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.

and he would never be able to forgive himself.

through with the stupid Luna Trials. Even

to take the werebear prisoner. It was all in

palms slightly and swam back to the surface as fast

he created, and the first thing he saw were Savannah’s terrified green

grasped the chains to help him, trembling when she

already both known. Without speaking to each other, they grasped the chains from different

silence, they started performing CPR as they heard yet another explosion

they dared to look at each other in between

out of Zara’s mouth. Immediately, Savannah

her own. The werebird still had shackles around her wrists, and the

her healing and preventing

the bird rasped, confirming her suspicions as she caught her gaze, but then

and somehow managed to become even paler. She didn’t have strength

of the two

and Zara took the

with tears forming in her eyes, “unawarewolf,

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

best friend. Not today. Not like

Zara pleaded. “If I did it, so can you! Come back

long, and the three of them knew Lachlan’s chances were lowering every

werebird couldn’t hold back tears anymore and rested her head on Savannah’s shoulder.

them off or at least

He should have stopped already, and they all were aware of this. It was time to get his woman out of here, but every time he pressed on

gave up. And if nothing happened, he

He growled loudly and slammed his fist into his friend’s chest harder than he

water burst out of his Beta’s throat from the pressure.

help him just like Savannah did to

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

he panted, his voice hoarse. “This is awkward… but I have to tell you this.

Birdie.

growled through laughter, almost tearing up in relief. This was a good sign.

confessed. “Go and leave me

saving you to leave you behindl”

Lachlan tried to smile through pain as they helped him back to

as she broke the shackles on Zara’s wrists,

the surface,” Kai said, wrapping his

lip, and they all looked

us not to go back up there for now? This will give a chance for everyone else to

exploding the

The King furrowed his brows. “We don’t know if the bears wouldn’t arrive, and

here.”

she pointed to the wall behind them with a

of the labyrinth of the catacombs, “How

any adjustments to the catacombs since the city was sealed, but it’s

insisted. “It matches the

guess so,” her

much do you trust me?”

and she felt warmth

mates were supposed to

and we will leave the city

while we

me,”

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