatening their friends’ lives. Water was merciless to shifters unless they were

sirens. Thanks to their regenerative abilities, they could survive if they were thrown into a fire. Bullets were useless because most shifters

moved faster than them. Cold weapons were dangerous only in another shifter’s hands and only if special conditions were met; it had to

be a special type of metal or poison, plus it had to go through the heart. Decapitation was also an option.

But water… water did not need special conditions. If a shifter was trapped under it, it would kill him sooner or later from lack of

oxygen. In the middle ages, it was one of the three types of executions for lycans and werewolves.

The stakes were ridiculously high.

“Where is the entrance to the catacombs?” The Princess demanded as she followed the Northern King.

“Not here,” he informed her, and she froze just for a second bclore anger made her clench her fists.

“What do you mean not here?1” She was furious as this wasn’t the time for jokes or mistakes. The stakes were too high.

“We wouldn’t get there in time if we went to the main entrance that should be unscaled. ” Kai replied, “That is why I am looking for

… this!”

He pointed at a carving on one of the walls, and Savannah stared at him with a raised brow.

“How does that help us exactly?” she wondered, but the Northerner brushed his palm over the carving.

“Everything is not what it seems in the Forgotten City,” he explained and then, as if by magic, the stone with the carving moved,

revealing a small window with metal bars. “This was done for security reasons so that guards could watch over the priests while they

performed rituals in the catacombs.”

But Savannah wasn’t interested in the explanation anymore. There would be time for that later if they survived today. And if not.it

wouldn’t matter.

The little window gave them a view of a closed room full of water, but it was too dark, and they couldn’t see anything else. If there

was some light before, it was gone now. The water level was rising rapidly, and one could tell it would soon reach the window.

“Da.mn it!” Kai swore under his breath, sensing his Beta close. There was no other place for him to be. “Sawy, step away!” he

ordered and closed his eyes, preparing for the shift. He knew very well that he would have to use his third form for this task.

Savannah gasped as she saw his bones breaking as he stood. A transformation to the royal lycan form was different from shifting into

a wolf. It was painful, and usually, it took more time. But not for Kai. He made it look so… easy. Almost effortless. She was nowhere close

to that. However, she was happy that he was able to become the lycan beast. They sure needed one now!

Their eyes met just for a second as she nodded to him in approval, and he knocked the metal bars out of the window, destroying a

generous chunk of the wall along with it.

without hesitation, he shifted back into his human form and dove into the water, his eyes glowing to illuminate the area around him.

Kai followed his instincts and soon saw his Beta floating unconscious, chained to the werebird, who also didn’t show any signs of

life.

able to forgive himself. He wasn’t sure that Savannah would forgive

fault they still went through with the stupid Luna Trials. Even

they didn’t manage to take the werebear prisoner. It

chains, silver coating burning his palms slightly and swam back to the surface

and the first

the water, and she grasped the chains to

both known. Without speaking to each other, they grasped the chains from different sides and broke them, working in perfect sync to separate the couple

as they heard yet another explosion

her when they dared to look at each other in between chest

out of

taking breaths on her own. The werebird still had shackles around

healing and preventing

bird rasped, confirming her suspicions as she caught her gaze,

to become even paler. She didn’t

of the two

Zara took

tears forming in her eyes, “unawarewolf, wake

with his hands. Mechanically, tactically, not thinking. Not ready

his best friend. Not today.

“If I did

it was taking too long, and the three of them knew Lachlan’s

him,” the werebird couldn’t hold back tears anymore and rested her

or at least escaped, but he stayed because of

wouldn’t expect anything less from my Betal” Kai grunted. He should have stopped already, and they all were aware of this. It was time to get his woman out of here,

up. And if

ass back here! That’s an order!” He growled loudly and slammed his fist into his friend’s chest harder than he

He felt a bone cracking, but at the same time, water burst out of

to help him just like Savannah did to the werebird a few

breathe, still facing the floor, muscles flexing and twitching from the

hoarse. “This is awkward… but I have to tell you this. Although my

into the Little Birdie. I

laughter, almost tearing up

confessed. “Go and leave me behind. I’ll manage

just wasted all this time saving you to leave you behindl” Kai rolled his eyes. “You

Lachlan tried to smile through pain as they helped him

as she broke the

back to the surface,” Kai said,

all looked at her. “Kai, if you are right about Bjorn and

alive, then maybe it’s best for us not to go back up there for now? This will

he is exploding the

“We don’t know if the bears wouldn’t arrive, and there are

here.”

as she pointed to the wall behind them with a

the labyrinth of the catacombs, “How accurate is

the catacombs since the city was sealed, but it’s

insisted. “It matches

so,” her chosen

you trust me?” She looked him

and she felt

mates were

we will leave the city through the

safely while

with me,” Zara

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