The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 50

She wanted to shake off his hands, but the pain was still rippling through her body, and she quickly found herself weakened by it.

Bjorn kneeled right behind her, sliding his palms over her arms and waist to get a better grip on her. Savannah was shaking in his arms, and this was just the effect he wanted to see.

“I heard that killine your own mate is the worst,” he whispered into her ear, his hot breath burning her sensitive skin. “I am sorry you had to go through this, but no worries, you are in good hands now”

“No!” She desperately tried to push him away, but he held her in place. “You did this! You did all of this!”

“Yes and no,” he cooed, rocking her slightly. “I warned you before, Savannah I gave you a chance to save your brother or your sister-in-law. You didn’t listen!”

She felt nausea churning her stomach as the bear’s grip on her tightened Her breathing was heavy, as destroying her mate bond with Zack made every cell in her body burn and ache to the point she wanted to claw her own skin. This was much worse than what she had experienced when her mate was bedding other women. This was crushing her bones, and at the same time, the loss of Kal and her family was destroying her soul. She was in agony, pure agony, although she still tried to contain it somehow

Was Bjorn right? Could she have saved Riannon and the baby? She couldn’t even look in their direction now, afraid to see her brother and his wife pale and lifeless. Two perfect mates, they didn’t get to live their life together the way they had planned. It ended too soon

She dropped Zack’s heart to the ground. There was no point in holding it now She didn’t want to touch anything of his anymore. She was done.

Only that their bond still wasn’t letting her go, piercing needles all over her body, wishing to make her regret her actions.

She didn’t She would never regret killing that son of ab*tch. She only wished she had the strength to kill another.

“Come here!” Bjorn was surprisingly gentle with her, and she gathered all the strength still left in her to try and shove him away.

“Don’t touch me!” She tried to growl, but the sound came out like a whimper. Bjorn let go of her for a moment, and she almost lost her balance, but luckily managed to find it again at the last second and not fall down to his feet. She wouldn’t be able to take this kind of humiliation,

“Switch off the cameras now!” The White Bear King commanded, and Claude gestured for the cameraman to follow the order. The bears who stood around them looked intimidating

More people entered the room, and Savannah caught a lamiliar figure among them. Blue dress with leather straps and ice-white hair braided in a traditional northern plait, Brigit averted her gaze.

“You!” Savvy breathed out, feeling how her vision was getting blurry from all the pain she was experiencing. The shock didn’t help either.

Brigit… The most obvious choice. The only white bear here. The one who rejected her own mate, although she had no good reason for this. The one who fought Castiel and Bjorn. The one who made them believe she was on their sidel

“How… could you?!” Tears were burning Savvy’s eyes while beads of sweat were forming all over her body She barely stood on her feet. “We trusted you!”

“And this is your mistake number one,” Bjorn watched her with some kind of amusement, enjoying every second of it. He cupped her chin, making the Princess look into his healthy eye again. “Never trust a traitor.”

Brigit did not say anything, She lowered her head a few men around her chuckled, watching the show unfolding before their eyes

“Traitor.” Savannah repeated, her voice was barely a whisper now. She knew that she wouldn’t be able to stand for too long, but she needed answers

“Yeah,” Bjorn let out a laugh. “It’s kind of a long story, actually. To cut it short, she was supposed to be my wie.” Savvy gasped at the words, and he enjoyed her reaction, “Her father was in an alliance with my brother Castiel and me. He promised me his daughter as my future bride, and I had no reason to decline back then Imagine my surprise when the said bride arrived but only had eyes on my handsome brother Her first betrayal. Naturally, I didn’t want a woman who would rather have my brother than me Castiel did have that effect on women, that old fox she swore his love and loyalties to him and then betrayed him in the most gruesome way, leading to his death Backstabbing at its best”

“Didn’t he betray her trust first?” Savvy forced a scowl “He locked her in a cage with dozens of other women in skimpy dresses and used them as he saw fit”

“He was always honest about what they could expect from him,” Bjorn cut her off

“Debatable!” Savvy was practically panting now. The pain wasn’t dying down, and she felt her knees shaking She knew she wouldn’t be able to take this for longer.

followed his example “One of her sisters was sent to me atter Brigit left with Castiel, and I gave her to my

her eyes to meet Savannah’s, but the Western Princess did not look sympathetic. They were in a room full of dead people she cared about Nothing could fix that.

you ordered her to

in the best of moods. “At first, she was here to kill Kai, but the opportunity didn’t present itself. I already wanted to dispose of her, but she managed to prove her loyalty when she pretended to attack me back in the shrine. 5o.1 gave her an easier task this time. All she had to do was to

the security system he was responsible for today. And i have to say, everything worked

gulped and felt how dry her lips were Aspen was probably dead too. However, there was still another question that bothered her if Bngit did not poison

did?

hand around the room. The leaders of the bears understood her

I have been preparing for this.” His lips curled into an arrogant smile. “It’s done. You can stand up now!” he commanded, and Savannah

hoped it was some kind

friend, stood up and sneered at her, adjusting the dress on her curvy body Savvy remembered she did not like her much

lying with her face on the table too, but clearly wasn’t dead either. They tricked everyone. “You are the star of this show, after all!” Emma snorted and walked

her head. This was too

the Western Princess Her gaze was so cold and emotionless, not a trace of the sweet girl Savvy got to

she said dispassionately, “Nothing personal.

personal?” Savvy let out an exasperated chuckle. “You killed everyone I loved!

“I liked you, of course. But work comes first. Whatever the assignment, it always comes belore everything else. And just because someone tells you they are your

focusing Just not falling down to the ground was a struggle on its own now,

face Bjorn, who didn’t take his eye off her. His smug

without battles!” He took a

in history books!” Savvy snapped “He couldn’t take the opponent down, so he sent three women to do the

red as he yanked her

be bought. I used every opportunity my enemies provided me. Even the Luna Trials.” Bjorn shook her, and the room spun around her. She had trouble focusing on him now, and the

and he pressed her against his chest with force as if he wanted to

“I did things for my people that I am not proud of, but

me!” On a whim, Savvy tried to claw out his heart just like she did with Zack, but barely managed to scratch him. Either she was too weak now, or he was too strong. Or both… she

whispered into her ear, “Time will come, and you will take all those

back press against his chest and fixing her in this position so that she could have a good view of what was going

in the room lowered thelr heads, hearing his Alpha tone. Savvy’s eyes circled the space. “The King of the North and King of the West are both dead! None of them left heirs behind. Do you know what will

have thought about it before all this!” Savannah snapped, but

he leaned forward so that his chin rested on her shoulder, and she hated it. “I know

Think of it. Savannah. You and I will bring peace and prosperity to both kingdoms. The war will be over, and everyone will be sale. Don’t tell me it doesn’t sound

was too tired to listen to all this. The pain surging through her body was making it hard to stay awake. In fact, she was

not!” She confessed,

to her. “Maybe not now, but with time you will see this is the only way!” He insisted dryly and then suddenly let go of

the floor as her legs didn’t hold

you don’t have any silly ideas or expectations that everything will be resolved magically!” He stood in front of her, and she looked up to see him stretching his hand. One of his men immediately placed the silver spear in

she was sure now that this was exactly the one they had in their house Her memory didn’t let her forget the ancient patterns on it. Riannon brought it from her house when she moved in with

and the fact alone that Bjorn had

recognised it,” the bear smirked at her, and she nodded, hoping that he would pierce her heart with it. If everyone she loved was dead, she wasn’t sure there was a point in living She did not want to be left alone. She knew that feeling far too well back from when her parents were killed, and she did not want to go back to that darkness “I had absolutely no problem taking it from your house in the West when I

looked at him in horror Her house was protected by the best warriors Then again, so was this castle “But h-how?” She couldn’t help the question Bjorn

a bear, we believe it’s a bear. Luckily. my brother has spent years working on controlling scents in his laboratory. And his research was amazing! Best of the best! Even now that he is dead, his legacy lives on! This allows my people and I to go unnoticed anywhere. Our tracks are impossible to find. We are the best at this! I walked into your house through the main door and walked out with the spear. And

second. It was sad that