The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

“Careful, just a few more steps and we are there,”Gideon chuckled as he attentively led Riannon to the big surprise he prepared for her.She had a blindfold on but did not seem worried at all.Her lips were curled into a soft smile, and she was walking with confidence, holding his hands and trusting him completely.

The lycan king was looking at his beautiful wife and saying silent prayers to the Moon Goddess to thank her for such a gift.It still felt like a dream to him sometimes.He had the perfect woman who made his life perfect as well.

Sometimes he was so happy that he felt guilty, considering that many of the people around him were still dealing with the consequences of the war they had.

The war that was far from being over.Riannon tried not to grin.She was going wherever he was taking her without any kind of questioning his motives.

This was what trust was supposed to be.She felt a fresh breeze kissing her cheeks and smelled the scent of a familiar forest.She liked all this already.

Gideon stopped and stood behind her, pulling her into his embrace from the back and kissing her neck gently, making waves of tingles ripple over her body.

He then trailed the golden crescent on her marking spot with his lips and she let out a little moan, hoping

“Ready?”he asked, his lips almost touching her ear.

“Yes,” she replied playfully and he pulled her blindfold gently, taking it off.

Riannon needed a few seconds to adjust to the light, but when she did, she gasped and covered her mouth with her hand.

“Gideon…that’s…”

She breathed out, not able to finish the sentence as she was looking at their new home.

A two-storey modern house on the top of a hill in the middle of the woods.

The secret place right on the border of their two packs, where they decided to live and raise their future children.

It had stone and wood outer walls and huge glass windows with open balconies overlooking the Silver Lake, the place where they first met.

“Surprise!” he whispered and pecked her cheek.

“But how?”she was still astonished and turned to look at him.

“It wasn’t supposed to be ready for months and months!”

“I had to pull some strings,” Gideon chuckled.

“Anything for my queen.”

They made the decision to create this place before their wedding.

Since Riannon’s packhouse was destroyed, they needed a new one.

And they also needed to integrate their people, lycans and werewolves, into one new nation.

More houses were planned to be built nearby as this was supposed to slowly become the center of the new future kingdom.

This was the perfect location as Ria’s pack and the western kingdom’s main palace was at an equal and much shorter course, but this place… this place belonged to them.

Here, they did not have to play their usual political games and could live a much simpler life which they both craved, creating something new at the same time.

A few mixed couples had already formed.

Lycans were finding their werewolf mates thanks to the many meetings arranged by Riannon for the two species.

They knew that it would take them decades for all the changes to settle, but they both also knew very well how to be patient.

“The view here is better than I remember!”

Ria sighed and leaned with her back on her mate as his hands were wrapped around her.

“It could be better,” the Lycan king smirked and pointed at a big rock in front of the building.

“I was right there when I had the best view of my life of a beautiful woman swimming naked in that very lake.Now that was a view to remember!”

“Hmm,” she turned around to face him and laced her fingers into his hair to make him lower his head for a kiss, “who knows, if you behave, maybe I will swim naked for you again.Maybe I will even let you join me this time.”

An internal growl left his chest, and she licked his lips gently, making them part to deepen the kiss.He grasped her tighter in his arms, devouring her greedily as always.He could never get enough of her.No matter how much time they spent together, no matter how

“You are here!” they heard a familiar voice and Gideon growled again.

This time from the frustration of being interrupted.

“Pardon me for the intrusion.”

“Ash!”

Ria smiled at her Gamma and was about to step away from her mate, but he did not let her, only pulling her closely.

“This day is full of surprises indeed!”

“You said that you had an important conversation with me, and your husband told me that you’ ll be here today, so I decided to grab that chance,” Ash smiled.

They did not see much of each other lately because he was mainly working with the werewolves, while Riannon was physically mostly in the lycan kingdom, paying visits to her pack when she could.

This was one of the reasons why this place was so important.

It would make it easier to be both – a queen and an Alpha.

Ash’s eyes grazed over her but he stretched a formal smile quickly.

actually not a bad idea,” Riannon nodded at him, trying to struggle against Gideon,

he was always getting overly possessive, noticing how

Ash bowed

will cut straight to the chase,” Riannon became

need you to take over Brayden’s pack.” finally released his mate from his clutches,

of

placing his hands

times, but he always rejected the idea, knowing that if he became the Alpha,

belonged to another and that he had no chance, but just being next to her was better than

It was enough.

He settled for this.

divorce and some even blame me

financial situation helped, but not a lot.I could earn their trust and love if I lived

be your substitute,” Ash

need you to be my subject Alpha,” Riannon shook her

it now.If not me, the other two obvious choices are you and Harper.And trust me, Ash, no pack will survive with Harper

and tried to think hectically of a reason to leave things the way

felt her touch on his hand, he shivered and looked at

is over yet,

the everyone is doing their part.No

Savannah is planning her wedding in the North kingdom with the man she doesn’t even like, sacrificing herself

have to do some

not only

It’s bigger than that.

imply that we killed him.But we all know that it’s not the truth and the bastard is alive somewhere and just hiding.But now, because of all that, the members of the Union are unsettled.And Ash, I need an extra vote at the

an Alpha

him all his life, but some of them were angry at

had to become an Alpha…well, it would be

this.She changed a bit after she was abducted by Castiel and spent

the worst part for her was that they had all

wake-up call for Harper,

be useful in the pack now that her brother was

wasn’t good at

was right

game was

it,”he gave her

you know it’s not going to be easy,” Queen went

second in command.We suspect that the Beta made the order to blow up my packhouse.Or at least was connected to the foxes.But there is no proof.The man who was

just kill him then?” Ash arched his

anything,” this time Gideon

is a possibility, and you should

see,” the werewolf

ready for this if

times,” Riannon said as if

She always did that.

the exact thing he

your new Gamma?” he decided to

want the lycan king to see his

smiled, “I chose one of the red girls that decided to stay with me and proved

Ria shook her

another chance.She hopes to find her mate and feels that

for her,”

go now.If we are going to do this, I need to

want to stay for dinner?” the queen asked, and Gideon

need to go.Maybe

squeezed his hand in

his hand around his wife’s waist and leading her

and Reid walking out of the house

about him already, only looking at her husband to see if he was keeping

this was the moment when Ash knew that he

Reid! You are here as

to their friends and

getting bigger and bigger! Come to your

“There you go!”

and then brushed her, always reminding her of

eyes, she saw

child was going

happy when she

house and watching their friends happy with their

this, then so am I,” Gideon winked at her, taking her

risky now.First, we need to weed out all the traitors and win that war

know,” he chuckled, “but don’t blame a man

I will give you as many pups as you like, ” Riannon grinned at

beautiful and

interjected before she had a

worries, Ria, you only motivate me to deal with our enemies faster.So that I could have you all

and he pulled her into a warm

we had something to do with it.And something tells me that when we find Zack, we find the culprit as well.The one who was commanding the rival army during the last battle.”

get them all, Ria.I

am worried for Bridgit as well,” she confessed

contact.But she doesn’t reply to my messages anymore.I

mate brushed circles with his hand over her back to try