The Perfect Luna novel Chapter 50

The silence was deadly and Gideon stood up, leaning over the car next to him. He looked around, trying to comprehend what was going on, and realised that he was the only person standing. Right next to him, Reid and Maya were still confused, lying on the floor and trying to get up.

Gradually, he started to hear the sounds of the car alarms which had all been triggered by the explosion.

Explosion! He missed a breath, looking at the shattered hotel in front of him and seeing pieces of glass that used to be its exterior everywhere.

Gideon ran as fast as he could to where he had left her. His mate, his Riannon. The woman who was his whole life now. The woman he had just announced as his and then so carelessly left alone.

He was back at the entrance in no time, but he couldn’t see her in the clouds of dust and smoke. The fear seized him for the first time in his life. Primitive animalistic fear.

He couldn’t lose her like that. Not when all the obstacles were finally gone.

Just then, he saw something white on the ground next to the entrance and recognised her platinum blonde hair as well. The relief washed over him.

Riannon had her head pounding from the fall and the noise made her temporarily deaf. The first thing that she recognised was Brayden’s scent. He was lying on top of her and breathing heavily.

The hearing was coming back slowly as he rolled off her and then tried to help her get up.

“Are you okay?” she heard her ex-husband through muffled noises. But she could only nod.

“Ria!” Gideon appeared out of nowhere and lifted her into his arms in less than a second,

“Oh, goddess! Thank goddess that you… I…”

“I know,” she wrapped her arms around his neck, allowing herself a few moments of weakness. A few moments of being cuddled against his chest and breathing in his scent to calm down. A few moments of feeling safe.

“You are welcome, you know,” Brayden said through clenched teeth, and Gideon glared at him for daring to speak to them now. But then he noticed that the Alpha was bleeding heavily and realised that he had actually covered his mate during the explosion with his body.

“Put me down,” Riannon tapped his shoulder and turned to face her unexpected saviour, “ Thank you.” but he smiled painfully.

“Whatever happens, I will always protect you, Ri,” he stepped towards her, making Gideon growl, and then let out a little groan, turning his backs to them slowly and demonstrating several big pieces of glass stuck in his flesh. His suit jacket was soaking from the blood.

The lycan king had to take himself under control. He hated that man, but he would hate it more if one of those glass shards was now in Riannon’s face instead.

He had responsibilities before his people. He had to go inside and check on them, see who was injured and who survived.

Reid and Maya were running their way, the girl throwing herself in his mate’s arms. His Beta and the king exchanged glances. They both knew what they had to do.

“GO,” Riannon told him, and he was relieved that she understood everything as well, “I will help Brayden to get the glass out and join you.”

“No,” the king protested, “Stay here.”

“Yeah, sure!” Maya snorted, rolling her eyes.

“We’ll be there helping the survivors as soon as we are done here,” his mate said calmly, “There are people who need our help there and we are not sitting this one out.”