The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 65 

Bjorn knew that the moment his healing was done, he would pursue Savvy, overpower her, to try to knock her out and bring her back. The silly girl used her third form, and he knew that she couldn’t control it. Knocking her out would be the one and only chance to bring her back from this. If she stayed in her Royal Lycan form for too long, he would lose her. He couldn’t lose her! She was all he had, 

and now his head was spinning with ideas of how to get her back. There had to be a way! 

Once again, he regretted pushing her too far too fast, but at the same time, he also regretted not marking her at once. If he hadn’t taken pity on her situation and just went with it, she would still be healing and in his full grasp. These were selfish thoughts. The thoughts contradicted each other, and, in all honesty, he didn’t know what he should have done. How he should have handled her, but he knew 

now that what he chose to do was wrong. 

One thing was for sure; he shouldn’t have believed in what was too good to be true. She played on his desire to be accepted and 

used his one and only weakness. 

His wound still hadn’t fully healed, but he heard several loud roars coming from the main square that made him fear for her  life. 

“Don’t… kill,” his voice gurgled through his chest as he clenched his neck. The long cut on his chest didn’t bother him much, but the  neck wound was still dangerously painful. 

Joran followed him with his gaze in silence, and only a few warriors stayed by his side for protection, none of them dared to offer 

him help, knowing that he’d rather end them than acknowledge this humiliation. He never forgave humiliation… until now. 

Savvy humiliated him more than anyone else in his entire life. Only Castiel’s father could possibly compare to what she did to him 

tonight. Yet… he… had already forgiven her. He knew that he’d have to punish her, lock her away, keep her far away from everyone, but 

he wouldn’t kill her, and he wouldn’t reject her. She could do anything to him, and the result would be the same. He needed her. 

A growl escaped him at the realisation. 

“She is long gone,” Jor commented, gulping the rest of his wine and throwing away the glass angrily. His lips were pressed into a 

thin white line now, and Bjorn didn’t know what to make out of it all. 

“You could have helped!” the White Bear King snapped. 

“Not in this case,” the Serpent scowled, turning away as if he was keeping more secrets from him. Secrets, secrets, secrets. Everyone 

had secrets, and Bjorn had had enough of all this. 

He kicked a jug that was on the floor right next to him, and a menacing growl escaped his chest as he pushed himself to restore, the 

acceleration clouding his mind temporarily. 

He heard the despair of his men in their mindlink. He felt them dying one by one, knowing that it was Savannah’s doing. 

“Just kill the b***h!” One of his warriors growled. “Or she is going to kill us all!” 

A wave of panic rippled through him. 

Whatever it was, he couldn’t let anyone hurt her. If his men killed her, they were as good as dead. 

“Bring her back alive!” He snarled at them in his mind and ran. Ran, ran, ran to where he felt her. Though thoughts of the many 

punishments he could inflict on her for what she did today were flashing before his eyes, he knew that the main goal was to protect her. 

In a way, he would always be protecting her. Why couldn’t she see that and accept him? Her first mate was dead, Kai was dead, her whole 

family was dead. He was all she had, too. 

The sight in the square startled him for an instance. So many bodies… He’d lost so many men! 

But that wasn’t important now. All he wanted was to save her, to get her back. He would do everything differently now, he would not 

underestimate her again. 

He raced through the woods in his human form. That let him use some narrow paths a bear wouldn’t be able to. He ran without 

thinking twice, using his instincts to reach her. 

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A great idea suddenly came to his mind. Poison! He could tell people that she was poisoned, and that was why she did all these 

things today. It wasn’t the most believable version in the world, but it could work if he could scare people enough to support his claim. 

He would have to lock her in the highest tower and keep her there for a year or two for safety reasons, but… at least they could still be  together. 

Finally, her delicious scent reached his nostrils, and he breathed out in relief, knowing that she was alive. The stench of blood let 

him know that his warriors probably weren’t… 

But he could live with that. Losing Savannah would have been unbearable. 

However, he soon smelled something else. A familiar scent but with new notes. 

Bjorn personally pierced his heart with that spear

never happen.

Lycan King stood before his eyes, holding his mate. Savannah wept in his arms, and then he claimed Bjorn’s

dagger, it was worse than when he found out his first mate

did it hurt so

to lean against a tree, his elongated claws digging into the bark as he did his best not to give himself away. Why was life so

everything he could to survive, he did everything he could

He was told not to face Kai in battle, and he never did! And he managed to win! The victory

plan was perfect! He had thought about everything! Why! Why did

chest against his control, it was the cry of a warrior, the scream of a betrayed

ones who hurt

saw how Savannah flinched in the Lycan King’s arms, how the man he

her from him. Him! They must have been joking!

him, and as if he was an impulsive teen, he shifted uncontrollably and charged at his enemy. All the years of restraining himself were now gone.

was what

Lycan King today, once and for all. He would be

scatter the ashes in different parts of the world just to make sure that he

come back and disturb his

as payment for all the pain and humiliation.

when Kai gently pushed her back, and then he was gone in an instant, turning into something completely

attack was met by a creature no one had ever seen before. The place where they clashed was covered with frost in mere

not care how Kai came back. She was genuinely happy to just see him, happy that they had another chance. But now she was asking herself, what did he go through to

What happened to him? What had been done

of them cared about anything else anymore. They both equally wanted the other dead and were ready to sacrifice almost anything

that fought against him was so much more than that, but it wasn’t stopping the bear from trying to kill him. The wolf threw him and made him crash against a tree, breaking the ancient pine in half, chips flying in all directions. But the anger and hate were his fuel now, so

on his back and neck was growing taller by the minute. The white bear charged at him again, knowing that his best chance was a surprise attack. He would aim for the neck and the belly, the parts where he could make a fatal blow. Luckily, regular

win

when he saw a myriad of ice needles flying in his direction. He did not avert his eyes or

sharp blades went through his skin and fur. That stopped him as he had to brush them off, get them out of his eyes and nose and

other sensitive areas. 

destroy the man who had hurt his mate and tried to break them apart. Kai had hatred in his heart, too. Not only was Bjorn responsible for their suffering and separation, for murdering him, for trying to claim Savannah as his own, but he even ruined the sweet moment they had been

thinking if that damn bear would be back. He wanted her to be happy and safe, and for that, he had to

kill Bjorn. 

Kai was already there, piercing his side with the ice spikes and escaping before

The bear let out a menacing roar from the pain, fury,

he lashed out at his rival. His attack was brutal; he wasn’t wasting a second of his time, each move calculated but at

battle of hateful passion

time. 

Kai’s technique was

end him quickly, but

take his time. Savannah was watching and

get her to a healer, and although this way took longer, it was the one that was

a mistake that opened up access to his neck and made him vulnerable. Amarok did not

feeling how the warm blood of his enemy filled his

and then, remembering everything the damn bear put them through, he ripped

mortal wound. 

over in his head. Never meet the

fight him with your own hands.

have

arms around his mortal enemy, a part of him was happy that at least her scent. enveloped him in his final moments. For a moment there, his eyes locked with Savannah’s, and hope took over his heart once again. But Kai had already

as if he was nothing to

would. His destiny was cruel, after all. The last thing he would ever see would be his mate on his

enemy’s back. 

come for him. Soon he heard footsteps somewhere

over him. 

spat blood. The deity was the last person he wanted to see now. At least he wanted to die in peace.

can I leave you?” Joran knelt next to him on the cold ground. “I have known you since you were a little boy,” he confessed with a smile.

always thought that they had a business relationship.

the Serpent’s lips. Unreasonably, he

at the sky as if he was contemplating something. “They are

about them,” Bjorn scoffed bitterly in a broken voice.

admitted. “The one that went missing after a mission I gave her because of you.”

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He felt life slip away from him.

overplayed,” Joran informed him in a low voice and

blood spluttering from his wounds. However, he could feel how his healing was accelerated drastically, and his

it and his eye darted to the Serpent, whose

smile. 

Bjorn. “What happened today

been happy together, and honestly, in the castle, I couldn’t understand

she react the way she was supposed to… After what I saw right now… Darius, now I know.

sorry!” 

talking

hand away, knowing that the bear would be restored in minutes on his own

out from the other side. “She is that mutt’s mate now,” he corrected himself, “but this is a forced bond. It

shouldn’t be there.” 

him in a