Filed to story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
What did he do? Did you talk to him?”
The two girls talked until it was way too late. Riannon told her best friend everything and then they were planning and strategizing for the next few days.
They had to be in perfect sync for everything to work.
Before sleep, Ria sighed, looking at the cell phone which she placed on top of her bedside table. There weren’t any numbers in it, no instructions. It looked like the phone was brand new.
Just why did the king give it to her? What was the point? He had her number anyway, he could call anytime.
She caught herself on the thought that this man wasn’t leaving her mind. She was supposed to think about her husband and his betrayal, yet thoughts of king
Gideon prevailed. He was unusual. Even for a lycan. The way he spoke, the way his lips curled into a smirk… It seemed like he knew something that she didn’t.see
And that dance… It was short but it made an impression. And not only on the guests. On her as well.
“I have my reasons for everything,” he said and she could only wonder what those were in her case. He went really fast from ridiculing her to giving her the chance of her life.
She was still thinking of him when the phone rang.
She hesitated before swiping her finger to start the conversation but did it anyway.
“Hello?” she hated how her voice trembled.
“What are you wearing?” the lycan king’s voice was huskier than she remembered.
What kind of question was that? She started to get worried that he was interested in her for the wrong reasons.
“I am not answering that,” she said.
“Why not?” he asked as if this was not the first time they were doing it.
“Because it’s inappropriate!” she scolded him, “Who even asks a married woman that?! What are you wearing, Gideon?!”
She couldn’t control her rage and used his first name, biting her lip at once.
“Easy,” he chuckled, clearly enjoying the conversation, “I am wearing nothing,
Ria.” tried to control herself.
“That was… I didn’t mean to…” She tried to explain herself, blushing. This was not goingwell. an
“No offence taken,” he assured her, sounding amused, “And I bet you wear something lacy and… cream. You look like the cream kind of girl.”
She looked down at herself, almost cursing under her breath. He was right. She was wearing a cream slip with lace. Most of her nightgowns looked like that.
“I am not going to deny or confirm that,” she tried to sound professional, “And if that’s the only reason for your call, then I have to hang up now…”
“That’s not the only reason,” he said without any kind of worry in his voice.
“So?” she felt like he was playing with her and she did not like it. Yet she couldn’t bring herself to end this either.
“I will be visiting your pack tomorrow,” he said and she sat up on her bed. “You will?” her throat suddenly went dry.
“I will,” he snorted, “But unofficially. Out of all your pack, I only want to see and speak to you. We need to discuss a lot of things.”
“That we need,” she agreed with ease, feeling how her mood went up instantly.
“Then I’ll be seeing you tomorrow, Riannon,” he said and she just knew that he was smiling.
“See you then, Gideon,” she grew bolder. But before he managed to say anything else, she switched off the phone and fell back to her pillow.
What was she doing? And most importantly, what was he doing?!
***
In the morning, Riannon had her breakfast in her room, trying to figure out what she could and couldn’t say to the Lycan king when he would arrive.
Brayden was out since early morning with Ash. They both trained the pack warriors at that time.
That’s why Ria was surprised when she heard a commotion in one of the drawing rooms of the packhouse.
She opened the doors and dozens of eyes met hers. The room was filled with omegas having some kind of a tea party. A party that she wasn’t even aware of.
friends here! This… we…”
Fake tears started forming in her eyes again and Ria had enough…
Here she went again.
It was extremely hard for Riannon not to roll her eyes. That girl was beyond annoying. And absolutely shameless.
It was pretty clear what she was trying to do here with all those omegas. She did it in the past too. Since she didn’t have a chance with higher-ranking wolves before, so she tried to get all the lower ranking ones on her side. This was one of Riannon’s first serious defeats. Back in her past life she used to be respected by everyone and believed that their loyalties would stay with her until the end. Their pack was always good to omegas, after all. And she personally saw to it.
There was one thing that bothered her a lot. As far as Rhiannon remembered, last time or
Roxanne started acting much later. Those parties with omegas took place months after she appeared at the pack. And now she was already at it. It was another change and Rhiannon didn’t like it. However, luckily, in the past, she was thinking a lot about her mistakes. This one always seemed like the hardest one to fix, but she had to at least try.
“Luna,” Roxy was almost crying, “I’m so sorry that I invited all the omegas over.
But I felt so bad for them since it never happened chance to enjoy things like that. And especially at the *ckhouse. Please, don’t be angry at us. I assure you, we all know our places in the hierarchy.”
This was going to be funny. Ria looked around, scanning the room. Roxy was serving them biscuits and sandwiches. So, she gave her guests a wide smile and entered the room, taking the central seat.
“Roxy,” she said with a grin, “you are still very new here. As I always tell you during your panic attacks, this pack is very different from the one you came from.
Omegas can enter this house anytime they like as any other member of this pack. Everyone is welcome here, although it would be better if you let us know beforehand about big gatherings like this. Our omegas don’t lack biscuits or sandwiches. If you really wanted to treat them, we could have prepared something a bit better. Like what we do at our seasonal parties. You enjoy those girls, right?”
“Of course, Luna,” a few of them squeaked, feeling slightly awkward.
“Oh,” Roxy took another seat, “I didn’t know…”
“Don’t worry, dear, no one expects you to learn everything so fast,” Riannon chuckled as someone handed her a cup of tea, “That’s why we are going to take care of your education from now on. Did you decide what you would like to do already? Remember, we already talked about it? You have absolutely no limits on what you can do.” liked to exploit her background and get all the pity from the people around her by playing the poor and abused omega. The Luna wanted to take that from her. She wanted the other omegas to know very well that they weren’t the same. Roxanne stopped being a plain omega the moment she entered the pack as the Alpha’s mate. That wouldn’t work with everyone, of course, but at least as far as they didn’t have that unity…
“I am not sure,” Roxy mumbled, “It’s all so sudden… I don’t know if I would ever get used to something like that.”
“Of course you will!” Ria tried to sound really sincere, “You looked like a natural at the Alpha Ball yesterday! I would have never thought that it was your first. The designer dress and diamonds fit you well.”
The silence in the room became awkward and Riannon got worried that she overdid it. “Th-thank you,” Roxy tried to force a smile, “It’s all thanks to your kindness, Luna.”
“Don’t thank me,” Riannon put the teacup down, “It’s not like I have much of a choice here. Not every day your husband brings home his mate and makes us live together.”
Now the silence was deadly.
“And how are you, Luna?” One of the girls asked, playing with the hem of her dress and dar ng her eyes to the floor, “I mean… considering…”
“Considering everything,” Ria leaned to the back of her chair and sighed, “I am trying to cope. It’s not easy when it happens to your family. You have married a chosen mate too, right Alice?”
The girl looked at her, shocked that the Luna of the pack knew her name and even such details about her family.
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