The Perfect Luna novel Chapter 17

Riannon did not know how to react to this question. How did he guess?

Maya told her that she still smelled like a werewolf and an Alpha at that. So, it couldn’t be her scent. Yet somehow the Lycan king already knew that her wolf was missing. This was not the first time he was asking about Onyx. And Ria wasn’t stupid to consider it simple politeness. He wanted answers.

But so did she.

Even though everyone around them was ready to faint as soon as they were close to Gideon, she did not feel this way at all. She was sure that he wasn’t going to hurt her. Not at all. He did not give her that vibe. He felt like… She wasn’t sure like what. Not a friend.

Definitely not a friend.

Anyway, this was not important as he was staring at her expectantly with his arms crossed on his chest. His deep green eyes were on her and she felt pressured to give him an answer.

“My wolf is not talking to me,” she said, choosing her words deliberately. She did not want to lie to him. For some reason, she knew that it was very important to never lie to him.

And it was the truth at the end of the day. Some part of Onyx had to be there since she still had her werewolf senses and physical strength. But no matter how much Riannon tried to call for her wolf, Onyx did not reply to her. Thus – they were not talking.

“Hmm,” the Lycan king was watching her with a hint of doubt in his eyes, “For how long?” “A few days,” Ria coughed. What was it? An interrogation?

“What happened prior?” he asked and it made her flinch, letting him know that there was something there.

She paused and he got tense. Just what was it that made her wolf go away? Did someone hurt her? Sometimes, in very rare cases, wolves were retreating to the back of their host’s mind to recuperate if something terrible happened to them. Gideon’s fists clenched on an instinct as he imagined that someone may had hurt his precious mate.

“It’s personal,” she said, turning away. But he couldn’t let it like that.

“Riannon,” he stepped right behind her, itching to close her in his arms, “It’s okay. You can tell me. If you want, it will forever stay just between us. But I need to know.”

For a second there she contemplated telling him the truth. Would he believe her?

Maya did.

But Maya was different. They knew each other for so long that they were practically

While Gideon was new in her life. For goddesses’ sake, he wasn’t even her kind. He was a lycan and a royalty. And she needed his help to get her divorce and pack back before anything. What if she told him everything now and he considered her crazy? There would be no way he would let a crazy Alpha take reigns of her pack.

No, telling him that she died and was brought back in time wasn’t an option at all.

She needed something else. But not a lie.

“Well,” she turned to face him, finding him way too close. But she gathered all her strength and looked him in the eye. “What do you think happened?” she furrowed her brows,“ My husband of 6 years brought home his true mate, breaking our sacred promise to each other and destroying everything I believed in within one day in spite of me being the one wearing his mark.”

She noticed his Adam’s apple twitching slightly as if it was suddenly hard for him to breathe.

“Is that why she is gone?” he asked menacingly and for the first time, Riannon felt a shiver go down her spine when she was with him.

Then again, this was probably why he was considered to be such a good king. He was concerning himself with the matters of his subjects.

“Don’t hide that smile,” he told her at once, shocking her slightly, “It looks good on you and I prefer my… allies to be honest with me about their feelings.”