Filed to story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
They smiled and nodded at her, clearly wanting to speak more. But Gideon stood in their way, separating them from his guest. However, his sister ignored that and he found her taking Riannon’s hand and pulling her up the stairs.
“Come on,” she giggled, “I prepared the best room for you! You’ll see!”
“Thank you,” Ria looked at him as if she was seeking permission to follow the princess. Or maybe she wanted his help because Savannah was practically dragging her at this point.
“I was bold and prepared a few dresses for you too,” she went on, not caring for anyone in the world.
“It’s very kind of you, Savvy, but I brought my own,” Riannon tried to explain to her.
“N-no,” the Luna shook her head as she looked back again and was pleased to see Reid and Gideon follow them too.
“Then it’s good that I took care of it!” the princess snorted, “Otherwise, what would you wear for the White party?!”
“The WHAT PARTY?” the lycan king growled, shooting a furious gaze at his Beta.
“Yeah, about that,” the man cleared his throat, “Apparently, it’s a done deal already and impossible to cancel.”
“The hell the two of you are thinking about!” Gideon growled via the mind link.
“Oh, G,” Reid’s face suddenly got serious, “It’s not our biggest problem. Trust me.”
“What happened?” he asked, starting to walk slowly.
“I have to report something to you,” the Beta stopped in the middle of the hallway and they let the girls walk away first…
“So, what is it?” Gideon looked at his Beta with his brows furrowed. He knew that
Reid would never distract him at a moment like this. Not when he just brought his mate to his house to spend time with her morning after you were gone as I received the news about local packs training together with foxes and werebears right next to our territory.
“Foxes and werebears, you say?” Gideon rubbed his chin, which he had shaven clean just this morning before meeting Riannon. Now his usual stubble wasn’t there and it felt weird…
Foxes, werebears and werewolves hated each other. They were all subjects to
Lycan’s and it was usually hard to make them stay civil with each other.
And now they were training happily together. Only that both Reid and the king knew that there was nothing to be happy about there.
They all were not one hundred percent satisfied with the lycans’s rule. All of them thought that they could do better. Not even realizing that it was the lycans who kept them from killing each other and going to war. There was a big difference between lycans and other kinds of shifters. And it wasn’t just the fact that they were physically stronger and more powerful. It was the fact that in spite of their power, they could control their feral beasts inside of them better than anyone else and were capable of making reasonable decisions at all times.
They could have submitted everyone using raw force. Just like their ancestors did back in the day. But now lycans preferred to avoid wars where it was necessary. And sometimes Gideon was questioning that decision. Because ever since the lycans went onto this peaceful path, everybody wanted a piece of them.
Unfortunately, they were not ready for the new ways.
Now the rumors were spreading all over the kingdom that an uprising was in the works. But it was still hard to tell which packs were involved in it and when would they start acting. Or if they already started…
“The warriors will deal with it, you know that,” Reid placed his hands in his pockets, leaning over the wall, “But…”
“It’s just the tip of the iceberg and we still don’t know who is causing all that,”
Gideon said out loud what they both were thinking and then looked at his Beta,
“And you still think it’s a good time for a White Party?”
“Actually, I do,” Reid smirked and Gideon remembered that he made him his second in command for a reason.
“There is not much to tell,” the Beta shrugged his shoulders, “It’s simple, really.
Let them believe that we have no idea what is going on. I am sure sooner or later they will show themselves. All we need to do is watch them carefully. Luckily, our spies are in place.”
It was not a bad idea and Gideon knew that. At least it was definitely better to make them believe that they didn’t have a clue about what was going on. If they stayed visibly alerted then their enemies would lay low. That wasn’t what he wanted. He wanted to act. Fast. He wanted to be done with it and concentrate on his mate.
“Fine,” the king grunted, “White party it is then. Why the hell it is white by the way?”
“You are asking the wrong person,” Reid chuckled, “All that is on Savannah.”
“Got it,” the lycan king prepared to leave but stopped to give a quick glance to his friend,“ And, Reid, I will have another small task for you…”
Savvanah open the doors to a spacious light room with a loud bang and stormed in, pulling Riannon after her.
“And this is where you are going to be staying!” the girl giggled cheerfully, “It’s the
Luna’s bedroom!”
Ria almost choked trying to say the next word, “What? Is it even okay for me to stay here?
“Of course!” the lycan princess waved it off, “I wouldn’t have prepared it for you if it wasn’t! My mum used to live here.”
“Your mum?” Ria suddenly felt that the room was too hot, “As in the former queen?”
“Yeah,” Savvy shrugged her shoulders, “Do you like it? Should I change anything? We can change everything! Oh, I feel that it’s going to be so fun!”
“Erm, no!” Riannon tried to calm the girl down, “It’s amazing! I love it! No need to make any changes. And I am… humbled by the honor of being able to live in this room.”
“Aww,” a cute smile curved the princess’ lips, “You are so sweet! Reid told me that you are sweet! And Kyle told me that you are sweet. But you are even sweeter!”
“Th-thanks,” Riannon did not know how to deal with all the excitement around her. It was a bit too much,
“How about the dresses?” Savvanah changed the subject abruptly, “I told you I prepared you some! Didn’t I?”
“You did,” Ria obeyed when the girl grabbed her shoulder and pulled her into what looked white dresses of every shape, fabric and size.
“Look at this,” Savvy grabbed the first dress she saw and placed the hanger onto
Ria’s chest, “It’s as if it was made for you!”
The Luna looked at herself in the mirror, not even knowing anymore what was the right way to proceed here. The dress in her hands was from one of the most popular now bridal designers.
“Uhm,” she mumbled, “I don’t know, Savvy. Isn’t it a bit too much…of a bridal dress?”
“Of course, not!” the girl snorted, “Why would you even assume that?” she flapped her long lashes innocently and now Ria was wondering if she was overthinking it all…
“Well, it’s Vera Wang,” she pointed out, showing the girl the label.
“Tsk,” Savannah rolled her eyes, “Vera Wang does evening wear too!”
Riannon forced a smile. Yes, Vera did have evening gowns in her collections. It was just … this dress definitely wasn’t from one of those.
“Busy?” Gideon knocked on the doorway of the room, his eyes lingering over
Riannon holding the white dress and widening slightly.
As for her, never had she ever been so happy to see the king before. Maybe he would be able to save her from trying out all those bridal gowns?
He saw the desperation in her eyes. He knew far too well that his sister should have been taken in small dosages and it was silly of him to leave the two of them alone on the first day.
“Riannon,” he came closer to her with a little smirk on his face, “How about I give you a little tour of my pack? It may be useful for you in the future.”
“What a great idea!” Savvy chimed in, “I will go too!”
“Don’t you have a party to plan?” Gideon shot his brow up, demonstrating to his sibling that this conversation was over and she was better to find something else to do. Luckily, Savvanah knew how to take a hint. And this time she chose to do what her brother wanted.
“Oh, right!” she pretended to remember all that suddenly and rubbed her eyes,“I completely forgot. And yes, you are right. There is so much to be done still. So,
I’ll be seeing you two later, I guess. It was a pleasure to meet you, Ria.”
“Likewise,” Riannon smiled, realizing what kind of game they were playing and meeting the lycan king’s gaze.
“Shall we?” he stretched his hand and she accepted it without thinking twice…
comments, I was not feeling well over Christmas at all. I still don’t. I understand that some of you would want to stop reading the book because of the inconsistency in daily updates. But I am afraid sometimes things are out of my control and what I do now is the best I can do at this moment of time. If you still feel that it’s not worth going on with the book, it is up to you only. I still wish you all the best and happy holidays ahead.
For the ones who stay with me on Ria and Gideon’s journey, I will be updating daily until the 31st of December. 31 of December and 1st of January will be my day-offs as well. And I hope to get back to normal daily updates from the 2nd of
January.
He took his time as they walked out of the Queen bedroom. It was unbelievable that this was where his sister placed Riannon. But it made him happy still since his room was right next to it and he was sure that he would be able to smell her delicate scent at night.
“So, the top floor is designated for the royal family and our Beta,” he was explaining as she listened politely, “High ranked unmated wolves take the rooms on the next floor. Most of my warriors live there. You will meet them all in due time.”
“I can’t wait,” Ria said, feeling awkward. If she was just a guest, there was no reason for her to meet all his warriors. And she tried not to think of what he told her in the car. She was not ready to think about it. When her mind went there, it was turning all soft and mushy.
They went all the way to the ground floor, where he showed her a few of their reception halls and drawing rooms, each of which was magnificent and done in its own style and colors. But it was the library that she loved the best.
“Oh. My. Goddess.” Riannon gasped as they walked in and she saw the long room walls of which were covered in bookshelves. There were a few comfortable chairs here and there and a little sofa at the very end of the room. She immediately went to check what they had on the shelves and squeaked in excitement every time she found something rare.
So, she liked books. It made the lycan king smile too because she wasn’t impressed by expensive vases the house had on display or overpriced pieces of modern art that Savvy was buying as if her life depended on it. But her eyes lit as soon as she entered this room. Surprisingly, it was one of his most favorite places in the house.
“Ah, I could live here!” Riannon said and for a second there he let himself believe that she was serious about it.
“You can,” he gave her a soft smile.
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