The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 58. The Awakening

The men hesitated even despite the order that they had received. And now Ria knew that even though Roxanne was important and probably held a high rank, she wasn’t their leader. But Castiel was.

And he wasn’t there.

“Do I have to repeat myself,” Roxy was getting visibly furious, “Castiel doesn’t care about her. Just kill her and let’s be done with it!”

“Is this what this is about?” Riannon decided to taunt the redhead more, “I mentioned him to you today and you couldn’t handle it?”

The men exchanged glances at her words, and she knew that she hit the goal and made them doubt why they were there in the first place. This, whatever it was, was not planned.

“Shut up!” Roxy growled and her eyes glowed red for a few seconds, “Don’t think too much of yourself! He would never be interested in someone as dull as you.”

“Then you don’t have anything to worry about,” Riannon smirked, “Either way, there is an easy way to check whether he cares or not. You can simply call him and ask. Right?”

It was a gamble, of course. For all she knew, she could have misread Castiel’s intentions the last two times they met, and he wanted her as dead as Roxy did. But on the other hand, all she needed now was time for the lycans to come closer discreetly.

The expressions of the four men were tense and when one of them got out his phone, she knew that it was a little victory of hers. Her eyes locked with Roxanne’s, and she could see her snarling.

“Hey, Cass,” the leader of the group managed to connect very quickly, “Sorry to bother you. We have a situation here. We have that Luna… Well, she is actually the Alpha now. Yes, that’s the one. Roxy said… Oh. Okay. Understood. She is already here… Got it.”

He switched off the phone and glared at the redhead who was standing not far from him and clearly not happy with how everything was turning out.

“Looks like we have a change of plans,” he announced to his accomplices, “And Alpha

Riannon will have to make a little trip with us.”

Now this was better. This she could work with. Everything was so much easier now that they obviously had an order not to kill her. It gave her more freedom of action.

“I am sorry,” she chuckled, “I am afraid I am busy tonight.”

“Rick,” Roxanne turned to the leader of the group, “You owe me one. I want to collect

now, and I want this woman dead!”

want any trouble with Castiel, and his orders were clear on her account. He wants us to bring her to him. So, finish off the boy and let’s get going.”

The man looked in the direction of the tree house and Riannon just knew that this was where they kept Dean.

: “Guys! Now!” she commanded Ash and Maya via the mindlink and charged for the house in the hope of reaching Dean first. He was of Beta blood and could fight with her until help

arrived.

her, but she twisted a bit and

capture her by her

You didn’t seriously

didn’t even finish speaking when she saw glowing eyes in the darkness

wrong in her calculations. How didn’t she

Maya, abort!” she tried to stop her Beta and Gamma, “There are too many of them! Don’t come here

the rest of her friends. Even with the lycans they had, it wouldn’t be a fair

leaving you and Dean!” Maya growled, speeding up as she

meantime, the glowing eyes were getting closer and Riannon was finally able

and brown fur. Foxes… and

time because they were sure that

swallowed, thinking hectically. Roxanne was working with

them.

knew for a while who their enemy was. This made so much

eyes met and Ria gasped, when she

how beaten the boy looked.

to sound as if it didn’t matter much to her. Because she knew that Roxy would only kill him faster if she knew

menacingly and tilted her head, “He is a witness that I no longer need. He served his purpose. And

out of the man’s grasp, but he only increased the pressure on her. He was stronger now that she was without her

met with Dean’s as blood was gushing out of his throat and

was as if he was asking for forgiveness for his

Angry tears. Riannon was

things, to save people who were dear to her.

why he isn’t healing?” Roxy snorted loudly, “And the answer to

a cold

heal. Just like Roxanne did to her

helplessness, of how her hands and legs couldn’t move properly and how scared she was. This wasn’t the death that she wished for Dean. She didn’t wish

battle began. Growls

The lycans were very helpful since their wolves were much bigger, but their small group struggled with the quantity of their opponents,

holding her, started to drag her away. Riannon was struggling as

him, knocking them both to

or do anything, he was already ripping her captor

in the direction of the tree house, where Roxanne was still holding Dean and watching the battle. As soon as she

fell together with

cover his neck and stop the blood flowing in a silly and useless attempt to