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. 

be… He was dead. He had to be dead! Bjorn personally pierced his heart

never happen.

mate. Savannah wept in his arms, and then he

worse than when he found out his first mate

it hurt

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 to get his

in battle, and he never did! And he managed to win!

for it for so long! His plan was perfect! He had thought about everything! Why! Why did it have to be this way?!

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

the ones who hurt

arms, how the man he hated so much moved his mate behind his back, trying to

Him! They must have been

rage overwhelmed 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. He did

and this was what he got?!

kill the Lycan King today, once and for all. He would be more clever this

the ashes in different

ever come back and disturb his happiness

He wanted his blood as payment for all the pain

back, and then he was gone in

had ever seen before. The place where they clashed was covered with

Princess gasp. She still did not know what was going on, and in all honesty, she did 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

happened to him? What had been done to

and roars; they hated each other so much that neither of them cared about anything else anymore. They both equally wanted the other dead and

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,

noticed how the ice 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 bears‘ jaws were strong enough to make deadly bites. Bjorn, however, was no regular bear. He was the White Bear King of the North, a royal in his own right, a bear blessed by a God, invincible, unstoppable and

to win

when he saw a myriad of ice needles flying in his direction. He did

blades went through his skin and fur. That stopped him as he had to brush

other sensitive areas. 

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 sharing just now. Savvy did not deserve to have this man coming back for her again and again and again. He did not want her to have to

would be back. He wanted her to

kill Bjorn. 

quickly, but Kai was already there, piercing his side with the

turn in his direction. The bear let out a menacing roar from the pain, fury, and frustration that echoed through

attack was brutal; he wasn’t wasting a second of his

with agony. A battle of hateful passion and contradictions.

time. 

by the gods, they were equals, but somehow Kai’s technique was better. He was exhausting the bear and using his

King wanted to pounce on Bjorn and end

all costs, Kai knew that he had to take his time. Savannah was watching and wounded and

needed to get her to a healer, and although this way took longer, it

and soon he made a mistake that opened up

canines in, feeling how the warm

damn bear

mortal wound. 

expect this. The words of the prophecy sounded over and over in his head. Never meet the Lycan King of the

him with your own

have listened.

and running towards his mate. Bjorn’s mate. He could still smell her intoxicating bluebell scent, and although it pained him to see her wrapping her arms around his mortal enemy, a part of him was happy that at least her scent. enveloped

he was nothing to

after all. The last thing

enemy’s back. 

gone, and Bjorn lay on the ground in his human form now, foraging for when death would come for him. Soon he heard footsteps somewhere in the distance and

over him. 

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

a smile. “I saw potential in you, and I believed in you.

always thought that they had a business

noticed a sad smile curling the Serpent’s lips. Unreasonably, he wanted to anger the almighty snake. “You and

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

caring about them,” Bjorn scoffed bitterly in a

that went missing after a mission I gave

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anymore. He felt life slip away from him. A minute or

informed him in a low voice and placed a

could feel how his healing was accelerated drastically, and

darted to the

smile. 

repeated his words to Bjorn. “What happened today was

of you could have been happy together, and honestly, in the castle, I couldn’t understand

why couldn’t she react the way she was supposed to… After what I saw right

sorry!” 

are you talking about? What

knowing that the bear would be restored in minutes

him out from the other side. “She is that mutt’s mate now,” he corrected himself, “but

shouldn’t be there.” 

soil underneath him in a new fit of raw fury. A forced bond! He knew it! He