The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 76

“Explain this!” Gideon growled at the Beta as he uploaded the video on the big

screen.

Maya watched it calmly, her face vacant of any emotions.

“What exactly should I explain?” she asked lazily, only fuelling his anger.

He rewound the video back to when she was fighting Roxanne and pointed at Riannon standing not far from them.

“She was there! And you saw her!” he was playing those seconds again and again, making her watch this. “You didn’t even move to help her. I want to know why!

“I did not notice her!” Maya turned away and he just knew that she was lying through her teeth.

“I am not buying this!” he growled. He could feel how his own Beta, Ried, was trying to reach him via the mind link. He was worried sick about his mate, and it was one of the reasons why he couldn’t kill her on the spot.

Yet she was too calm. A traitor who was just caught couldn’t possibly be this

serene!

“Maya,” he said through clenched teeth, “what do you know that I don’t? You clearly saw each other. Ria didn’t even fight that damn fox when he caught her!”

She averted his gaze and he knew that he was on the right path.

“You have to tell me!” he growled and it suddenly became harder to breathe in the room. He never used his royal lycan power. It was dangerous. And not only for others, for him as well. Because unleashing that pressing darkness within him could have consequences beyond repairing. There was a reason why only the royal lycans had the second battle form now. Only they could shift into wolf-like feral beasts who

could walk on their feet. Common lycians could die if they tried that.

The blood of royals was the purest and they were the only ones who had enough strength to channel and control true beasts. Those beasts were giving them power beyond imaginable, but that came with a price. The longer they stayed in that form, the less they wanted to come back to being human. It was too tempting, too

wolf, hence they were saving it for the worst battles. When they were becoming true lycans, all emotions were gone. Only instincts stayed. And every time Gideon had to use any part of his feral powers, he knew that once he reached a certain point, he had to stop and go back to being human.

That form was making him stronger and any other shifter could sense his power from afar. Right now he only let it out a bit but Maya already lowered her head

in submission. This was something out of her control now.

“What. Happened. There?” Gideon demanded in a firm menacing tone and she gulped, trying to fight it. But it was useless.

“I can’t,” she whispered desperately.

“I am your king,” Gideon insisted, letting her know that he would make her if she didn’t do it herself.

“You might be my king but she is my Alpha,” Maya’s voice was faint but she faced him with a determination which he couldn’t not respect.

He didn’t even need more details. It was clear what had happened back in the woods now. And he wanted to crush things, break them, destroy…

“Just tell me why she did it,” he used all his strength to get the beast to back down, so that he could return to his senses and so that the girl in front of him could stop suffocating. It was her first time experiencing something like this. Most would probably have already fainted.

deep breath as soon as the power stopped pressing down on her. She hesitated… but looking at him panting as well, she gave up. There was no point hiding anything anymore. She stalled him

wanted.

said that he would not hurt her. She was

he snapped his head in her

growled. “He could do anything to her while she

Moon Goddess.” The Beta

did not want to hear those explanations. He just

was sure that we would be able to win the war only if we got enough intel. And the only way to get it was to get inside their lair. Ria said that there were too many secrets and no way to find out whom we can trust. She wanted to fix that problem. She was sure that Castiel would be co.cky enough to try and get her. And she told me to make sure that it

Gideon pointed

cloth, I knew that it

have followed them!”

the woman stated honestly and firmly. “She ordered not to

cross-body bag and got out a little note. Riannon’s scent hit his nostrils and he got instantly calmer. Maya handed him the little folded piece of paper and he

left this for you,” the girl stepped away to

if it was some kind of treasure. Trust me. I trust you to

right now. She trusted him. She needed him to trust her. And she needed him to find a way to get her back. All while she was risking her

eyes, pain rippling through his body, tearing him

But she needed him.

gaze met Maya’s and there was this silent understanding between the two of them now. He knew that she would do anything to get her best friend and Alpha back. All they needed

to look at the glass. Behind it the tiny fox was weeping again, trying to fill the air around her with

getting out of here. And when she does, we will break her. Part by part. Until she tells us what we want to

white room for goddess knew how long. She knew that they had not forgotten about her. She knew that she was their only chance

going to share anything. She had two tasks now – to save her baby and to get

to save her. He also knew that she was a valuable asset. So, she needed to hold on until then. She could still play on

sound of the lock and turned to see the doors opening. The ability to cry was lost to her as she had already drained all the liquid out of herself. But the

she saw two women in black leather looking down

bad. The worst-case scenario, no less. Her pheromones

well as a water

is vicious and can easily get

hair ordered and pointed to the chair. Roxy decided not

not wolves,” she stated calmly to test her

with straight black

are you?” Roxy asked, prying for

answered, “Now, eat. We are not staying here

slowly, listening

king is this furious.” The two women whispered to each other, not bothered with

what the fox king is doing to her this very moment? He did not

table, not caring that she attracted

attention.

girls asked her with an indifferent

not hungry

else, they gathered everything that they had brought and left

She knew him the best and she knew far too well when he wanted a woman. He always had a harem, yes. But he had consent from every girl inside of it, herself included. They all wanted to be there, craved it.