The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert novel Chapter 39

Savvy blinked and saw snow-white hair swinging before her eyes as Naya took a battle stance.

“Easy there!” Her lips curled into a menacing grin as she blocked inga’s attack. Her eyes did not promise her opponent anything good, “You may hurt yourself again! We wouldn’t want that would

we?”

The werecat dodged another blow and then kicked Inga’s legs gracefully, making her kiss the dirty ground. Once again, Savannah admired the beauty with which the cats moved. As if they were dancing and not fighting

“If we could shift…” the werewolf growled.

“If we could shift, there would be a blood stain in the shape of you!” Naya retorted with a chuckle. “You don’t scare me, wolf girt. The only one I am scared of in this entire competition is the person I side

with.”

“Enough!” Celia tried to wriggle out from under Savannah, and the Princess stood up, letting her go. The ginger-haired girl rushed to her friend’s side,

“But…”inga was about to protest

“Did you hear what she said?” Celia seemed more agitated because of the magic word than anything else. “Sorry, but even Penelope is not worth it for me. Soyou are on your own! Besides, I think we have stalled them for long enough!”

Inga relaxed slightly hearing this and nodded. They exchanged glances and charged in the same direction without saying anything else.

“So much for their company!” Naya turned to face the other two women, and Savvy really didn’t

know what to expect next.

**You side with me?” The Princess raised her brow questioningly.

“Of course I do!” Alaugh followed the reply. “Who else could you and me, two Westerners, join

here?

“I could join forces with Astrid.” Savvy pointed out, throwing a quick glance at Petra, who still clung to the tree branch as if her life depended on it.

“I hate that one!” Naya scrunched her nose. “And Brigit!” The Princess continued. “Ugh, that one is even worse. You see why you needed me here?” The cat smirked.

“I needed you? Since when?” Now Savannah was interested.

“Since always!” Naya rolled her eyes. “Why do you think I am here? To fight for a man? No, thank you. I like pirts more anyway. Although men can be fun sometimes. That depends on the size of their dl-”

“I get it!” Savannah tried to stop her confession. “I still don’t get why, though. And how did you know

about the Trials?”

“I received an invitation from Elene. She wanted a werecat of noble blood to compete, and my

mother chose me.”

“So, you knew before I even got here?” Savvy gritted her teeth. “Why didn’t you inform us? We are

supposed to be in an alliance with the cat packs.”

“We are in an alliance,” Naya confirmed nonchalantly. “That’s the whole point. You didn’t need that

information back then. Your brother would flip, and we would have had another war on our hands instead

of a new and powerful ally. Who would want that? My mother sent me here to help you get King Kai’s heart and marry him. Or, at the very least, help you win the Trials and get the three wishes. If you had been disqualified, I would have to win this thing myself. Luckily, you didn’t disappoint. The King is really not my type, so thanks for that.”

“You cats have strange ideas about loyalty,” Sawy scoffed; however, she also felt relieved.

“We do what will benefit us all. If King Gideon asked us, we would have told him what we knew. But he didn’t, so….”

That was one convenient way of thinking

“And how exactly has your being here helped me?” Savannah let out a laugh. This was indeed

hilarious.

“I had your back and sent information to my mother so that she knew everything was fine. If something wasn’t, I had to report to her, and she would inform King Gideon.” Naya folded her arms on her chest, not bothered with the moral aspect of things.

“That sounds like a very questionable plan!” Savvy chuckled.

“It worked, though!” The werecat snickered. “I was worried when you disappeared for a few days, but after I listened to Beta Lachlan’s conversation with Princess Elene, I knew you were not suffering in the King’s arms. I have to say, you worked faster than I expected. I thought that you two would start seeing

each other as more than enemies somewhere closer to the end of the Trials. And look at you two! Mating

already, and it’s not even …”

“Mating?” Petra squeaked, and they both turned to look at her. Her lips were twitching to keep a straight face, but tears were already on her long lashes. “You and King Kai?”

“‘Sht,” Naya mumbled. “I forgot the child was here.”

“That’s not fair!” Petra stomped her hurt foot and winced at the sharp pain. More tears streamed down her cheeks. “Giving him sexy’l favours so that he helps you is not fair!”

“Wow, wow, wow!” Savvy shook her head at once, choosing her words cautiously now. “No one is

giving him sex al lavours! Petra, we … we are in love.”

She blushed when the words left her mouth. It was the first time she said that out loud to someone

else, the first time she claimed him as hers.

Her confession slowly sunk in and Petra’s expression changed to a more understanding one.

“Are you mates?” The pink-haired girl asked, and Naya snorted, but Savannah jabbed her with her elbow.

“Not exactly,” she cleared her throat. “You know what, we need to move if we ever want to get to the

Forgotten City.”

“So, you stay here and wait for help.” The werecat smiled at Petra, clearly intending to leave her

behind.

“No,” Savannah shook her head. “I gave my word that I’d take care of her.” “For real?” Naya looked at her in disbelief. “Why?”

“Long story.” Savannah returned to Petra and helped her to wrap her arm around her neck for

support. “Let’s go.”

“Unbelievable!” The cat murmured to herself and took the tree branch away from the pink-haired

girl, throwing it away. “Come here! It will be faster that way!”

They practically carried Petra for a while, but since there were two of them now, it was much

faster.

“At least we don’t have to worry about any attacks anymore.” The werecat tried to look for

something positive in the situation. “Inga and Celia are long gone. What did you say to Celia again?”

“Claghtern,” Savannah replied, seeing the walls of the Forgotten City from a distance. They weren’t as destroyed as she imagined. In fact, they seemed very tall and well built.

“What is it?” Naya asked.