The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 78 Under The North Star The Finale

Savannah breathed heavily with her eyes closed. Trapped inside of the ancient passage within the mountain, she tried not to think about Kai. Not only was he thrown from the sky onto the deadly spikes, but now he was probably also covered with a merciless sea of snow. Her heart stung, making her dizzy, and her fingers went to the mark on her neck.

Gideon was saying something to the unfortunate bears who were locked in with them now, although his speech sounded more like growling, but Savvy couldn’t bring herself to listen.

She rubbed the mark near her collarbone, its glow and the crescent on Gideon’s neck were the only two things illuminating the dark. space around them.

The glow suddenly gave her hope. It was common knowledge that the marks were fading slightly if one of the mates was dead. Not to mention that Savvy was supposed to feel Kai’s pain if he died. She didn’t feel anything of the sort. She was fine, just scared to death. and worried sick. The nausea was getting stronger, and she rubbed her belly hoping to suppress it.

“Little one,” she whispered so that no one could hear her, “I need your help now. I need to find your Daddy so I can’t be sick. Please, baby, help me stay strong. I need to bring him back for the both of us.”

She tried to think straight and tried to trust her instincts..

When Zack was alive, she could feel a lot of what was going on in his life. She had to believe that it was the same now. Her bond with Kai was much stronger. She was slowly calming down, knowing that there was no chance of him being dead. Her soul had not been ripped apart. Her mate was still alive, and she was going to find him.

They waited for the vibrations to stop. Unfortunately, it took some time. One of the warriors brought her clothes, and she put them on, still leaving the scarf wrapped around her neck. She would have to go and search for Kai the moment she was free from this place.

“I think it’s over,” Gideon said, and she exhaled heavily, ready to find out what the wave of deadly snow did to their people.

“Could you feel anyone via your mind link?” she asked her brother and saw his face, illuminated by the light of his mark, tense. “Just a few,” he admitted. “Reid is fine, I think, but others may be just busy or unconscious. It doesn’t mean that they are-” None of them wanted to say the word. It was probably naïve, but they wanted to cling to the belief that their people were alive, even if just for a second longer.

“Move the rock,” Savannah ordered the bears, who stood quietly without making a sound. Outnumbered, they did not dare be arrogant. “Put this strength of yours to good use for once,” she told them, and they nodded silently, getting to work.

“The rest should step back,” Gideon chimed in. “When the rock is gone, this place could be flooded with snow. We don’t know how bad it is outside.”

Soon, they had to admit that the situation was probably terrible because the white bear shifters struggled to remove the rock, meaning that the snow buried them alive here. Gideon had to shift into his Royal Lycan form, and together they managed to move it after a brief struggle. The snow did press inside as predicted, but it wasn’t too bad as there was plenty of space in the passage cave.

Slowly, they started to work as a team, moving the rock farther away and digging the snow around it to give it more space. They were lucky to have been blessed by two gods. The extra strength and high endurance were handy now.

Finally, after a few hours of work, they managed to free themselves, and Sawy could finally see what had happened to their armies. Everything was white below them, and snow mist was obstructing the view. But their shifter hearing allowed them to hear the growls and snarls of people struggling beneath, meaning that there were many survivors.

“Well,” Savannah sighed, “that’s one way to end this battle.”

“And hopefully war,” Gideon agreed, next to her. “Let’s go, sister. We are needed down there.”

“This is where I have to temporarily entrust my people to you, brother,” Savannah looked him in the eye, and he knew she was full of determination. “I have to find my mate first. I know that he’s somewhere out there.”

“Savvy,” Gideon didn’t know how to say this. “Look-”

“He’s there!” She insisted, not wishing to hear otherwise. “I know this and I am not going to rest until I find him.”

“Still, the people below need to see at least one of you now,” her sibling insisted. “Or you risk returning to a few self proclaimed kings.”

Savvy hated that he was right and knew what Kai would want her to do.

So, she went down and spent hours making plans for the rescue teams. The bears and foxes did not know what to do, but when they realised their King was nowhere to be seen, they started following her orders too.

After all, if they wanted to save their friends from this cold death trap, they had to work as a team.

Hours later, Savvy made her last orders and prepared to leave. “You don’t think you are going alone, do you?” Lachlan caught up with her fast and whistled for a few more warriors to join them. “We aren’t leaving our King and Queen.”

“Good,” she nodded as Zara stood by her side too. “We have a lot of work to do, and Gideon, Riannon, and Kyle can take it from here,”

But the longer they searched, the harder it got.

Savannah walked through the snow, ignoring how the cold bit at her skin through the clothes. This was too cold even for shifters, but thanks to being mated to Amarok, she was doing fine. Zara flew over her head and landed next to her, shifting into her human. Lachlan wrapped her into his arms at once, both looking tired now after hours and hours of wandering through the snowy mountains in vain.

news.

“Did you see any trace from above?” Savvy asked, slightly sorry to interrupt the love birds..

Unfortunately, Zara only shook her head, lowering her eyes. She could not face Savvy, knowing she did not bring her good

It had been so long, and everyone was exhausted. The battle, the avalanche, the rescuing of survivors, everything was taking its toll on them, but Savannah stubbornly kept walking.

“You need rest,” Lachlan told her. “If Kai was here, he would never forgive me for taking such terrible care of you. Especially considering-”

He got quiet, but she knew what he meant. Especially considering she was expecting.

“Savvy,” Gideon caught up with them in his wolf form and shifted back into a human. He didn’t even open his mouth yet, but his sister had already shaken her head.

not going back until I find him!” she informed them all firmly. A part of her wanted to sob, but she was too tired even for that. All she could do now was keep walking, keep making her feet move in the snow against their will. All for one purpose only – she had to get him

look at him. “Sawy… I only want what’s best for

that she felt he was alive. “Listen to me!” she snapped. “All of you! He is Amarok! Literally a huge, powerful, and Fenrir-blessed ice wolf! He

his duty to tell his sibling that the man she loved more

look at him, “the snow is not a problem for him. It’s true. But he fell a few good miles from the sky against ice and hard rock. The werebirds were searching for him all over the area and found nothing. Which means he was buried somewhere during the avalanche. If he could move,

care what you think! I know what I know. I know what I feel. And I know that my mate is alive, and I’m not leaving him out here alone! Not when he needs me the most! He came to save me when I was captured, and now

ran his hand over

at her brother. “I’m not leaving my pup without a father! Now, if you’re

his face. “Again, I am so sorry, but if Kai was here, he would be grateful for this. You have to come back

kept his promises. Gideon was prepared to take her home against her will. And although she could understand his intentions, it still

was serious and did not plan to budge. “If anything, you are now in my Kingdom, brother. The warriors that surround us now belong to mel They take my orders, and trust me when I say this: I will order them to fight

He had seen this before, but

innocent, but at the same time, pride and respect were quickly filling this gap, “I overstepped,

ease. “But no more talk about going back. I will only

warm clothes to wear. None of it interested Sawy, as she couldn’t sit still even for a moment. She drank a

night sky while waiting for the others. Even if they decided to stay for the night, she would continue her journey. She had already lost

like scattered moondust in the night sky, but Savannah looked only at one of them while holding her precious necklace in her hands.

weakness to the shifters

was calling for Kai, and she found herself praying to Fenrir and the Moon Goddess together while looking at the North

find him, help me-” she

frosty air and closed her eyes for a moment. She knew she was missing something this whole time. He was alive, and he was so

clenched her North Star necklace so hard, and the mark on her neck

way. All the magic in Kai’s life was connected to it. He was

she think about it

to go!” she shouted at her companions, and they stood up immediately. The Queen couldn’t wait for them. The sudden surge of strength was pushing her to

him! He had to be

North

She ran for so long, getting between huge rocks, passing a frozen river… She ran, and she ran, watching the direction the North Star was giving her. The night was stepping aside, giving its place to the dawn of the new day, but the star still stayed shining in the sky right

the bottom of a tall gorge and stopped, seeing that this was a dead end. The snow blanket covered everything here, and in the very centre of

to do. It did not seem right. All her instincts were screaming at her that she was in the right

hand on her Queen’s shoulder.

look for him!” Savannah shrugged. “The rest, start digging. Kai is

was the one who complained the least, because he wasn’t ready to lose his King and best friend either. Thankfully, the rest followed

feeling angry and frustrated. But still not ready to give

she started to feel desperate. And furious. So furious that

feared she’d cause a new avalanche. “Kai! I know you are here!

fisted a wall once when she was desperate. Now she was not only hopeless

if she had to! She

the ice before her started

thing that worried him was that Savannah stayed alone with Bjorn and the goddamn dragon. He knew it was too high for him to survive the fall, but giving up was never an option. Not when his mate

As long as they got to return for her again, he was fine. “Give me the control!” his wolf growled,

his body… It was covering him whole, and then more and more formed

now,” Asgard explained through gritted teeth. “It may take a while to

year, ten years… He’d take it for a chance to be with Savannah again. Anything was better than

ice. His blood flow froze, and he had to close his

he had to give in to

he realised that the golden glow was something else. It was getting closer and closer to him, and then he finally heard it. Not with his ears because the ice was blocking the sounds completely but with his heart. She was calling his name, and there was so much pain in her voice that

Her

her voice was so hoarse

strength started to return to him. He remembered that he was the one who

yet not one of them hurt his mate or his friend. He was in full control, and now he finally stood

breathing hitched when she realised that the ice hill was actually where her mate was preserved. It wasn’t an obstacle. It

tears streamed down her face. It was him. He was alive. The worst thing that could happen to her never did. She did not lose him. She’d never

Northern King shifted into

crying and laughing at the same

beautiful mate. Never cry because of me. I’ll come back for you

are not going anywhere anymore!” she laughed. “I promise you that, Fionnlagh! Our child and I need

said, covering her lips with his while his fingers faced into her tangled hair. “My Quech, my

these two were so close to disaster, but somehow they managed to bring everything back to order

smiled, happy for them. He finally knew that he could leave the North with a calm heart when the time came. Savannah was in good hands, but also… also she did not need anyone to take

so cold!” Kai whispered, moulding Savvy into his rock hard body.

her and lifted her up to

at him, entwining her hands around his neck. “We won that