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.

“How is it that the book is about us, but

you would like that, I can arrange it! The sales

“No, thanks!”

haven’t you heard?” Savvy taunted. “The real heroes of the story are Claude and Chloe themselves. Apparently, Chloe told me what to do back at the bear castle and gave me the strength to rebel. While Claude risked his life to get us all out of captivity and then personally encouraged you to turn

holding back a laugh.

it’s not like you or I corrected them, right?” Savannah snorted quietly. “So yeah, they are getting away with this one, and everyone loves it. All that being said, our ratings are through the roof

today?” Kai glanced at Zara as she was the one who had a folder with the guest

are invited everywhere,” Elene greeted her brother at the entrance to the throne room with a stiff smile. She 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

share the details,” Kai winked at

am not going to ask.” Elene sighed, shaking her head, Let’s

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 were on them.

so many shifters died, and their world turned upside down with Fenrir’s and Joran’s blessings, it was easy to dwell in panic.

were finally at the top of the stairs and turned their backs to their respective thrones.

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

and alive, saying our thanks to each of you and ensuring that no debt

remember every woll, werecat, witch, werebird and other shifters who did not survive the war,” 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 letting this

respect. They had all lost someone in the Avalanche Battle, or in smaller fights and attacks that preceded it. They all personally knew the price of the

heads, Savannah smiled through

life!” she gave

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

and handed it to the couple. Riannon gasped when she saw a beautiful labyrinth medallion with a Northern Star in one of

in your darkest days, you can count on us,” Kai promised. “It’s enough to send a messenger with this pendant, and we

an army to help you.”

head respectfully and whispered so that only Kai and Savvy could hear him.

bring you something shiny and pretty

worry about it. No one expects you to have decent manners!” Kai gave him a crooked

front of

but then Rinannon sighed and asked her husband to help her down

was overprotective of her in this

the next name and the werecat with silver hair walked up to the King and Queen in an

several times already and proved that you could be trusted. I will

I am so grateful for

front of her a box with the same locket and the same message. If Naya ever needed help, she would get

werebird leader accepted her box, and the

was the next one to be rewarded, and after accepting her token,

and your child will be safe,” she whispered. “My Coven will take your baby

protection.”

with smaller tokens of appreciation, but all

was over, the bell rang again, and Lachlan announced

Borg!”

capital for almost 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. It was entirely possible that she’d been invited today simply to be executed publicly and in front

sure that everyone hated her.

though. She was

sleeves and a cape covering her shoulders. Today she was representing her kind, and they already had a bad enough reputation

to their lands, even after submitting to the Lycan King and Queen, she couldn’t help but feel disappointed. Although maybe

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

rule and death.

accused of being traitors because they killed

challenging the biggest and baddest Alpha bear in the room with the dirtiest words in his

as well. She was ready to rinse and repeat, but luckily

of election or vote, she somehow became their

meant she was the one dealing with the aftermath of the war.

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

the only thing that had helped

and worked… sometimes as a simple laborer, cleaning up the

to make Aspen’s escape possible. Each day she strived to overwork herself and fall down onto her bed half dead because

she didn’t know what to expect. She didn’t even have an “entourage” to begin with and had to pick a few bears

that some kind of

battle. But then the wolves changed. What if…. She was afraid to finish that thought. It was too foolish. He was already dead by then, and

had changed since Bjorn set it on fire, but she liked its new look more. It was still an old rough Northern castle, but it seemed fresher and

she only saw Lachlan and Kyle. She then started scanning

gave her the time to do it before they spoke.

at seeing her, and that was understandable. “We trusted you once, and you betrayed that trust.

Gamma. These are unforgivable

even though she thought she had already accepted this fact. If they were to kill her now,

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

Northern Lycan Kingdom. However, we are willing to give you autonomy to some level. You will have your own laws, with the exception of a few we require you to implement. Such as equal rights for

nothing to think about. This was already better than what they had hoped for. And after Bjorn’s demise, not too many bears wanted to continue his cause. Most

we pronounce you Queen Brigit Borg of Nova Oberon, the

gasped, looking at them in disbelief. She couldn’t possibly have heard them correctly, however, Savannah was already holding a delicate tiara in her

she tried not to grin but

short flight of stairs seemed to be her life’s longest and hardest

expected.

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

everyone else, except for the kings and

have to work closely with our new Gamma, Kyle,” Savannah gestured at the redhead lycan next to her, and

he was dead,

she tried to force a

work closely with our Ambassador in your kingdom. You already know him,” Kai added with

if he did not want to say it.

and suddenly the whole world stopped spinning.

the man she had never expected to see again.

however, his movements were confident even in this situation. His

same as always. He did not meet her gaze, but she did not care. She wanted to

hand on her shoulder brought Brigit

two of