The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Petra screamed, but Savannah didn’t hear her. She was holding Kai in her hands and looking for a pulse that wasn’t there

It wasn’t there!

She checked his wrists and neck, but she couldn’t find it. She tried listening to his heart with her lycan hearing, but something was wrong because she didn’t hear anything

It had to be wrong! Obviously, he had to have a heartbeat’ This.. this couldn’t be happening! It couldn’t end like this! She loved him, and he loved her They were supposed to have their whole life together He was supposed to place his mark on her in a few minutes, and she was ready She was finally ready to be loved and to trust again.

Because of him… Because he helped her heal. Because thanks to him she now knew what real love was And it was so much more than just this physical attraction This couldn’t be it for them!

The priestess not far from them fell to her knees and started chanting some kind of an old northern prayer. Savvy didn’t mind. She was praying for a miracle too now

Rannon!

Riannon would know what to do. The Moon Goddess blessed her sister-in-law! The divine power would protect her and help them save everyone else.

It wasn’t ending like that!

Savvy turned her head to look at where her brother sat and saw him breathing heavily and holding his pregnant wife in his arms. The table before them was overturned Gideon probably knocked it off to see his little sister while still trying to save his mate

Pregnant. Riannon was pregnant! She couldn’t be dying! She couldn’t be dead! But she looked so pale and lifeless now.

Petra screamed louder, and Savannah’s eyes locked with her brother’s as he tore the upper buttons of his shirt. His eyes glowed golden, the colour of their family lycans”. He was trying to shift, but something was stopping him Riannon was lying breathless in his arms, and Savvy shook her head

It couldn’t bel Elene made sure everything was triple-checked for tonight All food and wine were tasted before they were sent here. The omegas had their backgrounds checked, especially after she reported the one with a note from Bjorn Only the people Kai trusted were protecting them today They took all precautions necessary

Savvy sniffed the wine just in case because it was an old habit All royals did it She was sure that Kai and Gideon did it too. She had seen it so many times it didn’t even arouse suspicions in anyone Just a normal thing to do

So why? How? What went wrong? Who did this? And how could she undo it? How did they end up here? So many questions and thoughts streamed through her brain she felt dizzy.

Savannah looked at a pale omega with the tray in her hands. The one who brought them the wine Both goblets were still there and Athena roared inside of her

“Get her!” The she-woll snarled, and Savannah let her have control, charging at the wide-eyed girl and pinning her to the

“Why did you do it?” She growled loudly “I d didn’t the omega stuttered “I swear”

The Lycan Princess unclenched her fingers and kneeled next to the broken glasses She picked up the pieces and smelled then again

Nothing’

Not wasting line, the inoved to the table next to her Celia was still lying face down. Inga on the floor next to her Savvy took the glasses and sulled

Nothing’

One by one, the checked all the glasses on thal table and then smashed the last one on the wall The cameraman barely managed to dodge the shards

The cameraman! She noticed him for the first time. He was still conscious

“We have nothing to do with this!” Claude, who stood right next to him, lifted his hands in the air to demonstrate his good intentions Chloe did the same behind his back

“We are not a part of the ceremony! We didn’t drink the wine!” She tried to explain to the Princess at once to avoid any kind of confusion

Savannah wasn’t sure if she could trust the words of the two TV presenters. Of course, everyone would insist they were innocent, but were they really?

Claude and Chloe were the last ones to enter the room before Kai and her It was unlikely they had time to meddle with the drinks as they simply couldn’t touch the wine. If it was the wine at all. Why wasn’t there any scent?

“Lyn!” Petra wept. trying to wake up her mentor gently Kyle was still on top of her on the table, as if he tried to protect her with his body

The realisation that Kyle was dead too made Savvy’s body shudder uncontrollably A sound escaped her throat as she looked around her li was neither a scream nor a sob It was something in between something that signalled that she was irreparably broken from the inside She had just lost everyone she loved in one day

Shattered, Savvy returned to Kai and lifted him so that his head was on her knees, brushing her fingers over his cheek that was getting colder

*This is all a dream,” she whispered, shaking her head in disbelief “A bad dream! Come back to me!”

But not a single muscle on his face flinched, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t hear the heartbeat she used to listen to before falling asleep every day Kai’s heart wasn’t beating

“Savvy!” Gideon’s voice was so weak, but she lifted her cyes full of tears to look at her brother. He was still clenching Riannon but tried to concentrate his gaze on his little sister He tried to say something, but at this point he had trouble forming words

“Get someone to help!” Savannah shouted at the film crew when she realised that Gideon could still be helped *Run,” her big brother mouthed, and she remembered that Kai had said the same thing

Claude rushed for the main doors, but they swung open right before his nose, and he barely managed to avoid the contact

Savannah felt him before she saw him. The nauseating scent of mint reached her nostrils, and the physical pull started bothering her again, biting at her from the inside

Zack Morgan entered the room as if he was the King already, his men tactically circled the whole room from different angles Petra screamed again, but one of the huge bears yanked her and roared at her.

A bear He came together with the bears!

Gideon tried to get up, but a silver spear was placed at his neck by a different warrior. Savvy’s lips parted when she looked at the spear They had the identical one back at home

Not that this was important now

“Savannah Zack dared to make a sad face when he stared at her, his brows furrowed as if he was really sorry for her. For what he did to her

If she got her hand out now and he was lucky, then maybe there was still a chance for him to survive Maybe…

But the Princess’s eyes were cold and dark. He had never seen her like this Not when she rejected him over and over again, not even when she tried to kill him last time He had never seen so much hatred in her before today

“I swear,” Zack’s voice trembled, if we get out of here together, I wiil spend my whole life trying to make up for everything. I will make you happy again Savvy. I love you, I will find a way,”

“You love me?” She asked through tears with a bitter laugh escaping her. He didn’t love this laughter at all. “And I love Kal” she added mercilessly

Hearing that hurt him more than her claws tealing his flesh, Until now, he was still sure that she was doing it for the show to help her kingdom He knew they were sleeping together, but once again, he assured himself that the reason behind that was political She was his mate, they had consummated the bond, and the only thing missing was his mark Savannah couldn’t love another man while she had a male

The thought alone made him angry! He was an Alpha, alter all, and did not plan to share his mate Zack bared his teeth, “You don’t mean that!”

*Oh, I do!” She nodded and wiped her eyes with a free hand “I love him more than anything in this world More than the stars and the moon, more than the sun, more than shifting and running through the forest as a wolf I love him, and I need him as I need air And you. Her voice broke, and she sucked in a painful breath, “you took him away from me!”

Zack’s wolf growled in agony This was pain like none other because they both knew that she spoke the truth,

“You will forget him, and we…” Zack started saying, but she dug her claws, piercing his heart

“Goddess, I hate you!” She confessed, looking straight into his face

“I am your mate-” He tried to reason with her.

“You are a mistake!” Savannah snorted, her words laced with spite.

“Fine” he placed both his hands on the one that held his heart, trying to plead with her “Fine! I will accept your rejection! Whatever you want!”

Savannah didn’t even laugh this time. It wasn’t funny None of this was funny From the corner of her eye, she already saw that her brother Gideon wasn’t moving any longer. The warrior next to him didn’t see the point of holding the spear next to his neck anymore because because he could tell that the King of the Western Lycan Kingdom was dead.

Her gaze travelled through the room, seeing the people she liked and cared about without any signs of life and then she returned her attention to the man whose heart she was holding

“Please,” Zack tried to smile weakly “Just… let me go, and let’s talk I’ll do whatever you want, even if you still want to reject me

She pulled his heart out so fast that he didn’t even manage to finish the sentence. The blood gushed through the hole in his chest as he stared at his own beating heart in Savannah’s hand The beautiful and strong woman was the perfect picture. She was everything he ever dreamed of and she became the last thing he saw.

“Too late!” Savvy said, void of emotions She hoped that it would bring her some kind of relief, even if just momentarily, but she was wrong Sizzling pain rippled through her as she fell to her knees next to Zack’s body and tried to catch a breath.

It seemed like every bone in her body was breaking, her skin was burning, her breathing ceased to exist. The mate bond was shredding her soul to tiny pieces, and the pain was unbearable. She didn’t have any idea how hurtful it could be Zack hurt her so many times before that she was sure she wouldn’t feel much doing this. Yet she was wrong because she couldn’t stand it any longer

Everything mixed up in her head like a picture in a kaleidoscope, and she felt she was about to throw up.

‘There, thered Two large hands wiapped around her shoulders. “We’ll find a way to mend a broken heart. Although, probably not his.”