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.

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

Gideon made her stop and look at him. “Sawy… I only want what’s best for you, I swear, I know how much

many times that she felt he was alive. “Listen to me!” she snapped. “All

up. But then Savannah would be the one trying to bring him back to his senses. Right now, it was his duty to tell his sibling that the man she loved more than anything in this world had probably already

King of the West made his sister 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, he would have already gotten to the surface, Or connect with you or anyone else via the mind link. Savvy, I love you so much, and I am

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

Gideon ran his hand over his face, “think about the

child!” She lost the last bit of her patience and snarled at her brother. “I’m not leaving my pup without a father! Now, if you’re not going to help me, move out

stepped in front of her with a grim expression on his face. “Again, I am so sorry, but if Kai was here, he would be grateful for this. You have to come back to your castle and get some rest. Others can continue the search party, but I am

promises. Gideon was prepared to take her

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 you if I have to, because nothing is stopping me from searching for Kai! Nothing and no

stood there, shocked by his little sister’s words. It was his mistake, though. She wasn’t little anymore. He had seen this before, but now he had no doubts. Savannah Fionnlagh was a Queen to be reckoned with. He was losing for the first time in

head respectfully, feeling a strange mix of emotions where he had to let go of something pure and innocent, but at the same time, pride and respect were quickly filling this gap, “I overstepped, but, if you will allow me, I wish to stay

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

it interested Sawy, as she couldn’t sit still even for a moment. She drank a cup of hot

for the others. Even if they decided to stay for

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

her weakness to the shifters accompanying her. She was aware that the moment she did, they would drag her home for protection, and this was something that

to Fenrir and the Moon Goddess together while looking at the North Star

help me find him, help me-” she

air and closed her eyes for a moment. She knew she was missing something

necklace so hard, and the mark on her neck prickled

showing her the way. All the magic in Kai’s life was

think

and they stood up immediately. The Queen couldn’t wait for them. The sudden surge of strength was pushing

had to find him! He

North

cold or anything else. 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

seeing that this was a dead end.

to do. It did not seem right. All her instincts were screaming at her that she was in the right place, but her eyes were telling her

Zara placed her hand on

this area; look for him!” Savannah shrugged. “The rest, start digging. Kai is somewhere close!

forward and started digging the snow as ordered. He was the one who

pieces of ice, feeling angry and frustrated. But

an hour, the star was gone, and she started to feel desperate. And furious. So furious that

her friends feared she’d cause a new avalanche. “Kai!

ice block before her, remembering how she had already fisted a wall once when she was desperate. Now she was not only hopeless but

she had to! She

was when the ice before her started

sky, the only 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,

going to hurt!” Asgard warned him, but Kai did not have a problem with that. As long as they got to return for her again, he was fine. “Give me the control!” his wolf growled, and he obeyed. He did not have

more and more formed around him. He couldn’t

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

A day, a year, ten years… He’d take it for a chance to be

ground, he was an unbreakable globe of ice. His blood flow froze, and he had to close his eyes

darkness enveloped him, and he had

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

was searching for him. Her soul was searching for him, and his

was so hoarse

remembered that he was the one who controlled

his mate or his friend. He was in full control, and now he finally stood up before Savannah, alive and well. And

was actually where her mate

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 lose him

my Queen,” the Northern King shifted into his human

into his arms, crying and laughing at the same

kissing away every tear on her face. “My brave, beautiful mate. Never cry because of me. I’ll come back for you from the dead if I

going anywhere anymore!” she laughed. “I promise you that, Fionnlagh! Our

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

so close to disaster, but somehow they managed to bring everything back to

the time came. Savannah was in good hands, but also… also she did not need anyone to take care of her. Now

Savvy into his rock hard body. “Let’s go, my love.

as he wrapped his hands around her and lifted her up to spin her around. This was surreal. Arguably, one of the

you know,” she smirked at him, entwining her hands around his neck. “We won that war, and I