The Perfect Luna novel Chapter 39

Riannon knew that she would never forget that face and she recognised him at once. The man who accused Maya of being a traitor. The man she interrogated personally for many hours. The man even Ash interrogated and he was by far one of the cruelest interrogators she knew. And yet that man never cracked.

She remembered his perfect face being broken in many places and yet he kept saying the same story over and over again. He was the one to blame for what happened to Maya back in the past. Because he helped to set her up.

Riannon always knew that this man was connected to Roxy somehow. She knew it. She just had this gut feeling inside telling her that she was right about that.

He watched her walking inside of the barn with Ash by her side and she could swear that she saw a vague smile in the corner of his lips. His hands were chained and lifted up and he was shirtless, revealing his perfect muscles.

A warrior. This was what he claimed to be. His long brown hair was reaching his shoulders and was not bloody yet, meaning that no one tried to beat the truth out of him. Yet.

“Ri,” Brayden stormed her way but stopped when she gave him a death stare.

“What is going on here?” she walked past him and stood in front of the man. Maya was in the room too and they exchanged knowing glances. No words were needed. But Riannon tried her best to signal her friend that everything would be fine. Whatever it took now, she would make sure that nothing happened to her in this lifetime. She wasn’t going to lose her again.

She noticed a few warriors and their Gamma in the room as well. All of them looked concerned. Maya was everyone’s favourite and some of the men were even after her in hopes to get her as their chosen mate.

At least, she could hope for their support if it came to this.

“Nice to see you, Ri,” Brayden stood next to her right in front of the man with the grey eyes who was watching her with some kind of amusement in him, “I missed...”

“I asked what is going on here!” she demanded not even bothering to look at him.

“Unfortunately, our Maya is compromised,” her husband sighed as if he was sad. He

wasn’t. She knew that he wasn’t. He did not care. She wasn’t his friend. If anything, they were NOT each other’s biggest fans although there was never an open confrontation.

“Nonsense,” she interrupted him.

“Luna,” Roxy dared to speak, “We found out that Maya…” “Shut up!” Riannon said calmly but loud enough for everyone to hear, “You may be my

higher-ranked wolves should deal with and as far as I remember you are still an omega.

Unless something changed in the few days that I’ve been absent.”

Everyone looked at her. And she only lifted her chin up higher.

“I understand that you are upset, Riannon,” Brayden said, finally not using her nickname anymore, “But Roxy… Roxanne here was vital for the investigation.”

“I have no doubt!” she let out a laugh that was stone cold. “Helpful little omega, isn’t she? How did all this start again?”

“I…” Roxy started to form tears in her eyes the way she always did, trembling.

“There, there,” Ria came to her and patted her shoulder, “You were so brave and full of yourself just three seconds ago. I am sure you can handle an adult conversation without bursting into tears for once if you try really hard.”

Again, no one spoke a word. They all just looked at her, stunned.

“Maybe you need emotional support?” Riannon went on, “We can do that too! Luckily your mate is right here! Come on, Bray, give her a hug. The girl needs some strength! For the sake of her wolf and all.”

Her husband clenched his lips tight. But before he was to reply something, Roxy spoke.

“All I did was notice she had your bracelet under her shirt when you left. I didn’t think much of it, but later I followed her and saw her walking into your room. She went straight to your jewellery box and took something else from it.”

“Right,” Riannon nodded a few times, “And to that, I have a very important question.”

She made a pause and walked back to the chained man because she needed to see his

reaction as well as everyone else’s.

“Which bracelet?” she asked and noticed how the man’s eyebrows twitched slightly. Just a second of movement. Nothing more. Not enough for anyone else to notice. But she knew that he was surprised.

“Excuse me?” Roxy seemed startled as well. But that did not come as a shock.

“Which bracelet did you see on Maya?” she repeated the question slowly as if she was talking to a stupid child.

“Erm… A diamond one,” Roxy stuttered.

“There are many diamond bracelets in the world,” Ria scoffed, “Yet you were sure that Maya had mine on. You must remember the details well then. It must be one of my memorable

“It was the one with an emerald in it,” the omega said quietly, hugging herself and

lowering her head as if the pressure was too much for her.

“Oh, really?” Riannon sneered, “And how would you recognise it if I never wore it in the few days that you stayed here?!”

This time she got a few gasps from the people around them. “I…” Roxy was lost for words. But just for a second. Then she looked straight into the

Luna’s eyes and said, “I looked at your pictures in the magazines and saw that one.”

“Did you see others?” Ria did not want to lose the momentum and kept going, “Can you describe them? You seem to have quite an eye for jewellery if you remembered it that well from just one pic.”

“I…” the omega looked at her mate and Brayden stepped in at once.

“Riannon, enough! That’s not about the bracelet anymore!” he practically growled at her.

“On the contrary,” she turned to look at him, “The bracelet is the most important part here! It was enough for you to suddenly search my best friend’s room! Like I couldn’t have given her the damn thing! And you know that I would let Maya have anything she wants from my jewellery box! Not that she would want anything! So, why did you order that search?!”

“Because I wanted to get to the bottom of this!” he snapped, “And I am happy that I did! Because that phone is the main issue now, Ri! Not the bracelet!”

“How convenient!” she narrowed her eyes at him.

“The phone unlocked with her fingerprint!” he snarled.

“Big deal!” she scoffed, “Like those are hard to get nowadays! All you need is a glass that the person used!”

“You haven’t seen what’s inside!” Brayden was breathing heavily now. He did not like to

be contradicted.

“Were there her pictures with our enemies?” she rolled her eyes, “Videos maybe? Texts

are no proof, Bray!”

“They are if they lead us into capturing the intruder!” her husband spat the words, “It’s

“This part I agree with!” she folded her hands on her chest and came up closer to the man with grey eyes, “It is a bit too much of a coincidence that everything got solved so easily. And Maya, who is not an i***t, by the way, was stealing my jewellery and wearing it in front of

“And yet she didn’t!” now Brayden was properly angry, “You should listen to what this man says before you continue to embarrass yourself protecting a traitor.”

“You are very beautiful,” she said, and his lips parted slightly. “Th-thank you, Luna,” he said in a hoarse voice, “I…”

He impressed her in her past life but right now he was even more impressive. His game was on point.

“What pack are you from?” she asked and immediately answered in unison with him. “Crimson Moon.”

He looked at her with a newfound surprise. “They caught you on the border. What were you doing there?” she gave him a soft smile

“I was…”

“Waiting for Maya,” she said together with him again. She remembered every line of his. She never forgot a single one since he didn’t give anything new no matter how many times she

“She was supposed to meet me under the willow tree and give me the information… stopped talking when again she pronounced all the words at the same time as him.

“She said that it wasn’t a phone conversation,”