The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 50

Chapter 50. The Aftermath.

The silence was deadly and Gideon stood up, leaning over the car next to him. He looked around, trying to comprehend what was going on, and realised that he was the only person standing. Right next to him, Reid and Maya were still confused, lying on the floor and trying to

get up.

Gradually, he started to hear the sounds of the car alarms which had all been triggered

by the explosion.

Explosion! He missed a breath, looking at the shattered hotel in front of him and seeing pieces of glass that used to be its exterior everywhere.

Gideon ran as fast as he could to where he had left her. His mate, his Riannon. The woman who was his whole life now. The woman he had just announced as his and then so carelessly left alone.

He was back at the entrance in no time, but he couldn’t see her in the clouds of dust and

smoke. The fear seized him for the first time in his life. Primitive animalistic fear.

He couldn’t lose her like that. Not when all the obstacles were finally gone.

Just then, he saw something white on the ground next to the entrance and recognised

her platinum blonde hair as well. The relief washed over him.

Riannon had her head pounding from the fall and the noise made her temporarily deaf. The first thing that she recognised was Brayden’s scent. He was lying on top of her and breathing heavily.

The hearing was coming back slowly as he rolled off her and then tried to help her get up.

“Are you okay?” she heard her ex-husband through muffled noises. But she could only nod.

“Ria!” Gideon appeared out of nowhere and lifted her into his arms in less than a second,

Thank goddess that

neck, allowing herself a few moments of weakness. A few moments of being cuddled against his chest and

clenched teeth, and Gideon glared at him for daring to speak to them now. But then he noticed that the

shoulder and turned to face

but he smiled painfully.

little groan, turning his backs to

man, but he would hate it

his people. He had to go inside and check on them, see

and Maya were running their way, the girl throwing herself in his mate’s arms.

understood everything as well, “I will help Brayden to

king protested,

sure!” Maya snorted, rolling her

said calmly, “There are people who

the determination in her eyes, he gave up. The Moon Goddess sent him a Luna who wouldn’t be hiding in a situation like that and would want to help their people. He had to learn to accept it, even if his instinct was to

“See you there,” he

waste any more time.

who was waiting patiently.

piece after piece. Luckily, he was an Alpha and she could

:

way I do,” Brayden hissed as she got

No one does.”

her work, “Sometimes I wonder if you knew me at

did,” he sighed, “It’s just… The mate bond, Ri. It’s stronger

with that,” his ex-wife seemed

body shuddered at the mention of

to handle the matter differently,” Ria confessed, “I wouldn’t expect

to turn his head to look at his now ex-Luna but

of the bigger shards, twisting it in his flesh and only then getting

Alpha winced from pain

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