The Luna Trials by Marissa Gilbert novel Chapter 78

Chapter 78 Under The North Star The Finale

Savannah breathed heavily with her eyes closed. Trapped inside of the ancient passage within the mountain, she tried not to think about Kai. Not only was he thrown from the sky onto the deadly spikes, but now he was probably also covered with a merciless sea of snow. Her heart stung, making her dizzy, and her fingers went to the mark on her neck.

Gideon was saying something to the unfortunate bears who were locked in with them now, although his speech sounded more like growling, but Savvy couldn’t bring herself to listen.

She rubbed the mark near her collarbone, its glow and the crescent on Gideon’s neck were the only two things illuminating the dark. space around them.

The glow suddenly gave her hope. It was common knowledge that the marks were fading slightly if one of the mates was dead. Not to mention that Savvy was supposed to feel Kai’s pain if he died. She didn’t feel anything of the sort. She was fine, just scared to death. and worried sick. The nausea was getting stronger, and she rubbed her belly hoping to suppress it.

“Little one,” she whispered so that no one could hear her, “I need your help now. I need to find your Daddy so I can’t be sick. Please, baby, help me stay strong. I need to bring him back for the both of us.”

She tried to think straight and tried to trust her instincts..

When Zack was alive, she could feel a lot of what was going on in his life. She had to believe that it was the same now. Her bond with Kai was much stronger. She was slowly calming down, knowing that there was no chance of him being dead. Her soul had not been ripped apart. Her mate was still alive, and she was going to find him.

They waited for the vibrations to stop. Unfortunately, it took some time. One of the warriors brought her clothes, and she put them on, still leaving the scarf wrapped around her neck. She would have to go and search for Kai the moment she was free from this place.

“I think it’s over,” Gideon said, and she exhaled heavily, ready to find out what the wave of deadly snow did to their people.

“Could you feel anyone via your mind link?” she asked her brother and saw his face, illuminated by the light of his mark, tense. “Just a few,” he admitted. “Reid is fine, I think, but others may be just busy or unconscious. It doesn’t mean that they are-” None of them wanted to say the word. It was probably naïve, but they wanted to cling to the belief that their people were alive, even if just for a second longer.

“Move the rock,” Savannah ordered the bears, who stood quietly without making a sound. Outnumbered, they did not dare be arrogant. “Put this strength of yours to good use for once,” she told them, and they nodded silently, getting to work.

“The rest should step back,” Gideon chimed in. “When the rock is gone, this place could be flooded with snow. We don’t know how bad it is outside.”

Soon, they had to admit that the situation was probably terrible because the white bear shifters struggled to remove the rock, meaning that the snow buried them alive here. Gideon had to shift into his Royal Lycan form, and together they managed to move it after a brief struggle. The snow did press inside as predicted, but it wasn’t too bad as there was plenty of space in the passage cave.

Slowly, they started to work as a team, moving the rock farther away and digging the snow around it to give it more space. They were lucky to have been blessed by two gods. The extra strength and high endurance were handy now.

Finally, after a few hours of work, they managed to free themselves, and Sawy could finally see what had happened to their armies. Everything was white below them, and snow mist was obstructing the view. But their shifter hearing allowed them to hear the growls and snarls of people struggling beneath, meaning that there were many survivors.

“Well,” Savannah sighed, “that’s one way to end this battle.”

“And hopefully war,” Gideon agreed, next to her. “Let’s go, sister. We are needed down there.”

“This is where I have to temporarily entrust my people to you, brother,” Savannah looked him in the eye, and he knew she was full of determination. “I have to find my mate first. I know that he’s somewhere out there.”

“Savvy,” Gideon didn’t know how to say this. “Look-”

“He’s there!” She insisted, not wishing to hear otherwise. “I know this and I am not going to rest until I find him.”

“Still, the people below need to see at least one of you now,” her sibling insisted. “Or you risk returning to a few self proclaimed kings.”

Savvy hated that he was right and knew what Kai would want her to do.

So, she went down and spent hours making plans for the rescue teams. The bears and foxes did not know what to do, but when they realised their King was nowhere to be seen, they started following her orders too.

After all, if they wanted to save their friends from this cold death trap, they had to work as a team.

Hours later, Savvy made her last orders and prepared to leave. “You don’t think you are going alone, do you?” Lachlan caught up with her fast and whistled for a few more warriors to join them. “We aren’t leaving our King and Queen.”

here,”

“Good,” she nodded as Zara stood by her side too. “We have a lot of work to do, and Gideon, Riannon, and Kyle can take it from

But the longer they searched, the harder it got.

Savannah walked through the snow, ignoring how the cold bit at her skin through the clothes. This was too cold even for shifters, but thanks to being mated to Amarok, she was doing fine. Zara flew over her head and landed next to her, shifting into her human. Lachlan wrapped her into his arms at once, both looking tired now after hours and hours of wandering through the snowy mountains in

vain.

news.

“Did you see any trace from above?” Savvy asked, slightly sorry to interrupt the love birds..

Unfortunately, Zara only shook her head, lowering her eyes. She could not face Savvy, knowing she did not bring her good

It had been so long, and everyone was exhausted. The battle, the avalanche, the rescuing of survivors, everything was taking its toll on them, but Savannah stubbornly kept walking.

“You need rest,” Lachlan told her. “If Kai was here, he would never forgive me for taking such terrible care of you. Especially considering-”

He got quiet, but she knew what he meant. Especially considering she was expecting.

“Savvy,” Gideon caught up with them in his wolf form and shifted back into a human. He didn’t even open his mouth yet, but his sister had already shaken her head.

“I am not going back until I find him!” she informed them all firmly. A part of her wanted to sob, but she was too tired even for that. All she could do now was keep walking, keep making her feet move in the snow against their will. All for one purpose only – she had to get him back.

but-”

“Savvy!” Gideon made her stop and look at him. “Sawy… I only want what’s best for you, I swear, I know how much you love him,

But he believed that Kai could be dead. They all did even despite her telling them so many times that she felt he was alive. “Listen to me!” she snapped. “All of you! He is Amarok! Literally a huge, powerful, and Fenrir-blessed ice wolf! He can handle this snow better than all of us!”

“If it was just the snow, Savvy,” Gideon said, eyes downcast. He knew so well what his little sister was feeling now. If it was Riannon missing, he would go insane and never give up. But then Savannah would be the one trying to bring him back to his senses. Right now, it was his duty to tell his sibling that the man she loved more than anything in this world had probably already died, and as unfair that all the sh*t that had already happened to her in her life was – It was just the tip of the iceberg. There was nothing worse than losing one’s

mate.

“Savannah,” the King of the West made his sister look at him, “the snow is not a problem for him. It’s true. But he fell a few good miles from the sky against ice and hard rock. The werebirds were searching for him all over the area and found nothing. Which means he was buried somewhere during the avalanche. If he could move, he would have already gotten to the surface, Or connect with you or anyone else via the mind link. Savvy, I love you so much, and I am so sorry, but-”

“No!” she stopped him coldly. “don’t you dare finish that sentence! I don’t care what you think! I know what I know. I know what I feel. And I know that my mate is alive, and I’m not leaving him out here alone! Not when he needs me the most! He came to save me when I was captured, and now it is my turn to save him. This is how we work! And you, of all people, should know that!”

“Sawy,” Gideon ran his hand over his face, “think about the child.”

“I am thinking about the child!” She lost the last bit of her patience and snarled at her brother. “I’m not leaving my pup without a father! Now, if you’re not going to help me, move out of my way!”

“I am afraid I am going to insist!” Gideon stepped in front of her with a grim expression on his face. “Again, I am so sorry, but if Kai was here, he would be grateful for this. You have to come back to your castle and get some rest. Others can continue the search party, but I am taking you home.”

She stared at him in disbelief. She knew very well that he always kept his promises. Gideon was prepared to take her home against her will. And although she could understand his intentions, it still made her angry to the core.

“We are not in your Kingdom for you to tell me what to do anymore,” she informed him bluntly, raising her head regally so that he could know that she was serious and did not plan to budge. “If anything, you are now in my Kingdom, brother. The warriors that surround us now belong to mel They take my orders, and trust me when I say this: I will order them to fight you if I have to, because nothing is stopping me from searching for Kai! Nothing and no one! Not even you! So, don’t test me!”

Gideon stood there, shocked by his little sister’s words. It was his mistake, though. She wasn’t little anymore. He had seen this before, but now he had no doubts. Savannah Fionnlagh was a Queen to be reckoned with. He was losing for the first time in his life.

“My apologies,” he bowed his head respectfully, feeling a strange mix of emotions where he had to let go of something pure and innocent, but at the same time, pride and respect were quickly filling this gap, “I overstepped, but, if you will allow me, I wish to stay by your side until we find him.”

“Stay then,” she agreed with ease. “But no more talk about going back. I will only return with my husband by my side!”

It was dark when they had to take a break. Zara brought them food and more warm clothes to wear. None of it interested Sawy, as she couldn’t sit still even for a moment. She drank a cup of hot tea and ate something quickly simply to get everyone off her back.

Then she kept staring at the night sky while waiting for the others. Even if they decided to stay for the night, she would continue her journey. She had already lost too much time while helping people after the avalanche.

The stars were shimmering like scattered moondust in the night sky, but Savannah looked only at one of them while holding her precious necklace in her hands. The pendant he gave her.

“How do I find you now?” she whispered the question and felt her eyes stinging. She blinked away the tears not to show her weakness to the shifters accompanying her. She was aware that the moment she did, they would drag her home for protection, and this was something that she couldn’t afford.

Her heart was calling for Kai, and she found herself praying to Fenrir and the Moon Goddess together while looking at the North Star above her head.

“Help me find him, help me find him, help me-” she chanted desperately, panting.

Savannah threw her head back to gulp the frosty air and closed her eyes for a moment. She knew she was missing something this whole time. He was alive, and he was so close, but she was doing something wrong.

She clenched her North Star necklace so hard, and the mark on her neck prickled her too… Her North Star mark… Savvy opened her eyes in sudden realisation.

The North Star! It was there all the time, showing her the way. All the magic in Kai’s life was connected to it. He was the Star!

Why didn’t she think about it before?

“I know where to go!” she shouted at her companions, and they stood up immediately. The Queen couldn’t wait for them. The sudden surge of strength was pushing her to keep going.

She had to find him! He had to be there.

North

She ran through the crispy snow, not caring about the cold or anything else. She ran for so long, getting between huge rocks, passing a frozen river… She ran, and she ran, watching the direction the North Star was giving her. The night was stepping aside, giving its place to the dawn of the new day, but the star still stayed shining in the sky right next to the bright moon. Savannah sped up, too afraid that she didn’t have much time.

At last, she reached the bottom of a tall gorge and stopped, seeing that this was a dead end. The snow blanket covered everything here, and in the very centre of the passage, stood a small icy hill.

She wasn’t sure what to do. It did not seem right. All her instincts were screaming at her that she was in the right place, but her eyes were telling her otherwise.

“Sawy, Zara placed her hand on her Queen’s shoulder. “I-”

“Fly around this area; look for him!” Savannah shrugged. “The rest, start digging. Kai is somewhere close! I know this!”

No one replied to her, and only Lachlan went forward and started digging the snow as ordered. He was the one who complained the least, because he wasn’t ready to lose his King and best friend either. Thankfully, the rest followed his example.

Savvy was removing the snow and the pieces of ice, feeling angry and frustrated. But still not ready to give up.

After about an hour, the star was gone, and she started to feel desperate. And furious. So furious that she began to scream at the top of her lungs.