The Perfect Luna novel Chapter 58

The men hesitated even despite the order that they had received. And now Ria knew that even though Roxanne was important and probably held a high rank, she wasn’t their leader. But Castiel was.

And he wasn’t there.

“Do I have to repeat myself,” Roxy was getting visibly furious, “Castiel doesn’t care about her. Just kill her and let’s be done with it!”

“Is this what this is about?” Riannon decided to taunt the redhead more, “I mentioned him to you today and you couldn’t handle it?”

The men exchanged glances at her words, and she knew that she hit the goal and made them doubt why they were there in the first place. This, whatever it was, was not planned.

“Shut up!” Roxy growled and her eyes glowed red for a few seconds, “Don’t think too much of yourself! He would never be interested in someone as dull as you.”

“Then you don’t have anything to worry about,” Riannon smirked, “Either way, there is an easy way to check whether he cares or not. You can simply call him and ask. Right?”

It was a gamble, of course. For all she knew, she could have misread Castiel’s intentions the last two times they met, and he wanted her as dead as Roxy did. But on the other hand, all she needed now was time for the lycans to come closer discreetly.

The expressions of the four men were tense and when one of them got out his phone, she knew that it was a little victory of hers. Her eyes locked with Roxanne’s, and she could see her snarling.

“Hey, Cass,” the leader of the group managed to connect very quickly, “Sorry to bother you. We have a situation here. We have that Luna… Well, she is actually the Alpha now. Yes, that’s the one. Roxy said… Oh. Okay. Understood. She is already here… Got it.”

He switched off the phone and glared at the redhead who was standing not far from him and clearly not happy with how everything was turning out.

“Looks like we have a change of plans,” he announced to his accomplices, “And Alpha

Riannon will have to make a little trip with us.”

Now this was better. This she could work with. Everything was so much easier now that they obviously had an order not to kill her. It gave her more freedom of action.

“I am sorry,” she chuckled, “I am afraid I am busy tonight.”

“Rick,” Roxanne turned to the leader of the group, “You owe me one. I want to collect now, and I want this woman dead!” want any trouble with Castiel, and his orders were clear on her account. He wants us to bring her to him. So, finish off the boy and let’s get going.”

The man looked in the direction of the tree house and Riannon just knew that this was where they kept Dean.

 “Guys! Now!” she commanded Ash and Maya via the mindlink and charged for the house in the hope of reaching Dean first. He was of Beta blood and could fight with her until help arrived.

 One of the men tried to stop her, but she twisted a bit and forced herself to escape his grasp. However, she lost her speed due to that manoeuvre and the next guy managed to capture her by her waist, laughing along the way as if it was some kind of sick game.

“Nice try!” he said, “But even if you managed that, you wouldn’t go far. You didn’t seriously think that we would wander into the enemy’s territory with just the four of us.”

He didn’t even finish speaking when she saw glowing eyes in the darkness of the woods. One pair, two, three… and then dozens.

She was wrong in her calculations. How didn’t she sense any of them?!

“Ash, Maya, abort!” she tried to stop her Beta and Gamma, “There are too many of them! Don’t come here without…”

Now it wasn’t only about saving Dean. It was also about not killing the rest of her friends. Even with the lycans they had, it wouldn’t be a fair fight.

“We are not leaving you and Dean!” Maya growled, speeding up as she spoke.

In the meantime, the glowing eyes were getting closer and Riannon was finally able to make out the creatures they belonged to.

Red and brown fur. Foxes… and bears.

They were slowly getting closer, taking their time because they were sure that they already had their prey.

She swallowed, thinking hectically. Roxanne was working with them. She was one of them.

Why didn’t she ever think about this before? They knew for a while who their enemy was. This made so much sense now.

“Riannon!” she heard Roxy’s voice, which broke her train of thought. Their eyes met and Ria gasped, when she saw the fake omega already standing on the little platform of the tree escape her how beaten the boy looked. He was barely standing.

“Release the pup at least,” she tried to sound as if it didn’t matter much to her. Because she knew that Roxy would only kill him faster if she knew she cared.

“What for?” the girl giggled menacingly and tilted her head, “He is a witness that I no longer need. He served his purpose. And now I am done with him!”