The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert

Epilogue 1

dress.

“Kai, we should stop!” Savannah pleaded as her husband kept peppering her neckline with kisses, trying to relieve her of her

“We really shouldn’t,” he murmured softly, biting her shimmering North Star mark, which always made his wife throw her head back and give him better access. He stood behind her, hands greedily travelling all over her body, grasping and kneading everything that finally belonged to him.

“We have to-” Savannah gasped, forgetting what it was that they had to do. There had been so much work in the past few weeks. that they couldn’t enjoy their life as newlyweds the way they desired. In fact, they either did not see each other during the days or, worse – they saw each other, were so close to each other, but the circumstances did not let them touch each other. Reunited only at night, they

both lacked sleep. However, the choice was always obvious. Especially now that their subordinates made the mistake of leaving them.

alone together for a few minutes.

What were they thinking? That Kai would be locked in a room with his beautiful wife and not touch her? Not a chance!

“I don’t know about you, but I just have to have you. Now!” His voice rasped somewhere in her hair that he let down, throwing away the pins that held an intricate hairdo a few seconds prior. Something that took her omegas an hour to make look perfect. “Your scent drives me crazy, Savvy, so it’s your fault anyway.”

“And how is this fair?” She giggled, ready to succumb to his advances, when someone knocked on the door, disturbing them.

“Shh,” Kai bit her earlobe gently. “If we are quiet, they will go away!”

“No, they will not!” Lachlan grunted behind the door.

“You two are too loud anyway!” Zara supported her mate with a chuckle. “And it’s time! Everyone is already here.”

‘Just five minutes!” Savvy yelled at their friends and turned to face her husband.

“Ten!” he growled, crushing his lips to hers, and then added, when he broke the kiss to breathe, “Twenty!”

Zara and Lachlan stepped away a respectful distance from the door, knowing it would be longer than twenty minutes. Their King

and Queen never knew how to stop once they got together. Which was understandable, of course, but it made their lives so much more

complicated.

Zara closed her eyes, and Lachlan chuckled, “What are you doing?”

“Asking the maids to bring a new dress here and to search for the one who did Savvy’s hair. All the previous work just went in the

bin. Kai is too passionate to bother with these things. And while I deal with the Queen’s look, you deal with him.”

The werebird pointed at the Western King, who strode in their direction accompanied by his wife. Riannon’s belly was already round

and plainly visible and she had one of her hands laid on its top, looking like a vision in her milky white silk dress without any extra

decorations. Only a delicate gold and diamond tiara adorned her head in the shape of flowers.

Gideon looked beyond annoyed. “Where the hell are they and how long-”

A loud feminine moan emerged from Kai’s office, followed by a growl that shook the walls.

The four of them froze, which only let them clearly hear another moan.

“Never mind,” Gideon winced, furrowing his brow. “Tell them-”

A scream this time.

“We’ll meet them in the throne room!” Riannon let out a soft laugh, leading her traumatised husband away. “I told you they were busy!” she jabbed him as they made their exit, clearly enjoying his predicament. “That serves you right.”

This time a moan and a growl happened simultaneously, and the King and Queen of the West had to speed up to escape the audible evidence of the newlyweds’ happy moment together.

“Well, at least no one will question if the marriage is consummated!” Lachlan joked, trying not to think of the woman next to him.

She looked too gorgeous tonight to ignore and he was not made of stone.

Kai and Savannah emerged from the office one hour later, eyes sparkling with happiness and hair and clothing completely

dishevelled.

faces.

us!”

“For Fenrir’s sake!” the Beta ran his hand through his hair as he observed the royal couple, unable to erase the wide grins from their

“Relax!” Kai gripped his shoulder in a friendly manner. “We are the King and the Queen. They literally can’t start the event without

“Yeah, yeah,” Zara rolled her eyes, pushing Savvy back into the office. “With all due respect, you aren’t making our lives easy! Lan, keep him there until we are out. Don’t let him in! Or it will be the same thing all over again!”

“Your command is… well… my command,” Lachlan chuckled as a swarm of omegas appeared to help Savvy look like a picture-perfect Queen again and not like the happy newlywed she really was.

She reappeared in a beautiful blue gown with a train and flowers embroidered all over it. Her hair was up again, although in a more relaxed style now, a few strands loose and her beautiful mark on full display. This was just how Kai liked it. He wanted the whole world to know that this woman chose him and now belonged to him. He allowed himself to wear a black collarless shirt and blazer today so that his North Star was visible as well.

else.

They passed a group of Lunas who probably were supposed to accompany their Alphas but were actively discussing something

From the corner of her eye, Savvy recognized a familiar book. The hot pink cover with a Northern blue stripe in the middle and the picture of Claude and Chloe back to back was hard to miss.

“And then the Queen ripped his heart out with her bare hands!” one of the women gasped. “They blurred it in the tv special, but in the book, Claude tells-”

Kai rolled his eyes, lacing his fingers with his wife’s.

“I hate that book,” she mumbled, and he nodded understandingly.

Kai chuckled. “How is it that the book is about

little laugh. “If you would like that, I can arrange

“No, thanks!”

what to do back at the bear castle and gave me the strength to rebel. While Claude risked his life

his brow, holding back a laugh. “And

it. All that being said, our ratings are through the roof now, and Kyle says the book helped

invited today?” Kai glanced at Zara as she was the one who

had been waiting for them for Fenrir knew how long. “All the best places, too. You are late. And what the hell did you do to King Gideon? He looked like he was about to

share the details,” Kai winked at

going to ask.” Elene sighed, shaking her head, Let’s go!

the Grand Hall decorated for the occasion with blue flowers of different shades. The royal couple of the North took their time getting to their thrones, knowing that all eyes

them. After the devastating war where so many shifters died, and their world turned upside down with Fenrir’s and Joran’s blessings, it was easy to dwell in panic. The whole continent could be easily devoured by chaos. It was their role to project confidence to their subjects as a sign that everything was going to be fine and that they had everything under control. They had to give them

top of the stairs and turned their backs to their respective thrones. Elene and Lachlan stood at

to our house,” Kai greeted the guests. “It’s a huge honour to have so many

we will be celebrating the heroes, dead and alive, saying our thanks

Savannah announced loudly. “While no words will be pronounced, we’ll each reflect on what happened to us and why, pray to our gods, and think of what we can do to avoid

bell, and everyone present bowed their heads in respect. They had all lost someone in the Avalanche Battle, or in smaller fights and attacks that preceded it. They all personally knew the

over, and the guests raised their heads, Savannah smiled through tears. It was

she gave the floor to her husband.

them at the top of the stairs. “We are family now, but it was a rocky road getting here. I am proud to call you both my friends and family, and I give you my word that I

Savannah took a little box from Zara and handed it to the couple. Riannon

can count on us,” Kai promised. “It’s

an army to

mine,” Gideon bowed his head respectfully and whispered so that only Kai and Savvy could hear him.

you something shiny

have decent manners!” Kai gave him a crooked smile, and it looked like two old

front

then Rinannon sighed and asked her husband to help her down the stairs. She could walk

of her in this “delicate state”,

silver hair walked

velvet dress. “You saved my life several times already and proved that you could be trusted.

Naya. And I am so grateful for

woman in front of her a box with the same locket and the same message.

new werebird leader accepted her box, and

was the next one to be rewarded, and after accepting her token, she handed Savannah a box of

be safe,” she

protection.”

rewarded with smaller tokens of

the main ceremony was over, the bell rang again, and Lachlan announced loudly, “Alpha

Borg!”

a month. A month while the fate of her people was being decided. For all she knew, they could already be doomed despite her attempts to save what was left of them.

sure that everyone hated

it, though. She was no saint.

wait at the entrance, wearing a beautiful silk sea blue dress with long sleeves and a cape covering her shoulders. Today she was representing her kind, and they already had a bad enough reputation

to the Lycan King and Queen, she couldn’t help but feel disappointed. Although maybe it was what the

plots. When she returned to the Bear castle with other Alphas,

rule and death.

accused of being traitors because they killed their own during the battle.

Alpha bear in the room with the dirtiest words in his mouth. And when she

acquired his pack as well. She was ready to rinse and repeat, but luckily just one show

of election or vote, she somehow became

dealing with

reorganising and rebuilding. Her kind wasn’t sure that they had a future and what it would be, so she kept them busy to distract them from

was the only thing that

cleaning up the tower that she’d exploded just a few weeks

make Aspen’s escape possible. Each day she strived to overwork herself and fall down onto her bed half dead because nothing else helped her. This was what

to expect. She didn’t even have an “entourage” to begin with and had to pick a few bears whom she disliked the least since becoming an

she hoped that some kind of a miracle happened and Aspen

dead body during the battle. But then the wolves changed. What if…. She was afraid to finish

before her, letting her in. The castle had changed since Bjorn set it on fire, but she liked its new look more.

bright red hair. The Gamma was supposed to stand by his King today. But she only saw Lachlan and Kyle. She then started scanning the crowds against her better judgement. It probably looked disrespectful, but she couldn’t help it, greedily

her the time to do

look too pleased at seeing her, and that was understandable. “We trusted you once, and you betrayed

my Gamma. These are

painfully even though she thought she had already accepted this fact. If they were

her lips curled into a soft and friendly smile. “We know that your sister was held hostage, and I personally got to see the way women were treated in the bear territories. We are also taking into account that you helped us during the last battle, and this help was pivotal for the results we got. We’ve been thinking for a long

autonomy to some level. You will have your own laws, with the exception of a few we

than what they had hoped for. And after Bjorn’s demise, not

nodded, “then we pronounce you Queen Brigit Borg

couldn’t possibly have heard them correctly, however, Savannah

tried not to grin but was failing.

to be her life’s longest and hardest obstacle

expected.

Queen of the North and felt cold metal placed on her head, heavy and uncomfortable. The weight of newfound responsibility. Just like

Brigit rose, everyone else, except for the kings and queens present,

redhead lycan next to her, and the Bear Queen’s bottom

dead, Dead,

force a smile, but it did not look

course, you will also have to work closely with our Ambassador in your

if he did not

left behind the throne opened, and suddenly

she saw the man she had never

a cane, however, his movements were confident even in this situation. His red hair

but she did not care. She wanted to throw

only Savannah’s hand on her shoulder brought

two of you will