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

here!" they heard a loud voice,

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

her with fear in his

huge block, the Gamma of the Northern

faced countless enemies, he went into an exploding maze in a

if she was the only person in

you, Aspen Morr, as my mate." Her voice trembled, chest heaved from the

felt as if she was suffocating

Really looked at her.

this," he stated, the

Brigit Borg, reject 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 mean

reject your rejection." She gave him a puzzled look at first, but then rage

rose on her own, storming as

week passed,

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

masterful one.” Gideon stated calmly as theysat in

is still hiding and doesn't crawl out of his hideout,” kai

and Savannah

men were

it!" Gideon looked at him as he leaned back in

when you

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

in the past!" Savvy interjected,

matters is that we are all here now, and we can form that alliance after all.” “Maybe you are right, Savvy, but the conditions havechanged!" The Western

was like

glare told

alliance as much as

more.”

to talk about this?” “I dealt with the

are concentrating on

them when they are weakened? “Gideon repeated

irony wasn’t lost on the Northern

little sister lives here?" Savvy chimed in, tired of them going

Her brother shook his head, crossing his

can't protect you, the people here

Savannah clenched her lips.

all knew it

since they found out that Penelope died, while it was only her and

that there was an obvious villain in this

should see this!" Kyle turned his laptop so that they

lips parted when she saw Darius Bjorn's face and the logo of the first channel

for Kyle to click on

vague smile on his lips as

north is currently

Forgotten City as my target

under the current ruler,

he doesn't want to protect you, but because he simply cannot offer you protection!

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 the head of the oval table and walked all the way down to where Kyle sat, closing

this was a much calmer reaction to what she expected from

and

reassured him, rubbing her thumb

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

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

his Luna over my dead body." Savvy smiled softly and tilted her head to reach his

a wing of a butterfly might, andhe lost it, crashing his lips into hers in

with no dead bodies?” Gideon cleared

don’t forget you are not

want to see my little

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

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 everyone in the room heard

"Yes,

will have time for me between all the orgies he is havingon a daily

a moment, looking

eyes switched to her sibling, he suddenly became cold

took his future Luna's hand, lacing their fingers together and stood

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

Riannon gave

said, and Savannah's head

She didn’t expect this.

for the trials and my mistakes this year but for

tried to push you to be with a woman you don’t love and then get angryat you for

been in