Filed to story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
If it was, he knew he deserved it. He handled it all wrong, hoping that she would just do be a Luna, was trained to be one, this was all she was. She knew how to make the necessary sacrifices and he really hoped that she would take one for the team this time too.
The joke was on him as he overdid it. He should have taken his mate to some remote forest cottage and kept her there with some guards, visiting her when the need was arising. But he wanted it all.
Knowing how his wife was loyal to their pack and how they loved each other, he was sure that she would get used to the idea. After all, Roxy was never threatening her position as an omega. No one would want her as their Luna. And
Brayden never saw that as an option. He just wanted her close to enjoy their mate bond and all the extra sensations that came with it.
Sometimes he was getting bold and imagined the three of them living together…
But this was where it all went wrong. For Riannon was an Alpha too and did not want to share what was hers.
An Alpha female… He loved it about her and hated it about her at the same time.
She was always a challenge, always on top of things. Whenever he had an idea, she had a better one. Whenever they had a problem, she was the one coming with the best solution.
He was a better warrior and there was that… But sometimes he wished that his wife was more submissive to him.
This was when Roxy fitted just perfectly. For she was giving him what Riannon couldn’t. With her, he was superior in everything. And he loved that.
However, it wasn’t enough. She lacked in many areas. Starting from her low rank to her education. Could someone like her even be compared to Riannon?
So, now he was facing a really big problem. What was he to do now with all that mess?
He wanted Riannon back. She was his. This was undeniable. If he had to choose between his mate and his wife, he would pick the wife. She was something that everyone wanted, and Brayden wasn’t going to lose that.
Besides that, he loved her. Yes, they were not mates but she was his chosen mate. They spent years together and never ever had he doubted his choice. She was beautiful and smart. A full package. And she knew him better than anyone else. Their union proved to be successful in many ways. The only thing they were lacking was an heir. And this was something they agreed to try for next year.
But considering all the changes, maybe he had to push the date closer. It would probably be a good idea to do that now. An heir would give Riannon security and peace of mind in her
Yes, it was a good decision.
There was only one problem – how was he to get her back into The Silver River
Pack? What if the king decided to leave her there permanently?
“My love,” Roxanne, who was massaging his shoulders this whole time called him, “I can see that you are worried.”
“Don’t concern your pretty head with things like this,” Brayden told her, sighing heavily and closing his eyes.
“How can lignore this when you are not happy?” she purred into his ear, almost annoying him,)“I can see you texting her for the past few hours. Is this about your wife again?”
He grabbed her hand forcefully and yanked her to her knees before him. “Don’t speak about my wife and your Luna!” he growled but then saw tears forming in her eyes and his wolf snarled at him in his mind for making their mate sad again,
“She is off-limits for you. Got it?”
“I am sorry,” she said, sulking slightly, “I understand the vast difference between the two of us. I just want to help.”
“How can an omega help an Alpha?” a cruel laugh escaped him.
“I may be just an omega,” she placed her palms back on his knees, “But I am still a woman and understand some things from a female’s perspective.”
Now she got him interested and he tilted his head slightly, watching her and giving her a reassuring nod to speak.
“Your wife is hurt because of me and it probably made her do some wrong choices,” the girl on the floor said, averting his gaze, “It’s very sad that she betrayed you when you had your first difficulties. But… never mind. You want her back here, right? But she wouldn’t come on her own if I assume everything correctly.”
“And?” he was growing impatient.
“Then you need to make her want to come,” she glanced at him and there was something dangerous in that glance. However, it was gone quickly, replaced by her usual eagerness to please.
“I am afraid this time a diamond necklace isn’t going to cut it,” he scoffed.
“Nothing nice will,” Roxy nodded her head, “But I would come anywhere if something was to happen to you.”
“I understand,” she agreed with him again, “But I bet there is someone else in that pack who she cares about.”
He watched her for a few seconds before what she meant registered.
It wasn’t what he liked to do. But desperate times…
“There is that best friend of hers,” Roxanne continued, “They are practically like sisters to each other…”
Their eyes met and she held his gaze with her lips curled slightly.
“If I touch Maya…” He started saying when she interrupted him.
“You don’t have to do anything,” she smirked for the first time, “I can take care of that. Just support me when the time comes.”
“All right,” Brayden sneered and watched his mate jump back to her feet and leave the room. :
Maybe, just maybe, that omega mate of his was worth more than he thought…
Riannon gathered her hair at the back of her head and dressed up quickly into a pair of blue jeans, comfortable leather boots and an oversized blouse, part of which she tucked under her belt. All while she was calling Ash and Maya in turns.
But to her disappointment and horror, none of them was replying.
She tried to steady her breathing as panic almost overwhelmed her. She couldn’t lose Maya. Not again. She already lost her once and it almost broke her.
It did break her. This was the point from which everything went downhill.
She remembered every detail even now. Roxy was launching attack after attack on her. But Maya was helping to protect her best friend and helped Riannon to avoid traps more than once. She was very snarky towards Roxy always and quickly got under her radar.
So, one day she was accused of treason. There was no evidence against her.
Just a confession of a warrior from one of the enemy packs from the East, who insisted that she was trading secrets with them in the hope to become the next
Beta after Ash was accidentally killed. Even Ash wasn’t convinced but her loyalty was compromised. And that was when Brayden came up with a good solution as he called it. To send Maya to the border to serve as one of the guards there. Just several days later her post out of all others was under attack. Moreover, she was one of the very few dead.
Closing her eyes, Riannon felt a tear roll down her cheek as she remembered driving all the way to the border with Ash as soon as she received the news.
Brayden couldn’t look her in the eye and she did not want to see him anyway.
The Beta brought her to one of the small cottages of the border village and there on a table lay her best friend, covered with a white sheet. They already cleaned her body after they heard that the Luna was coming. But they still couldn’t do anything about the claw marks which didn’t grow well together after she shifted back to her human form after her death. Those ugly uneven scars were going through her face and neck, some were on her chest. And just by looking at them,
Riannon could tell that several beasts were attacking Maya.
She was so cold. So lifeless. A shell of the person that she knew. It was hard to recognise in that vacant face the person that Maya was. The strong girl, who was a fighter in heart and could barely spend a minute without cracking a joke wasn’t there anymore.
Riannon remembered how she wept over her friend’s body. How painful it was.How Ash tore her off and how she cried into his chest for hours in that cottage…
But all that happened much later in time in her previous life. What was happening now? If
She took her bag and went downstairs, hoping not to meet anyone and find a car easily. If anything, she was sure she could ask for some assistance from Savvy.
The princess seemed like someone who could understand the situation.
However, the first person Riannon met was Reid. He was reading something in his Ipad in the living room when she passed it. But he jumped to his feet as soon as he noticed her and followed her.
“Where are you going?” he asked, slightly shocked seeing her ready to leave. “I need to get back to my pack,” the Luna stated plainly as she kept walking to the exit.
“Absolutely not!” Reid blocked her way.
“I don’t think that I asked your permission,” Ria arched her brow, “I simply informed you that I am going.”
“Luna,” the Beta tried to reason with her, “I am sorry. But I just can’t allow it.
Gideon will kill me when he comes back.”
“Let’s drop the formalities, Reid,” she looked at him with a challenge, “If I don’t go back to my pack now, my best friend in the whole world may die! I just cannot let that happen.”
“But I…”
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