The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 46 Brigit ran through the maze using the path she had already tried before. She knew she couldn’ttrust anyone very well, and her own path was the safest.

The buildings of the Forgotten City started collapsing one by one way too fast, way too close …

To the point of her thinking that she wouldn't make it.

She finally reached the hardest part of the maze with the secret tiles and tried to hop from one to another, looking for the empty ones or the northernstars.

She was already so close to the wall that she could almost taste the safety.

However, at the last moment, a small hut not far from her exploded, pieces of stone flying in all directions, one of theheavy ones landing on one of the crescent tiles right next to her foot.

She had just a second to react before the poisoned arrows flew at her, and she ducked down, sliding over several tiles.

She knew it was bad before she stopped, and the ground started falling through under her as she activated oneof the silver pits.

The flower one.

The one that had sharp spikes at the bottom.

Desperate, Brigit grasped the edge of the wall, but one of her hands slipped.

This was the end.

She knew it had to be, and tears started stinging her eyes.

Everything was in vain…

Her fingers started giving in when a strong hand caught her wrist, not letting her fall to herdeath.

Brigit's first thought was that the white bears got her, and a chill went down her spine becauseshe had failed.

Failed, failed, failed.

Big time.

That was when the tingles erupted through her, and she wished it was one of the white bears.

"I've got you!" Aspen growled as he pulled her up to the surface.

He was so big, so warm, and he smelled like the northern mountains she loved so much.

"I've got you," he repeated as he pressed her against his body.

She didn't know if he was saying that to her or to himself, and she didn’t care.

Brigit heard explosions here and there, but they were dying down now.

Luckily, they were on safe turf now, and Aspen still held her in his arms.

His scent enveloped her; his well-trained hands were keeping her in place.

She should have pushed him away, freed himself from her, run away…but she did not want to.

She had dreamt of this her whole life.

This was what she wanted, what she desired the most.

This! She wanted to have a man who would love her unconditionally, who would belong to her and her alone.

She did not want to share; she did not want to fight for him, she did not want to beg forhis attention, she did not want to have to ask him for anything.

Brigit dreamt of a true mate, a fated one, who was born to make her happy.

For whom she would be enough.

And here he was, eager to claim her, eager to give her everything she ever wanted.

It was heartbreaking to know she couldn’t accept him.

"You are okay," he whispered into her hair, and she felt him placing a soft kiss on the top of her head.

Brigit leaned into his warm chest with her eyes closed.

Just for a moment.

Just this once…

She didn't know how long they stayed this way, but she did not want to move.

She knew that the moment she did, it would be over.

have

here!" they heard a loud voice, and she saw

tried to push him away, to

looked at her with

of the Northern Lycan King,

he

she was the only person in the entire world who could break

as my mate." Her voice trembled, chest heaved from

suddenly hard to swallow, and she felt as if

Really looked at her.

don't want to do this," he stated, the pain still evident

it louder this time, but the lycan in front of her stood up “I don’t buy it,” he said andoffered her

back when you

gave him a puzzled look at

her own, storming as far away from him

week passed, and

North was buzzing with the news of the White Bear King, who made his claim on the land

stated calmly as theysat in the Blue Spinel office of the

is still hiding and doesn't crawl out of his

Savannah

were

Gideon looked at him as he

screwed up when

been married to Savannah for years if not for your ego!” Kai retorted as

Savvy interjected, tapping her fingers on the top

after all.” “Maybe you are right, Savvy, but

Riannon's voice was like honey, taunting

told a

as much as

more.” Kai

the one who called me to talk about this?” “I dealt with the brother I had on my

they are concentrating on the

and then destroy them when they are weakened? “Gideon repeated almostexactly the

wasn’t lost on the Northern

adorable little sister lives here?" Savvy chimed in,

his head, crossing

you, the people here hate you

Savannah clenched her lips.

all knew it was

ever since they found out that Penelope died, while it was only her and Savannah in the temple, thingstook

the fact that there was an obvious villain in

this!" Kyle turned his laptop so that they could all see the

face and the logo

sighed and nodded for Kyle to click on the play

confidence, and there was a vague

saddens me that the north is currently in

Forgotten City as

you all that under the current ruler, no one is

does not protect you! Not because he doesn't want to protect you, but because he simply cannot offer you protection! I gotinto the ancient relic that was supposed

own future Luna! Savannah Stormhold slayed her competition with ease and grace, worthy of atrue Northern Queen! The North will only accept a Luna that is worthy! But this should also apply to the king! Yes, I am a White Bear! But before everything, I am a Northerner! And I want a safe kingdom for all of us! / want us to be what we used to be! Power! Power that has to be reckoned with!" Kai stood up from his chair at

much calmer reaction to what she expected from

him and placed her hand on his

words again," she reassured him, rubbing her

her into his embrace and wrapped his arms around heras if to hide her from the whole world, she realised what he

his Luna over my dead body," he said, tucking his head into her neck and inhaling

smiled softly and tilted her head

a wing of a butterfly might, andhe lost it, crashing his

a plan with no dead bodies?”

don’t forget you are not alone

to see

first, Gideon!" Savvy tore

supported you both along the way.” “But he is

"Yes,

me to go back to him? Maybe he will have time for me between all the orgies he is havingon a daily basis!" Savannah snapped at her brother, and this time the

cheek for a moment, looking at

to her sibling, he

their fingers together and stood before the king of The Western

the past, and some of them

Gideon scoffed while Riannon gave him a warning

and Savannah's head snapped in his

She didn’t expect this.

only for the trials and my mistakes this year

shouldn't have tried to push you to be with a woman you don’t love

had never been