The Perfect Luna Chapter 43
Maya quietly sobbed throughout her journey to the Lycan Kingdom. Reid didn’t know what to do.
She had turned her back to him the entire time, neither sobbing nor weeping out loud. With her back turned away from Reid, she stared at the window. Her eyes were red and puffy, and she wiped at silent tears with her palms every few seconds.
He never wanted a mate in the first place, never looked for one. Having witnessed the effect a mate had on a lycan, and how it changed his best friend Gideon, he decided to stay away from wolf-mingling events and stick to the she-wolves he already knew, considering them safer options.
o keep him company.
r the best.
mes.
feral and primal deep inside of him, all his rules and self-taught mantras on the joys of singledom took a nosedive to hell. He struggled for a few minutes in his car, trying to talk himself out of going in there to his mate. Under the pressure from his wolf, Nox, who was eager to meet th
know who she was.
r, his instincts flared up. It was a done deal.
t woman was his and he wouldn’
me ever, he left Riannon behind without any support.
their new law project.
been marked and married to some annoying werewolf Alpha.
w, his L
initial plan, and he decided to trust her instincts as Maya’s safety suddenly became of prime importance to him too.
sion.
iled his Alpha and his King.
irection and glared at him with the intention to kill, as if he was at fault before her. Which he wasn’t.
at is your name again?”
lide. He could sense his mate was using her snarky attitude to hide how worri
happy either.. Guilt washed over him in waves. The deed had been done. He had to trust Riannon with this one. Hopefully, she knew what she was doing.
ted calmly.
her to vent out her seething steam on him.
ct! What a clever boy you are!” she praised him, “I-left her the
sticking up for you,
bit her lip almost to the point of puncturing t
ecretion. She knew he was right. Riannon did what Maya, herself would have done if she could. It did not make her feel better though.
the car in front of what looked like a modern palace. Ma
his Alpha. Gideon stared at him in disbelief, and then, slowly shifted his eyes to Maya. He balled his fists, trying to hold back his rage.
Savvy that Riannon left the pack and the kingdom.
with her. And now there he was. With some
he knew the situation was bad.
non?” Gideon growle
en a situation and she had to stay as a result. This is-“
care which new wh*re you picked up nor where,” the Lycan King bellowed, teetering o
y MATE!” Reid snarled at him, his protective instincts taking over,
calm down at all.
one.”
wing he deserved that, he stayed down. Choosing instead not to retaliate out of respect to his king whose trust he broke earlier today.
Gideon strove to hold back his fury. If he didn’t, he didn’t know how this would end for Reid.
ou are Ria’s mate! But-how?”
et. He noticed her red-rimmed, tear-stained eyes and her messy hair.
ok like herself, but he recognised her
usual type.
his mate.
m-“
er,” Gideon nodded, letting her know that Riannon toid him everyt
er lips trembled, “She just-l am the one to blame, not Reid. She returned to the pack because of me, and she had to stay there. He wouldn’
ade a decision, she would stick to it no matter what. He also knew she cared for Maya a lot.
still on the ground. Reid took it with a kindling of hope in his eyes, and Gideon realised he had experienced a hard time with his mate. Not that it excused him at
ade the same choice in his place.
plan,” the King , affirmed.
ven’t heard a thing about a p
l you in then.” Gideon spared one glance at Reid and realised it was to
r to his wolf. “l expect you in my office first thing in the morning,” the King muttered as he walked off, leaving the Beta couple alone.
their room, which still held her scent even though the omegas had changed the sheets.
Riannon knew what she was doing when she stayed, and he had to trust her with that.
ever, he had to listen to her voice. He needed it on a physical level.
with his eyes covered by his palm. Being separated from her again felt even worse than t
” he started speaking the moment the ca
ther end of the line seemed confused. He recognised her husband at once.
. Now.”
he Alpha sounded apol
and she is sleeping. We just reunited after days of not seeing one another and were just too hungry for each other, if you know what I mean. She was too exhausted by the time we were done. It would be cruel to wake her up now.
a pup, you see..”