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.

nodded at him, trying to struggle against Gideon, who

he was always getting overly possessive, noticing how the latter

your service, Alpha,” Ash bowed

cut straight to the chase,” Riannon became serious

take over Brayden’s pack.” finally released his mate from his clutches, knowing that it was a strictly business

the Alpha of The Silver

nervously placing his hands in his

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

he had no chance, but just being next to her was better than not being next to her at

It was enough.

He settled for this.

loud divorce and some even blame

earn their trust and love if I lived there non-stop, but that’s impossible at the

can be your substitute,” Ash proposed

you to be my subject Alpha,” Riannon

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

tried to think hectically of

when he felt her touch on his

is over yet,

into the everyone is doing

the North kingdom with the man she

to do some

only about the

It’s bigger than that.

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

Alpha of this

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

Harper had to become an Alpha…well,

after she was

for her was that they had all forgotten

wake-up call for Harper, who always considered herself the centre of

in the pack now that her brother

good

was right

be him game was lost

gave her a curt

going to be easy,” Queen went straight

of the current Beta, make him a Gamma and take someone trustworthy as your 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 caught on the day killed himself,

we just kill him then?”

torture doesn’t mean anything,” this time Gideon joined their

information. But it is a possibility,

see,” the werewolf

this if he

times,” Riannon said as if she read

She always did that.

the exact thing he was thinking

choose your new Gamma?” he decided to change

didn’t 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

to go back home to her family and give them another chance.She hopes to find her mate and feels that it

her,” Ash nodded

do this, I need to prepare

sure you don’t want to stay for dinner?” the queen asked, and Gideon growled possessively behind

to

she smiled and squeezed his hand

the lycan king said, wrapping his hand around his

saw Maya and Reid walking out of the house and Riannon giggled happily,

already, only looking at her husband

he had to move on too…He couldn’t go on like

You are here as

to their friends and stretched her hands

bigger! Come to

“There you go!”

her, always reminding her

looked into Danielle’s eyes, she saw Dean and

already big, and their second child was going to be born in just a

so happy when she told

were walking to the house and watching their friends

you are ready for this, then so am I,” Gideon winked at her,

talked about this,” she sighed, “it’s too risky now.First, we need to weed out all the traitors

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

I will give you as many pups as you

girls, strong, beautiful and smart like

had a chance to

you only motivate me to deal with our enemies faster.So that I could

and he pulled her into a warm hug, kissing the tip of her

everything upside down with Zack’s absence.They say that we had something to do with it.And something tells me that when we find Zack, we find the culprit

all, Ria.I swear

well,” she confessed

doesn’t reply to my messages anymore.I don’t know where she

harder” her mate brushed circles with his hand over her back to try