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.

would have to end

they heard a loud voice, and she saw one of the

tighter, but she tried to push him away, to distance herself from

with

block, the Gamma of the Northern

in many battles, faced countless enemies, he

as if she was the only person

Aspen Morr, as my mate." Her voice trembled,

air was suddenly hard to swallow, and she felt as if she

Really looked at her.

do this," he stated, the pain still

you-" she tried to say it louder this time, but the lycan in front of her stood up “I don’t buy it,” he

you actually

your rejection." She gave him a puzzled look at

away and rose on her own, storming as far away from

passed, and

with the news of the White Bear King, who made his claim on

Gideon stated calmly as theysat in the Blue Spinel office of the Northern castle, the one used for bigger

still hiding and doesn't crawl out of

Savannah exchanged

men were so

admit it!" Gideon looked at him as he

screwed up when

been married to Savannah for years if not for your

interjected, tapping her fingers on

is that we are all here now, and we can form that alliance after

dear." Riannon's voice was

her glare told

need this alliance as

more.” Kai reminded

this?”

are concentrating on the

don't wait for them to deal with you and then destroy them when they are weakened? “Gideon repeated almostexactly the words Kai

wasn’t lost on

here?" Savvy chimed in, tired of

shook his head, crossing his arms on his

not safe here, he can't protect you, the people here hate

Savannah clenched her lips.

knew it was

out that Penelope died, while it was only her and Savannah in the temple,

there was an obvious villain in

Kyle turned his laptop so that they

parted when she saw Darius Bjorn's face

nodded for Kyle to click on the

projected confidence, and there was a vague smile on his lips

the north is currently

Forgotten City as my target

the current ruler, no

he simply cannot offer you protection!

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

reaction to what she expected from her chosen

and placed her hand

reassured him, rubbing her thumb in soothing

part of him had to be furious, but when he pulled her into his embrace and wrapped his arms around heras if to hide her from the whole

he said, tucking his

smiled softly and tilted her head to reach his

with his tongue lightly, just like a wing of a butterfly might, andhe lost it, crashing his lips into

a plan with no dead bodies?”

don’t forget you are not

want to see my

Savvy tore away from her man and raised her

both along the way.” “But he is not your mate.”Gideon reminded her quietly, yet everyone in the room

the problem." "Yes, G, Zack Morgan is my

for me between all the orgies he is havingon a daily basis!" Savannah snapped at

cheek for a moment, looking at his

switched to her sibling, he suddenly became cold and

their fingers together and

in the past, and some of them are partially my fault,”

while Riannon gave him

said, and Savannah's head

She didn’t expect this.

for the trials and my mistakes this year but for the

to be with a woman you don’t love

been in