Chapter 3


    3. Set Up


    Kai gave his sister a stern look. He was gone for just a month and only toe back and find all this


    mess. His home was full of women he did not know and did not want to know. And he found out that


    apparently he was supposed to marry one of them in the near future. This did not sit right with him and


    he knew very well who to me.“Brother!” the princess of the North chirped and ran in his direction to


    give him a hug, but stopped halfway and scrunched her nose while scanning his outfit. “What


    happened to you? You look like…”“We were attacked on our way back from the mountains,” he


    motioned for her to stop talking and walked past her to his rightful seat behind the desk. The one that


    she was clearly using all the time while he was gone. “I was lucky that this set of clothes survived the


    fight as I didn’t have to shift this time.”“Lucky indeed,” his little sister did not look impressed.Kai loved


    Elene. She was the only family he had left. But sometimes she was reckless and did not think about the


    consequences of her actions. Especially when her childhood crush, the western king, was involved. He


    knew that this was the case now. And that he would be the one dealing with everything in the end.“You


    need to have some rest,” Elene tried to find an easy way out and was already at the door when he


    growled loudly, making her stop.“Not so fast!” His wolf was angry as hell too. “I repeat my question,


    Elle, what did you do?!”“You already know what,” she gave up quickly, because there was no point


    pretending anymore. She knew that she would have to face the music sooner orter.“Luna Trials,” Kai


    closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead. It was unbelievable that she dared to pull something like


    that.  “Just why did you do it?”“And what did you want to do?” His sister scoffed, folding her hands on


    her chest and sat in the chair in front of him. “I saw how angry you were when their letter arrived


    announcing that Savannah Stormhold graciously agreed to marry you since you begged so many


    times!”He indeed wasn’t happy about that. In no way was that the n. A few months ago, he met with


    his old rival king Gideon from the Western Kingdom, because thetter was suddenly desperate for an


    alliance between them. The sole reason why Kai even went to that meeting was that he needed a


    certain piece ofnd that was in Gideon’s possession. A piece ofnd that was essential to his


    kingdom. And since he had already asked for the princess’s hand in marriage before only to be refusedOwned by N?velDrama.Org.


    every single time, he was sure that nothing had changed. Gideon and he hated each other since school


    and then university. But they weren’t just rivals, they actively despised each other.However, Kai


    miscalcted this time. He asked for Savannah or thend in hopes that he would get thend. But


    instead, a few monthster, he received a letter of eptance of his proposal and the date when his


    future bride would arrive on his territory.Hating Gideon was one thing, but going to war with him was


    another. Nevertheless, Kai never wanted to marry his sister. He didn’t even want this in the past. There


    was always a different reason behind his proposals and usually, he was getting what he wanted. But


    not this time.“Admit it, Kai,” Elene’s lips curled into a victorious smile, “I came up with the best solution.


    The Luna Trials is an ancient tradition of the North. We will fail Savannah early on and will get rid of


    her. We don’t need that alliance much anyway, right?”“I wouldn’t be so sure about that,” the king


    rxed his back into his chair and clenched his lips.“What’s that supposed to mean?” Elene furrowed


    her blonde brows.“There is a lot of unusual activity in the white bears’ territory,” her brother took the


    first folder out from a huge stack that piled up on his desk during his absence and started looking


    through it.“What kind of activity?” The princess did not want to leave this matter alone. Not too many


    species chose the North as their ce of residence and there were some good reasons for that. Some


    parts of the North were uninhabitable and, because of that, in the past, there were many wars between


    the northern packs of shifters. The ones between the white bears and lycans were always the worst.


    No one wanted that part of history to repeat itself.“It looks like they are up to something,” Kai muttered,


    checking thetest budget. “So, it’s really not the time to piss Gideon off.” Elene pursed her lips. For


    years she was dying to get at least a fraction of the western king’s attention. And now she suddenly


    hated him because he dared to find his true mate.“You are not seriously thinking of marrying


    Savannah!” The princess stood up and mmed her fists over his desk, almost leaving a dent.“God,


    no!” Kai chuckled. “But we need to y it nicely. Gideon wanted this alliance very much if he was ready


    for me to have his sister as a wife. You know how many times he rejected my proposals for her.”“As if


    you’d wanted her!” Elene rolled her eyes and sat back in her chair. “I saw her today and, trust me, she


    is nothing special. I don’t know what all the fuss is about.” The girl polished her well-manicured nails


    and her brother sighed, cing the budget papers back into the pile. He had already found two


    mistakes and that meant that he would have to go through them all over again, despite the fact that all


    he wanted was a hot shower and some sleep.“But she is the least of my troubles thanks to you now,”


    he reminded her. “Elle, I really did not n to get married any time soon. And you set me up with this


    big time.”“Don’t be dramatic!” his sister smiled innocently. “You need a Luna and you know it. But you


    are not even meeting with anyone suitable. And now this is your chance. Just take a look at these girls


    and who knows, maybe you will even find your true mate!”“Yeah… sure,” Kai snorted. A mate was the


    last thing on his agenda. Although his annoying sibling did have a point – he needed a Luna. And a


    capable one at that. Someone who could lead by his side and take care of things like budget and many


    other tasks he had no time for. But something told him that this wasn’t the best way to find her. Not to


    mention that his inner voice, aka his wolf Asgard, was insisting that simply taking a partner who wasn’t


    their mate was out of the question.“Just give the poor girls a chance!” Elene quirked her brow.“It’s not


    like I have a choice now, do I?” The northern king did the same. “And all thanks to you.”“No, all thanks


    to Savannah Stormhold,” the Princess corrected him. “Anyway, if you don’t like anyone, we just fail


    them all. Trust me on this one, I have prepared tasks that no one will be able to do. But who knows,


    maybe closer to the end you wouldn’t want to let go of a certain girl.”“Why do I have a feeling that you


    already have someone in mind?” Kai closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose.“No one in


    particr,” Elene giggled, and this was how he knew that she was lying.“Who?” His voice sounded


    much lower than usual because he was tired of controlling his emotions now.“A few contenders,” she


    tried to straighten the creases on her dress.“Who?!” Kai was on the verge of letting Asgard handle all of


    this for him.“Say what you want, but Penelope would make a great Luna for you!” His sister pouted her


    lips.“Not this again!” He muttered in annoyance.“Just listen to me,” Elene got her mobile phone out and


    handed it to her brother. “Look at what they have to do. Test her. You will see that she will handle all


    that just perfectly. But no pressure. If you still don’t want her, then this is it.”He eyed his sister for a


    while and then just nodded because he was too tired to argue.“Great!” She pped her hands. “You


    won’t regret it!”“I already do,” Kai retorted. “And don’t think that you are getting an easy way out. I want


    to stop all that after a test or two. Got it?”“Deal!” Elene shrugged her shoulders. “It’s going to be


    wonderful!”She said something else about Penelope, Savannah and the Trials but he didn’t listen


    anymore. The exhaustion was catching up on him and he chose to dismiss her. He would have to


    figure out how to get rid of all this mess on his own anyway.His sister was already at the door when she


    turned and said, “ And, Kai, shave that awful beard! I can barely recognise you with it!”She ran away


    before he could even growl at her. But looking at the list of the contenders in his hands and seeing who


    was on it, he knew that she was right. He had to take care of his appearance and look presentable.But


    first thing first. He needed to get everything he could find on The Luna Trials. He needed a loophole to


    bring it all to an end. So, it meant that he would have to start in the library…***Savannah was reading


    one of the many books she found in the library when suddenly she felt a sharp pain. It ripped through


    her whole body and made it especially hard for her to breathe. Her wolf Athena was howling inside and


    this could only mean one thing – her so-called mate was intimate with someone at that very moment…