The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 79.

Savannah closed her mouth with her hands, afraid to even take a single gulp of breath. This couldn’t be happening. This was some kind of a sick joke.

Or there was another Castiel who her mate could be talking to in the middle of the night… However unlikely that sounded.

There could be another explanation. There had to be another explanation.

“No, that part changes obviously,” Zack went on, “Savannah is my mate, and she will stay with me. But think of it, Cass. It’s for the best. We agreed that I would become the Wolf King and rule the werewolves that would remain and it would be so much easier if the lycan princess was my wife. She will be the symbol of my power…”

Sawy tried not to breathe. She wanted to cry, to scream, to burst into this room and confront her mate.

But she was taught better than this. She was trained. She was prepared.

Unfortunately, now her broken heart did not matter anymore. She would have to think of it later. And maybe it was for the best, because Athena was unsettled inside and she needed to control her better, so that Zack’s wolf wouldn’t sense any distress. She had to play the happy mate part now more than ever.

“There will be no need for this,” her mate’s voice sounded firm. “Savannah is mine and we mated today. I will mark her tomorrow and be done with it. Trust me, I can control my mate. You don’t have to worry about it. She won’t be a problem… No, she will not be a distraction, trust me. The proof is that it’s our first night and I am here talking to you. Just deal with your women. You have too many to worry about. I’ll deal with mine. Savannah will be busy the next few years mourning her brother and friends as well as giving birth to my pups…”

His every word felt like a slap to her face. How could a mate do this to another mate? He sounded so cold and calculating… Did he not feel anything for her? Was it even possible?

“Yes,” Zack seemed annoyed, “I will contact them all and let them know where you expect them tomorrow. Do you think the redhead will crack by then?”

He listened to someone on the phone and Sawy couldn’t hear what Castiel was saying, no matter how hard she tried. She knew that she would be able to if she got closer. But then Zack would be able to sense her and she couldn’t risk it.

“Yeah, it is lucky that now he will never be able to make that marriage alliance with the North… No, he has no idea. I think everything will go smoothly and it will be done tomorrow. Just make sure you kill Gideon in one blow and don’t create any more trouble for us… Fine, I’ll call them now. Bye.”

The words echoed in Savannah’s ears again and again.

She then heard her mate hanging up and dialling another number and prepared to listen again.

“Yeah, hi,” Zack said to someone at the other end of the line, but this was when she sensed another werewolf walking from the other end of the corridor and hurried back to their bedroom.

Although ‘their’ wasn’t the right word anymore. Life was cruel and Savannah became the happiest girl alive and the most broken one in just under twenty-four hours. She curled in the bed, pretending to sleep and thinking about her options. She needed to get out of this place and preferably do it fast.

But before she did that, she wanted to do something else – to find out the names of the people Zack   according to wnat she neara, out sne nad to try.

She heard from Reid that Riannon let herself be captured willingly to try and use that chance to destroy their enemy. And Savannah thought that, as a princess, she owed it to her people and her family to at least try. She was more than just a breeding machine his mate took her for.

Tears were treacherously forming in her eyes at the thought of him. But she forbade herself to cry. She couldn’t give herself away that easily.

she heard the sounds of approaching steps and then the creaking of the opening door. The scent of her mate overwhelmed her again. He had that musky masculine scent with a hint of something woody., She loved it so much when they first met a few hours ago. And now it was enveloping around her, tempting her to pretend that she did not hear anything, did not know anything.

A part of her wished she could. Because deep inside there was this longing for him.

The mattress next to her dipped and in a few moments Zack’s hands were wrapped around her. He brushed his nose and lips gently over her neck and shoulder, inhaling her own scent. And after doing it a few times, he planted a soft kiss on her silky skin.

That would have been a sweet moment if only he wasn’t a lying scumbag who plotted to betray them and to kill her brother. Savvy had to channel all her inner strength not to try and kill him now. She could probably do that. He was a werewolf and she was a royal lycan.

Only that then would it be unlikely for her to escape and warn her brother of the betrayal. She did not know the exact plan yet. It would probably still work without Zack. So, she couldn’t kill him now. Even though he was breaking her heart.

a mate all her life.

her to his advantage. He did not consider her feelings. And it did not seem to have any kind

body tensed as he cupped her breast, chuckling. “Sawy, you are wearing my shirt and when I left you, you

“So, what were you doing while

with the role he chose for her. This was how he saw her and it had to

the bathroom and realised that you were gone,” she pouted her lips and could feel him smirking at that. “I missed you and decided to put your shirt on. Where have you been? You left me

my love,” he bit her earlobe gently. “Urgent pack matters. You looked so tired. I did not want to bother you. But I am

going up and down her body, one of them dangerously

she wasn’t particularly good at). “Tomorrow is a long day and you have already exhausted me. Could you… could you

and she felt as if a knife went through her heart. They could have been happy. They could have had anything.

windows. But most importantly, Sawy felt something sharp grazing over the

her to face him. “We are mates, aren’t we? You are mine. I want to

her inner Riannon, running her fingers up

I am a princess and there are rules and traditions. These are very important for lycans. Those things are inherited by us from the olden days. Lycan royals were marking their mates publicly so that there

He probably

fake regret in her voice. “Gideon might find out where Ria is any minute. And we can’t lie in bed naked. We need to be

what looked like a bathroom. “Care to join me? I bet we still have a few minutes to

it. But, luckily, he

with the six digit code, she had to admit that it was useless. So, she put it back

What a narcissist.

time went by quickly and she was counting seconds until Zack

smile on his portrait was smug and she

But she knew that it was not. “But he is our mate, we need to at least

family

his face! Someone like

Savvy jumped onto her feet with his phone in her hands and went all the way to the wall, swiping her finger and enabling… face

had to try different angles, but

had seconds to get what she needed and she scrolled through the list of the last calls first. Luckily, Zack was very well

the last moment a new message icon appeared and she opened it, her

if water could help him wash away the feeling of guilt that his wolf tried to make him feel. But the decisions were made long before Savannah. All

was supposed to kill her together with Gideon, erase the western royal lycan family once and for all. But the moment he saw her, he knew that he would move mountains to keep her. And while everyone discussed their plans at the impromptu Alpha meeting, he was making

even with Savannah by his side and only after talking to his partner Castiel did he feel at ease. They could both

shower and walked out of the bathroom not to find his

there was no response. Although, what was he

items on one

was.

unhappy. She is far away and getting further every second!” The reply irked him. There

it. But just in case, he decided

everything became clear. The last two were received

be the end of him if he didn’t get his mate

I am going to. This is a life and death kind of situation. But I would prefer to get Savannah back alive.

the phone away and shifted, jumping out of the window. He had to get her and

was hidden by the bushes, she shifted into

of being in pain, she accumulated all their