The Perfect Luna novel Chapter 84

"Careful, just a few more steps and we are there,"Gideon chuckled as he attentively led Riannon to the big surprise he prepared for her.She had a blindfold on but did not seem worried at all.Her lips were curled into a soft smile, and she was walking with confidence, holding his hands and trusting him completely.

The lycan king was looking at his beautiful wife and saying silent prayers to the Moon Goddess to thank her for such a gift.It still felt like a dream to him sometimes.He had the perfect woman who made his life perfect as well.

Sometimes he was so happy that he felt guilty, considering that many of the people around him were still dealing with the consequences of the war they had.

The war that was far from being over.Riannon tried not to grin.She was going wherever he was taking her without any kind of questioning his motives.

This was what trust was supposed to be.She felt a fresh breeze kissing her cheeks and smelled the scent of a familiar forest.She liked all this already.

Gideon stopped and stood behind her, pulling her into his embrace from the back and kissing her neck gently, making waves of tingles ripple over her body.

He then trailed the golden crescent on her marking spot with his lips and she let out a little moan, hoping 

"Ready?"he asked, his lips almost touching her ear.

"Yes," she replied playfully and he pulled her blindfold gently, taking it off.

Riannon needed a few seconds to adjust to the light, but when she did, she gasped and covered her mouth with her hand.

"Gideon...that’s..."

She breathed out, not able to finish the sentence as she was looking at their new home.

A two-storey modern house on the top of a hill in the middle of the woods.

The secret place right on the border of their two packs, where they decided to live and raise their future children.

It had stone and wood outer walls and huge glass windows with open balconies overlooking the Silver Lake, the place where they first met.

"Surprise!" he whispered and pecked her cheek.

"But how?"she was still astonished and turned to look at him.

"It wasn’t supposed to be ready for months and months!"

"I had to pull some strings," Gideon chuckled.

"Anything for my queen."

They made the decision to create this place before their wedding.

Since Riannon’s packhouse was destroyed, they needed a new one.

And they also needed to integrate their people, lycans and werewolves, into one new nation.

More houses were planned to be built nearby as this was supposed to slowly become the center of the new future kingdom.

This was the perfect location as Ria’s pack and the western kingdom’s main palace was at an equal and much shorter course, but this place… this place belonged to them.

Here, they did not have to play their usual political games and could live a much simpler life which they both craved, creating something new at the same time.

A few mixed couples had already formed.

Lycans were finding their werewolf mates thanks to the many meetings arranged by Riannon for the two species.

They knew that it would take them decades for all the changes to settle, but they both also knew very well how to be patient.

"The view here is better than I remember!"

Ria sighed and leaned with her back on her mate as his hands were wrapped around her.

"It could be better," the Lycan king smirked and pointed at a big rock in front of the building.

"I was right there when I had the best view of my life of a beautiful woman swimming naked in that very lake.Now that was a view to remember!"

"Hmm," she turned around to face him and laced her fingers into his hair to make him lower his head for a kiss, "who knows, if you behave, maybe I will swim naked for you again.Maybe I will even let you join me this time."

An internal growl left his chest, and she licked his lips gently, making them part to deepen the kiss.He grasped her tighter in his arms, devouring her greedily as always.He could never get enough of her.No matter how much time they spent together, no matter how 

"You are here!" they heard a familiar voice and Gideon growled again.

This time from the frustration of being interrupted.

"Pardon me for the intrusion."

"Ash!"

Ria smiled at her Gamma and was about to step away from her mate, but he did not let her, only pulling her closely.

"This day is full of surprises indeed!"

"You said that you had an important conversation with me, and your husband told me that you’ ll be here today, so I decided to grab that chance," Ash smiled.

They did not see much of each other lately because he was mainly working with the werewolves, while Riannon was physically mostly in the lycan kingdom, paying visits to her pack when she could.

This was one of the reasons why this place was so important.

It would make it easier to be both - a queen and an Alpha.

Ash’s eyes grazed over her but he stretched a formal smile quickly.

"That’s actually not a bad idea," Riannon nodded at him, trying to struggle against Gideon, who had no intentions of letting her go.

Next to Ash he was always getting overly possessive, noticing how the latter was looking at his wife.

"So, Lam at your service, Alpha," Ash bowed jokingly and she rolled her eyes.

"I will cut straight to the chase," Riannon became serious in an instant.

"I need you to take over Brayden’s pack." finally released his mate from his clutches, knowing that it was a strictly business meeting.

"But...you are the Alpha of The Silver River pack,"

Ash mumbled, nervously placing his hands in his pockets.

They discussed it a few times, but he always rejected the idea, knowing that if he became the Alpha, then they wouldn’t be seeing each other at all.

He knew that she already belonged to another and that he had no chance, but just being next to her was better than not being next to her at all.

It was enough.

He settled for this.

"Most people in Brayden’s pack resent me after our loud divorce and some even blame me for his death," the Alpha Queen was honest.

"Improving their financial situation helped, but not a lot.I could earn their trust and love if I lived there non-stop, but that’s impossible at the moment."

"I can be your substitute," Ash proposed with hope.

"No, I need you to be my subject Alpha," Riannon shook her head.

"I can’t do it and it’s not worth it now.If not me, the other two obvious choices are you and Harper.And trust me, Ash, no pack will survive with Harper as their leader."

He knew that it was the truth and tried to think hectically of a reason to leave things the way they were.

But when he felt her touch on his hand, he shivered and looked at her.

"Nothing is over yet, Ash,"

Ria was looking him straight into the everyone is doing their part.No one is safe.

Right now, Princess Savannah is planning her wedding in the North kingdom with the man she doesn’t even like, sacrificing herself for a bigger cause.

We have to do some adjustments too.

It’s not only about the pack.

It’s bigger than that.

Zack and his allies left the Union officially and we couldn’t do anything about it.We had no proof other than Savvy’s words of their betrayal.They didn’t turn up to the battle and now they say that it was Savvy’s fault.They also say that Zack is dead and imply that we killed him.But we all know that it’s not the truth and the bastard is alive somewhere and just hiding.But now, because of all that, the members of the Union are unsettled.And Ash, I need an extra vote at the next Alpha Summit.You can be that vote if you become an Alpha.We all really need you to do this.I need you."

Ash was aware that being an Alpha of this pack would be challenging.

Yes, they knew him all his life, but some of them were angry at him too for choosing Riannon over Brayden.

And if Harper had to become an Alpha...well, it would be a disaster.

She was not cut out for this.She changed a bit after she was abducted by Castiel and spent a few days in his dungeons.

But the worst part for her was that they had all forgotten about her.

It seemed to be a wake-up call for Harper, who always considered herself the centre of attention.

She decided to try and be useful in the pack now that her brother was dead.

But...she wasn’t good at anything.

Riannon was right as always.

It had to be him game was lost before it started.

"I do it,"he gave her a curt nod.

"As you know it’s not going to be easy," Queen went straight to business as she always did.

"Beware of the current Beta, make him a Gamma and take someone trustworthy as your second in command.We suspect that the Beta made the order to blow up my packhouse.Or at least was connected to the foxes.But there is no proof.The man who was caught on the day killed himself, but before that, he confessed to who he was taking orders from.And it was Jacob."

"Why don’t we just kill him then?" Ash arched his brow.

"One confession during torture doesn’t mean anything," this time Gideon joined their conversation.

"We couldn’t confirm this information. But it is a possibility, and you should be aware of this."

"I see," the werewolf tensed.

Was he even ready for this if he had to do this alone? 

"Ash, we will support you at all times," Riannon said as if she read his mind.

She always did that.