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.

it that the book is about us,

like that, I can

“No, thanks!”

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

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

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 now, and Kyle says the book helped sustain the favourable impression we gained after the Avalanche

glanced at Zara as she was the one

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 was about

winked at his sister, “or

am not going to ask.” Elene sighed, shaking

flowers of different shades. The royal couple of the North

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

respective thrones. Elene and Lachlan stood

guests. “It’s a huge honour to have so many friends who came

in our time of need. Today, we will be celebrating the heroes, dead and alive, saying our thanks

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

the lower ranked lycans rang a bell, and everyone present bowed their heads in respect. They had all lost someone in the Avalanche Battle, or in smaller fights and attacks

over, and the guests raised their heads, Savannah smiled through tears. It was harder to control her emotions now, thanks

life!” she

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 will do everything in my power to ensure that the alliance between The Northern and The Western

couple. Riannon gasped when she saw a beautiful labyrinth medallion with a Northern Star in one of the paths.

darkest days, you can count on us,” Kai promised. “It’s enough to send a messenger

an army to help you.”

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

bring you something shiny

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

in front of the many cameras

sighed and asked her

course, but since Gideon was overprotective of her in this “delicate state”, it worked

the werecat with silver

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

am so grateful for everything

a box with the same locket and the same

box, and the land promised

one to be rewarded, and after accepting her

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

protection.”

tokens of appreciation, but all meaningful nonetheless.

that the main ceremony was over, the bell rang again, and

Borg!”

the Northern 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

everyone hated her.

though. She was

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

of 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 the bears deserved. They couldn’t

to the Bear castle with other Alphas, she

rule and death.

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

bear in the room with the dirtiest words in his mouth.

was ready to rinse and repeat, but luckily just one show was enough, and no new challenges

at he leetr. Without any kind of election or vote,

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 their gloomy situation.

thing that had helped her

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

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

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

some kind of a miracle happened

stupid, unrealistic and absolutely impossible, considering she left his dead body during the 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,

letting her in. The castle 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 brighter now. As if

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

the time to

Kai did not look too pleased at seeing her, and that was understandable. “We trusted you once, and you

These are unforgivable

my Gamma”. Her heart clenched so painfully even though she thought she had already accepted this fact. If they were to kill her now, she would

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 time about what to do with you and your kind, who fought fiercely for what they believed in. The bear territory will

the 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 men and women, a ban on forced marriages and so on. You can review

to think about. This was already better than what they had hoped for. And after Bjorn’s demise, not too many bears wanted

nodded, “then we pronounce you Queen

She couldn’t possibly have heard them correctly, however, Savannah was already holding

she tried not to grin but was

short flight of stairs seemed to be her life’s longest and hardest obstacle as she walked towards the future she

expected.

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

kings and queens present, bowed

Kyle,” Savannah gestured at the redhead lycan

he was dead, Dead,

my honour,” she tried to force a smile, but it did not look

also have to work closely with our Ambassador in

lip. As if he did not

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

even in this situation. His

as always. He did not meet her gaze, but she did not

hand on her shoulder brought

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