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 to

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

his hands pressing her tighter, but she tried to push him away, to distance

her with

Gamma of the Northern Lycan King,

countless enemies, he went into an exploding maze

of her as if she was the only person in the entire world who could

mate." Her voice trembled, chest heaved from

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

Really looked at her.

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

time, but the lycan in front of her stood up

when you

She gave him a puzzled look at first,

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

week passed,

the news of the White Bear King, who

has made his move, and it was a masterful one.” Gideon stated calmly as theysat in the Blue Spinel office of the Northern castle, the one used for bigger important

doesn't crawl out of his hideout,” kai retorted while pouring himself

and Savannah

men were so

him as he leaned back

when you

for months! “I could have been married to Savannah for years if not for your ego!” Kai retorted as they

Savvy interjected, tapping her fingers on the

now, and we can form that alliance after all.” “Maybe you are right, Savvy, but the

was like honey, taunting and

told a

this alliance as much as I

not more.”

me to talk about this?” “I dealt with the brother

they are concentrating

for them to deal with you and then destroy them when they are

lost on the Northern

Savvy chimed in, tired of

his head,

can't protect you, the people here hate

Savannah clenched her lips.

knew it

has never been kind to her, but ever since they found out that Penelope died, while it was only her and Savannah in the temple,

fact that there was an obvious villain in this story, a lot of newspapers started

think you should see this!" Kyle turned his laptop so

Darius Bjorn's face and the

sighed and nodded for Kyle to

confidence, and there was a vague smile on

me that the north is currently in such a pathetic

the Forgotten City as my target for

under the current ruler, no one

want to protect you, but because he simply cannot offer you protection! I gotinto the ancient relic that was supposed to be

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 the head of the oval table and walked all the way down

reaction to

to him and placed her hand on his

just all words again," she reassured him, rubbing

be furious, but when he pulled her into his embrace and wrapped his arms around heras if to hide her

his Luna over my dead body," he said, tucking his head into

smiled softly and tilted her head

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

we come up with a plan with no dead bodies?” Gideon cleared his throat,

forget you

don’t want to see

too fast." "Grow up yourself first, Gideon!" Savvy tore away from her

didn't say a word when you brought Riannon to our house and supported you both along the way.” “But he is not your mate.”Gideon reminded her quietly, yet

"Yes, G, Zack Morgan is

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 silence in the room

stroked her cheek for a moment, looking at

switched to her sibling,

Luna's hand, lacing their fingers together and stood before the king of

the past, and some of them are partially my

while Riannon

Kai said, and Savannah's head snapped in

She didn’t expect this.

trials and my mistakes this year but for the past

with a

never been in love