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

voice,

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

with fear in his

the Gamma of the Northern

enemies, he went into an exploding

afraid of her as if she was the only

mate." Her voice trembled, chest heaved from the inner

suddenly hard to swallow, and she felt as

Really looked at her.

to do this," he stated, the pain

to say it louder this time, but the lycan in front of her stood

back when you

a puzzled

her own, storming as

week passed,

the news of the White Bear King, who made his

as theysat in the Blue Spinel office of the Northern castle, the

crawl out of his hideout,” kai retorted while

Savannah exchanged

men were so

him as

when

for months! “I could have been married to Savannah for years if not for your ego!” Kai retorted as they drilled eachother skulls with their eyes, each not ready

what happened in the past!" Savvy interjected, tapping her fingers on the top of theoak

and we can form that alliance after all.” “Maybe you

was like honey, taunting and

glare told

as

not more.”

who called me to talk about this?”

concentrating on the

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

irony wasn’t lost on the

sister lives here?" Savvy chimed in,

Her brother shook his head,

the people here hate you now more

Savannah clenched her lips.

knew it was

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

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

his laptop so that they

when she saw Darius Bjorn's face and the logo

and nodded for Kyle to

there was a vague smile

that the north is currently in such

the Forgotten City as my

that under the current ruler,

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 to be sealed during

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

this was a much calmer reaction to what she

him and placed her hand on his

is just all words again," she reassured him, rubbing her thumb

but when he pulled her into his embrace and wrapped

Luna over my dead body," he said, tucking

my dead body." Savvy smiled softly and tilted her head to

wing of a butterfly might,

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

you are not

to

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

you both along the way.” “But he is

"Yes, G, Zack Morgan

between all the orgies he is havingon a daily

cheek for a moment, looking at his woman with the

when his eyes switched to her sibling, he suddenly became

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

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

Riannon gave

said, and Savannah's head snapped in his

She didn’t expect this.

only for the trials and my mistakes this

be with a woman

never been