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.

else!” Kai chuckled. “How is it that the book is about

little laugh. “If you would like that, I can arrange it! The sales will

“No, thanks!”

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

holding back a laugh. “And people

snorted quietly. “So yeah, they are getting away with this one, and everyone loves it. All that being said, our

Kai glanced at Zara as she was the one who had a folder

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 to get sick. If

share the details,” Kai winked at his sister, “or you will join

shaking her head,

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

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

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

the guests. “It’s a huge honour

will be celebrating the heroes, dead and alive, saying our thanks to each of you and

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

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 that preceded it. They all personally knew the price

Savannah smiled through tears. It

celebrate life!” she gave the floor

for their relatives to join 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

token of our gratitude,” Savannah took a little box from Zara and handed it to the couple. Riannon

Kai promised. “It’s enough

to help

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

shiny

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

other in front of the many cameras in

glances, but then Rinannon sighed and asked her husband

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

and the werecat with silver

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

And I am so grateful for everything you’ve done.”

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

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

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

with you during labour, and your child will be safe,” she whispered.

protection.”

tokens of

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

Borg!”

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 of the cameras. After

everyone hated

deserved it, though. She was no saint.

had to 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 alter the war.

return to their lands, even after submitting to the Lycan

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

rule and death.

pack was rightfully accused of being traitors because they killed their own during the battle. Brigit ensured her

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

rinse and repeat, but luckily just one show was enough, and no

leetr. Without any kind of election or vote,

that meant she was the one dealing with the

they had a future and what it would be, so she kept them busy to distract them from their gloomy

the only thing that had helped her after Aspen.

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 helped her. This was what her days looked like

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

that 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

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

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 studying everyone around.

King and his Queen gave her the time to do

not look too pleased at seeing her, and that was understandable. “We trusted you once, and you betrayed that trust. You let our

my Gamma. These

of my Gamma”. Her heart clenched so painfully even though she thought she had already accepted

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

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

realising how 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 cause. Most were ready

nodded, “then we pronounce you Queen

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

and knee!,” she tried not to grin but

life’s longest and hardest obstacle

expected.

her head, heavy and uncomfortable. The weight of newfound responsibility. Just like a crown

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

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

he was dead, Dead,

force a smile, but it did

with our Ambassador in your kingdom. You already know

did not want to say it.

and suddenly the whole world stopped spinning. Brigit’s heart

when she saw the man she had

movements were confident even in

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

hand on her shoulder brought Brigit back

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