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.

two are something else!” Kai chuckled. “How is it that the book is about us, but they are the ones on

“If you would like that, I can

“No, thanks!”

Chloe told me what to do back at the bear castle and gave me

raised his brow, holding back a laugh. “And people

with this one, and everyone loves it. All that being said, our ratings are through the

at Zara as she was the one who

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

the details,” Kai winked at his sister, “or

shaking her

shades. The royal couple of the North took their time getting

since their wedding and coronation, but they’d mastered every move to perfection. They knew how important today was because their people needed to see 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

backs to their respective thrones. Elene and Lachlan stood at

greeted the guests. “It’s a huge honour to have

and alive, saying our thanks to each of you and ensuring that

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

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 price of

through tears. It was harder

celebrate life!” she gave the floor to her husband.

I am proud to call you both my friends and family, and I give you my word that I

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

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

army to help

mine,” Gideon bowed his head respectfully and whispered so that only Kai

you something shiny and pretty

it. No one expects you to have decent manners!” Kai gave him a crooked smile, and

each other in front of the many cameras in the room.

then Rinannon sighed and asked her husband to help her

since Gideon was overprotective of her in this “delicate state”,

and the werecat with silver hair walked up

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

And I am so grateful for

in front of her a box with the same locket and the same message. If Naya ever needed

new werebird leader accepted her box, and the

to be rewarded, and after accepting her token, she handed Savannah a box of her

be safe,” she whispered.

protection.”

of appreciation,

ceremony was over, the bell rang again, and Lachlan

Borg!”

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

that everyone hated her.

deserved it, though. She was no saint.

sleeves and a cape covering her

challenging weeks behind her. When they were ordered to return to their lands, even after submitting to the Lycan King and Queen, she couldn’t help but feel disappointed. Although maybe it was what

to the Bear castle with other Alphas, she had to deal with the aftermath

rule and death.

killed their own during the

the biggest and baddest Alpha bear in the room with the dirtiest words in his mouth. And when she killed him in

She was ready to rinse and repeat, but luckily just one show

leetr. Without any kind of election or vote, she somehow became

the one dealing with the aftermath

what it would be, so she kept them busy to distract them from their gloomy

only thing that had helped her

cleaning up the tower that she’d exploded just

and fall down onto her bed half dead because nothing else helped her. This was what her

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 Alpha. She hoped to be done

that some kind of a miracle happened and Aspen was alive.

the wolves changed. What if…. She was afraid to finish that thought. It was too foolish. He was already dead by then, and Fenrir did not resurrect anyone that time. She’d asked.

but she liked its new look more. It was still an old rough Northern castle, but it seemed fresher and brighter now. As if someone breathed

Lachlan

King and his Queen gave her the

“We trusted you once, and you betrayed that trust. You let

These

listening after the words, “the death of my Gamma”. Her heart clenched so painfully even though she thought she had already accepted this fact. If they were to kill her

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

of a few we require you to implement. Such as equal rights for men and women, a ban on forced marriages and so on. You can review

rude that probably was to interrupt the Queen. Yet there was 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

pronounce you Queen Brigit Borg of Nova Oberon,

in disbelief. She couldn’t possibly have heard them correctly, however,

she tried not to grin but

life’s longest and

expected.

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

except for the kings and queens present, bowed their heads

with our new Gamma, Kyle,” Savannah gestured at the redhead lycan next to her, and the Bear Queen’s bottom lip quivered at the

was dead, Dead, dead, dead.

tried to force a smile,

will also have to work closely with our Ambassador in your kingdom. You already know him,” Kai

As if he did not want to say it.

on the left behind the throne opened, and suddenly the whole world stopped spinning. Brigit’s heart faltered,

she saw the man she had never expected to

cane, however, his movements were confident even in

meet her gaze, but she did not care. She wanted to throw herself at him regardless,

on her shoulder brought Brigit back to

“introduced” him. “We hope the two of you will be able to achieve