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.

chuckled. “How is it that the book is about us, but they are the ones on

you would like that, I can arrange

“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

holding back

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

glanced at Zara as she was 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

share the details,” Kai winked at his

ask.” Elene sighed, shaking her head, Let’s go! After you, Majesties.”

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. 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

the top of the stairs and turned their backs to their respective thrones. Elene and Lachlan stood at Kai’s side, while Zara and

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

dead and alive, saying our thanks to each of you and

loudly. “While no words will be pronounced, we’ll each reflect on what happened to us and why, pray to our gods, and

their heads in respect. They had all lost someone in the Avalanche Battle, or in

heads, Savannah smiled through tears. It was

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

a rocky road getting here. I am proud to call you both my friends and family,

a little box from Zara and handed it to the couple. Riannon gasped when she saw a beautiful labyrinth

us,” Kai promised. “It’s enough to send a

an army to help

Gideon bowed his head respectfully and whispered so that only Kai and Savvy could hear him. “Next time, I

bring you something shiny and pretty too,

Kai gave him

in front of the many cameras in the room.

glances, but then Rinannon sighed and asked her husband to help her

her in this “delicate state”, it worked like

next name and the werecat with silver hair walked up to the

several times already and proved that you could be trusted.

Naya. And I am so grateful for everything

same locket and the same message. If Naya ever needed help, she would get

new werebird leader accepted her box, and the land promised for

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

safe,” she whispered. “My Coven will take your baby under

protection.”

of

was over, the bell rang again, and

Borg!”

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

sure that everyone hated

She was no saint.

the entrance, wearing a beautiful silk sea blue dress with long sleeves and a cape covering her shoulders. Today she

her. When they were ordered to return to their lands, even after submitting to the Lycan King and Queen,

to the Bear castle with other Alphas, she

rule and death.

was rightfully accused of being traitors because they killed their own during

room with the dirtiest words in his mouth. And when she killed him in front of

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

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

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

started 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 their gloomy situation.

that had helped her after Aspen.

a simple laborer, cleaning up the tower that she’d

overwork herself and fall down onto her bed

“entourage” to begin with and had to pick a few bears whom she disliked the least since becoming

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

was afraid to finish that thought. It was too

had changed since Bjorn set it on fire, but she liked its new look more. It

red hair. The Gamma was supposed to stand by his King today. But she only saw Lachlan and Kyle. She

gave her the time to

did not look too pleased at seeing her, and that was understandable. “We trusted you once, and you betrayed that trust. You let our enemies into our home and allowed them to destroy

my Gamma. These

the words, “the death of my Gamma”. Her heart clenched so painfully even though she thought she had already accepted this fact. If

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

have your own laws, with the exception of a few we require you to implement. Such

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 were ready to resume their lives as they were before. But this… this would allow

well,” Kai nodded, “then we pronounce you Queen Brigit Borg of Nova

them correctly, however, Savannah was already holding

not

longest and hardest obstacle as she

expected.

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

everyone else, except for the kings and queens present, bowed their

the redhead lycan next to her, and the

he was dead,

she tried to force a smile, but it did not look convincing.

will also have to work closely with our Ambassador in your

As if he did not want to say

the left behind the throne opened, and suddenly the whole

she had never expected to see again.

confident even in this situation. His red hair

her gaze, but she did not care. She wanted to throw

shoulder brought Brigit back to reality.

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