Chapter 66. Golden Crescents
“Riannon!” Gideon brought her closer to him as she was kicking and screaming. He was confused at first
but soon realised that something was happening to her and when she started crying, calling his name,
he simply pressed her against him, holding her hands in ce so that she wouldn’t hurt herself.
“Mars,” he called his wolf, “Try reaching Onyx.”
His wolf growled in agreement and he lost him for a few moments. But then Riannon
opened her eyes full of tears and looked at him in disbelief. It was as if she tried to recognise him and for
a second there he was worried that she couldn’t.
“Gideon,” her lips trembled as she tried to catch her ragged breathing and focus her gaze on him. She
was shivering and when he let go of her hands, she reached his face with shaky fingers. She traced
carefully almost every strong line of his.
“It‘s me, Riannon,” his voice was practically a whisper because he was afraid to scare her again, “It’s me.
It was just a dream.”
“Gideon!” she threw herself in his arms,cing her own around him so that there wasn’t any air left
between the two of them. She felt his warmth and breathed in his scent, tears burning her eyes. It was
him. He was alive. What she saw… it didn’t happen yet.
Daily new chapters in .noveljar “Ria,” he murmured somewhere in her hair, “It‘s all right. You
are here and so am I. We are fine. It was just a dream.”
“It wasn’t a dream,” she finally managed to distance herself from him, “Gideon, Onyx showed me the
past. And it was so horrible.”
“We already knew that it was horrible,” his voice was calm as he took away a strand of hair that stuck to
her face. His tranquillity helped her find some inner peace too.
“It’s different to know and to see,” she looked him in the eyes with a newfound determination, “We can’t
let any of this happen. It was so bad… Gideon, me and Maya weren’t the only ones to die… I saw you
holding Reid…dead… And then you...”
She stopped talking as tears were suffocating her.
“I don’t want anything like this to ever happen to you,” she sniffed. He pulled her into a hug and let her
cry as much as she needed, “This... future… It cannot… happen.” Her words were punctuated with sobs
as she indulged herself in his warmness.
“Ria,” he sounded tense and his whole body was rigid, “Did you… by any chance see Savvy there?”
“No,” she took a deep breath and sat up, “I didn’t see her. But… what I saw couldn’t fighting wolves.”
“Tell me everything you saw,” he ced his palms on her shoulders, “Every single detail.” And she did,
starting with her own murder and finishing with thest moment she saw
him alive.
“I am so sorry you had to go through this,” he kissed her temple as he held her in his arms. She was
leaning over his chest, and he was brushing circles with his fingers on her bare
skin.
“I am fine now,” she said. And it was the truth. The past faded and being close to her mate was definitely
helping, their bond giving her the confidence and strength that she needed. Besides, her brain started
ticking. Yes, it was terrible to see her own death again, it was disgusting to see her enemies win and it
was heart-breaking to see her mate die. But between all those events she found crucial pieces of
information.
“The Northern king,” she looked at Gideon, “They were so afraid that you would form an alliance with
him. This is exactly what we need to do.”
“Yeah, about that,” the lycan rubbed his forehead, “They were worried for nothing. There is no way that
ask hole and I would ever form an alliance.”
“I am sensing that there is a story there,” Riannon quirked her brow up. Whatever that story was, she
was sure she could persuade them both. This was what she was born for.
“There is,” he admitted, “But it’s not for today. You’ve been through too much and you
need rest. Let’s go to sleep.” Daily new chapters in .noveljar
“No,” she shook her head and brushed her palm over his cheek with short stubble, “I don’t want to sleep.
I want to be with you. I want you...”
“Riannon, you have no idea what those words do to me,” he let out a soft snarl, “what you do to me...”
“I don’t want to waste any time,” she whispered, straddling him and leaning forward to touch his hot lips
with hers. “If today proved anything, it is that every moment is precious. We never met each other in our
past lives. They were wasted because of that. I don’t want to ever be separated from you. I don’t want to
live even a minute of my life without you want to have your mark on my neck and I want it now.”
“Ria,” now an internal growl escaped his chest that was going up and down, “You know that I want this
more than anything. But… You deserve a beautiful ceremony. I want to give only the best to my queen…”
ceremony that I want. Trust me, they are overrated. I had a beautiful marking ceremony once and look
how that ended. It means nothing to me. But you, Gideon, you mean everything. Give me your mark.
Please.”
“You don’t have to ask me twice,” he growled and in one sharp move ced her back on the bed,
towering over her, “When my Queen wants something, she doesn’t have to repeat herself.”
She was wearing only a thin white silk slip and he caressed her body through it, teasing her and making
her arch her back. Their breathing was getting faster together and when he pulled the fabric down to
expose her breasts, a sound of approval emerged from the depth of his body at the sight of her firm
ni*ples. He lowered himself and inhaled one while tugging the other in between his fingers as he took a
handful of her.
Amoan escaped her, and then another. Riannon’s delicate fingers intwined in his dark hair as she
encouraged him to go on. He tore off her and went all the way up to her face only to crash his lips into
hers, to taste her. Their tongues tangled as they shared one breath, the kiss overwhelming all their
senses. But at the same time, his hand was rolling the silk up to expose more of her to him. Sheced
her thighs around his torso and that made him pant in an
instant. His hardness was already evident against her stomach. Daily new chapters in .noveljar
“Mark me,” she said when he finally was able to break from her and now was taking in her beautiful
body.
“Not yet,” a menacing chuckle escaped him as his fingers found the fabric of hercy underwear. He
pulled it all the way down, relieving her of it. And then he yanked her to the edge of the bed, kneeling in
front and spreading her wider for him. She felt his hot breathing on her sensitive core and moaned when
his tongue finally reached it. He made just one sensual stroke and watched her reaction as her body
shuddered in his hands. Gideon liked what he saw, he liked that control over her. Especially since he
knew that he would lose his own in a matter of mere minutes thanks to that woman. He loved her too
much, he wanted her too much.
“Gideon, please!” she almost whined, desperate for him to do more. And he was happy to oblige, tasting
her essence on his lips as his tongue probed her. Mars wanted to take over him but it wasn’t the time yet.
Grasping the bare flesh of her bottom, the lycan king ced her things onto his shoulders, going deeper
and faster.
“Look at me,” he growled and she obeyed him, their eyes locking as her breasts bounced sensitive
bundle of nerves, while at the same time inserting two fingers into her.
A loud moan left her this time as he pumped the fingers in and out, curling them inside in
search of her most responsive spot. He already knew where it was, so he found it with ease, taking up
the speed. Riannon shuddered from all the pleasure that was overtaking her way too fast, but he held
her in ce with his free hand as he went on, and on, and on...
The rel*ase exploded through her, making her forget even her own name. But not his. His was on her lips
all the time as he kept caressing her and bringing her to her next climax.
“Gideon!” the sounds were bing desperate in her need for him. But right when she
wasing to her peak once again, he stopped doing everything and got his fingers out of her.
She tried to catch her breath as she watched him questioningly. There was no way she was
ready to stop now.
But when he unbuckled his pants and discarded them, her lips curved into a little smile. She found
strength to stand right next to him and traced her palm all the way from his chest to
his hardness. At the same time, the lycan hooked the straps of her slip and made it fall to their
feet.
She lowered herself slowly, still looking into his eyes, and then stroked him gently a few times before
bringing his hard flesh to her lips. Slowly, she wrapped them around him and took him in. As much as
she could because there was no way to take all of his length.
A growl left him as he entwined his fingers into her hair as if she was his anchor. She
was driving him crazy in the best sense of the word and he threw his head back, closing his
eyes.
“What do you do with me?” he muttered, “I... Ria...”
He stopped her before she knew it and scooped her into his arms, cing her back onto the bed and
getting on top of her.
“I love you so much, do you know it?” he grunted as he rubbed his tip at her entrance.
“I know,” she smiled, because she loved seeing him like that – bedazzled with passion, consumed by his
emotions… He was like that only with her and she loved that power.
“Good,” he nodded and pinned both her hands above her head, lifting one of her thighs
and entering her roughly.
She let out a loud moan as she curved her back for him, “I love you too. So much...”
“Very good,” he snarled and started pounding into her as if there was no tomorrow.
She screamed every time he brought her to a release, digging her nails into his flesh. It was the first time
they were together since she got her wolf back and everything was heightened. For her and for him as
well. With each thrust, with each mad kiss their bond was getting stronger, and he didn‘t think he could
stop anymore. Daily new chapters in .noveljar
Chanting her name, he took her again and again.
Then, when he felt that they both were ready, he lifted her up and ced her on hisp, letting her
straddle him. Her silky skin was covered with beads of sweat and her wonderful
scent was filling his nostrils, making Mars go feral inside of him.
“From this day forward,” he took her hair from her neck to make sure that nothing would get into their
way, “You will only belong to me, Riannon.”
He looked into her eyes, searching for approval. “have already been yours for a while,” she smiled
through tears that were forming in her
eyes.
“And I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he thrust into her again, her body bouncing on his as he held her
while plunging into her again and again. She was now leaning over his firm chest and felt his canines
grazing over her skin, right where her ex-husband’s mark once was. Now the ce was clean and ready
for him. It was always his. Gideon‘s.
“Forever,” a growl that shook the walls around them emerged from his chest as his sharp
teeth sunk into her. She expected pain just like the first time, but instead, Riannon experienced
the most intense outburst of pleasure in her entire life. She didn’t even know if she was
moaning or screaming, she waspletely lost in the sensation.
She knew only one thing. He needed to feel that too. So, she gathered the remnants of her strength and
found his neck, kissing it first to make sure that this was the right spot. And when she felt him pulsating
under her and groaning louder, she pierced him with her canines.
“Ria” his voice did not sound human anymore as he let his wolf take the control together with him.
Pressing her tighter, the rel*ase reached them at the same time as his seed spilt inside of her. Riannon
screamed and then she hung limply in his arms, exhausted and panting. His back fell to the bed, but he
refused to let her go, still holding her in his arms.
They both could feel their marks healing already, the tingling sensation was pleasant and soft.
“Finally,” he looked into her eyes, caressing her cheek. She couldn‘t hold her lips from tugging into a
smile. She was so happy with him already, but this was so much bigger… It was
“Finally,” she repeated, fighting with her own eyes that wanted to close now.
“Sleep my love,” he whispered and kissed her nose gently, “You need this. And I will guard you. Nothing
bad will ever happen to you again. That’s a promise.”
And the one she knew he would do his best to keep.
Slowly, the world around her went dark as she allowed herself to drift off to sleep.
It was probably the middle of the next day when she woke up and found him still there, next to her. He
was sleeping but his hands were still holding her and this made her grin from
ear to ear.
She did not want to wake him up, so she ced a little kiss where she could reach and
wriggled out of his grasp in the hope to take a shower and brush her teeth before he woke up. A lot had
to be done but all that she was thinking about was making him take her again. The night they shared was
too good to just get back to business.
But Ria also knew that they both had responsibilities and already wasted more time than they were
allowed to. She had to think about what could be done when she was passing a
mirror.
In her reflection she saw something incredibly beautiful, something that she did not expect to see at all.
Her mark was different from what she saw others have. It usually formed into an intricate tattoo-like
pattern. But she was staring now at two golden crescents looking
at each other. Golden! No one had golden marks before!
“I told you the Moon Goddess blessed you,” Onyx chuckled in her mind.
Riannon turned to look at how Gideon’s mark would look like, something she forgot to check and found
him sitting on the edge of the bed and watching her. He had two golden
crescents too.
“Beautiful, isn‘t it?” she bit her lip, trying to contain the excitement.
“Very,” he smirked, but his eyes were all over her naked body.
He was about to say something but her phone rang, disrupting their moment. Ria went to check, knowing
that an Alpha couldn’t ignore any phone calls and was surprised to see her
ex-husband’s name on the caller ID...
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“Riannon!” Gideon brought her closer to him as she was kicking and screaming. He was confused at first
but soon realised that something was happening to her and when she started crying, calling his name,
he simply pressed her against him, holding her hands in ce so that she wouldn’t hurt herself.
“Mars,” he called his wolf, “Try reaching Onyx.” Daily new chapters in .noveljar
His wolf growled in agreement and he lost him for a few moments. But then Riannon opened her eyes
full of tears and looked at him in disbelief. It was as if she tried to recognise him and for a second there
he was worried that she couldn’t.
“Gideon,” her lips trembled as she tried to catch her ragged breathing and focus her gaze on him. She
was shivering and when he let go of her hands, she reached his face with shaky fingers. She traced
carefully almost every strong line of his.
“It’s me, Riannon,” his voice was practically a whisper because he was afraid to scare her again, “It’s me.
It was just a dream.”
“Gideon!” she threw herself in his arms,cing her own around him so that there wasn’t any air left
between the two of them. She felt his warmth and breathed in his scent, tears burning her eyes. It was
him. He was alive. What she saw... it didn‘t happen yet.
“Ria,” he murmured somewhere in her hair, “It‘s all right. You are here and so am I. We
are fine. It was just a dream.”
“It wasn’t a dream,” she finally managed to distance herself from him, “Gideon, Onyx showed me the
past. And it was so horrible.”
“We already knew that it was horrible,” his voice was calm as he took away a strand of hair that stuck to
her face. His tranquillity helped her find some inner peace too.
“It’s different to know and to see,” she looked him in the eyes with a newfound determination, “We can’t
let any of this happen. It was so bad… Gideon, me and Maya weren’t the only ones to die… I saw you
holding Reid…dead... And then you...”
She stopped talking as tears were suffocating her.
“I don’t want anything like this to ever happen to you,” she sniffed. He pulled her into a hug and let her
cry as much as she needed, “This… future… It cannot… happen.” Her words were punctuated with sobs
as she indulged herself in his warmness.
“Ria,” he sounded tense and his whole body was rigid, “Did you... by any chance see Savvy there?”
“No,” she took a deep breath and sat up, “I didn’t see her. But… what I saw couldn’t fighting wolves.”
“Tell me everything you saw,” he ced his palms on her shoulders, “Every single detail.”
And she did, starting with her own murder and finishing with thest moment she saw
him alive.
“I am so sorry you had to go through this,” he kissed her temple as he held her in his arms. She was
leaning over his chest, and he was brushing circles with his fingers on her bare
skin.
“I am fine now,” she said. And it was the truth. The past faded and being close to her
mate was definitely helping, their bond giving her the confidence and strength that she needed.
Besides, her brain started ticking. Yes, it was terrible to see her own death again, it was disgusting to see
her enemies win and it was heart-breaking to see her mate die. But between all those events she found
crucial pieces of information.
“The Northern king,” she looked at Gideon, “They were so afraid that you would form an alliance with
him. This is exactly what we need to do.”
“Yeah, about that,” the lycan rubbed his forehead, “They were worried for nothing. There is no way that
as*hole and I would ever form an alliance.”
“I am sensing that there is a story there,” Riannon quirked her brow up. Whatever that story was, she
was sure she could persuade them both. This was what she was born for.
“There is,” he admitted, “But it‘s not for today. You‘ve been through too much and you
need rest. Let’s go to sleep.”
“No,” she shook her head and brushed her palm over his cheek with short stubble, “I don’t want to sleep.
I want to be with you. I want you...”
“Riannon, you have no idea what those words do to me,” he let out a soft snarl, “what you do to me...”
“I don’t want to waste any time,” she whispered, straddling him and leaning forward to touch his hot lips
with hers. “If today proved anything, it is that every moment is precious. We never met each other in our
past lives. They were wasted because of that. I don’t want to ever be separated from you. I don’t want to
live even a minute of my life without you want to have your mark on my neck and I want it now.”
“Ria,” now an internal growl escaped his chest that was going up and down, “You know that I want this
more than anything. But... You deserve a beautiful ceremony. I want to give only the best to my queen...”
ceremony that I want. Trust me, they are overrated. I had a beautiful marking ceremony once and look
how that ended. It means nothing to me. But you, Gideon, you mean everything. Give
me your mark. Please.”
“You don’t have to ask me twice,” he growled and in one sharp move ced her back on the bed,
towering over her, “When my Queen wants something, she doesn’t have to repeat
herself.”
She was wearing only a thin white silk slip and he caressed her body through it, teasing her and making
her arch her back. Their breathing was getting faster together and when he pulled the fabric down to
expose her breasts, a sound of approval emerged from the depth of his body at the sight of her firm
ni*ples. He lowered himself and inhaled one while tugging the
other in between his fingers as he took a handful of her.
Amoan escaped her, and then another. Riannon’s delicate fingers intwined in his dark hair as she
encouraged him to go on. He tore off her and went all the way up to her face only to crash his lips into
hers, to taste her. Their tongues tangled as they shared one breath, the kiss overwhelming all their
senses. But at the same time, his hand was rolling the silk up to expose more of her to him. Sheced
her thighs around his torso and that made him pant in an
instant. His hardness was already evident against her stomach.
“Mark me,” she said when he finally was able to break from her and now was taking in her beautiful
body.
Daily new chapters in .noveljar “Not yet,” a menacing chuckle escaped him as his fingers found
the fabric of hercy underwear. He pulled it all the way down, relieving her of it. And then he yanked her
to the edge of the bed, kneeling in front and spreading her wider for him. She felt his hot breathing on her
sensitive core and moaned when his tongue finally reached it. He made just one sensual stroke and
watched her reaction as her body shuddered in his hands. Gideon liked what he saw, he liked that
control over her. Especially since he knew that he would lose his own in a matter of mere minutes thanks
to that woman. He loved her too much, he wanted her too
much.
“Gideon, please!” she almost whined, desperate for him to do more. And he was happy to oblige, tasting
her essence on his lips as his tongue probed her. Mars wanted to take over him but it wasn’t the time yet.
Grasping the bare flesh of her bottom, the lycan king ced her things onto his shoulders, going deeper
and faster.
“Look at me,” he growled and she obeyed him, their eyes locking as her breasts bounced sensitive
bundle of nerves, while at the same time inserting two fingers into her.
Aloud moan left her this time as he pumped the fingers in and out, curling them inside in search of her
most responsive spot. He already knew where it was, so he found it with ease, taking up the speed.
Riannon shuddered from all the pleasure that was overtaking her way too fast, but he held her in ce
with his free hand as he went on, and on, and on…
The rel*ase exploded through her, making her forget even her own name. But not his. His was on her lips
all the time as he kept caressing her and bringing her to her next climax.
“Gideon!” the sounds were bing desperate in her need for him. But right when she wasing to
her peak once again, he stopped doing everything and got his fingers out of her.
She tried to catch her breath as she watched him questioningly. There was no way she was ready to stop
now.
But when he unbuckled his pants and discarded them, her lips curved into a little smile. She found
strength to stand right next to him and traced her palm all the way from his chest to his hardness. At the
same time, the lycan hooked the straps of her slip and made it fall to their
feet.
She lowered herself slowly, still looking into his eyes, and then stroked him gently a few times before
bringing his hard flesh to her lips. Slowly, she wrapped them around him and took him in. As much as
she could because there was no way to take all of his length.
Agrowl left him as he entwined his fingers into her hair as if she was his anchor. She was driving him
crazy in the best sense of the word and he threw his head back, closing his
eyes.
“What do you do with me?” he muttered, “I... Ria...”
He stopped her before she knew it and scooped her into his arms, cing her back onto the bed and
getting on top of her.
“I love you so much, do you know it?” he grunted as he rubbed his tip at her entrance.
“I know,” she smiled, because she loved seeing him like that – bedazzled with passion, consumed by his
emotions… He was like that only with her and she loved that power.
“Good,” he nodded and pinned both her hands above her head, lifting one of her thighs and entering her
roughly.
She let out a loud moan as she curved her back for him, “I love you too. So much...” “Very good,” he
snarled and started pounding into her as if there was no tomorrow. She
She screamed every time he brought her to a release, digging her nails into his flesh. It was the first time
they were together since she got her wolf back and everything was heightened. For her and for him as
well. With each thrust, with each mad kiss their bond was getting stronger, and he didn‘t think he could
stop anymore.
Chanting her name, he took her again and again. Daily new chapters in .noveljar
Then, when he felt that they both were ready, he lifted her up and ced her on hisp, letting her
straddle him. Her silky skin was covered with beads of sweat and her wonderful
scent was filling his nostrils, making Mars go feral inside of him.
“From this day forward,” he took her hair from her neck to make sure that nothing would
get into their way, “You will only belong to me, Riannon.”
He looked into her eyes, searching for approval. “I have already been yours for a while,” she smiled
through tears that were forming in her
eyes.
“And I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he thrust into her again, her body bouncing on his as he held her
while plunging into her again and again. She was now leaning over his firm chest and felt his canines
grazing over her skin, right where her ex-husband’s mark once was. Now the ce was clean and ready
for him. It was always his. Gideon’s.
“Forever,” a growl that shook the walls around them emerged from his chest as his sharp teeth sunk into
her. She expected pain just like the first time, but instead, Riannon experienced
the most intense outburst of pleasure in her entire life. She didn’t even know if she was
moaning or screaming, she waspletely lost in the sensation.
She knew only one thing. He needed to feel that too. So, she gathered the remnants of her strength and
found his neck, kissing it first to make sure that this was the right spot. And when she felt him pulsating
under her and groaning louder, she pierced him with her canines.
“Ria,” his voice did not sound human anymore as he let his wolf take the control together with him.
Pressing her tighter, the rel*ase reached them at the same time as his seed spilt inside of her. Riannon
screamed and then she hung limply in his arms, exhausted and panting. His back fell to the bed, but he
refused to let her go, still holding her in his arms.
Daily new chapters in .noveljar They both could feel their marks healing already, the tingling
sensation was pleasant and soft.
“Finally,” he looked into her eyes, caressing her cheek. She couldn‘t hold her lips from tugging into a
smile. She was so happy with him already, but this was so much bigger… It was
“Finally,” she repeated, fighting with her own eyes that wanted to close now.
“Sleep my love,” he whispered and kissed her nose gently, “You need this. And I will
guard you. Nothing bad will ever happen to you again. That’s a promise.”
And the one she knew he would do his best to keep.
Slowly, the world around her went dark as she allowed herself to drift off to sleep.
It was probably the middle of the next day when she woke up and found him still there, next to her. He
was sleeping but his hands were still holding her and this made her grin from
ear to ear.
She did not want to wake him up, so she ced a little kiss where she could reach and wriggled out of
his grasp in the hope to take a shower and brush her teeth before he woke up. A lot had to be done but
all that she was thinking about was making him take her again. The night they shared was too good to
just get back to business.
But Ria also knew that they both had responsibilities and already wasted more time than they were
allowed to. She had to think about what could be done when she was passing a
mirror.
In her reflection she saw something incredibly beautiful, something that she did not expect to see at all.
Her mark was different from what she saw others have. It usually formed into an intricate tattoo-like
pattern. But she was staring now at two golden crescents looking
at each other. Golden! No one had golden marks before!
“I told you the Moon Goddess blessed you,” Onyx chuckled in her mind.
Riannon turned to look at how Gideon’s mark would look like, something she forgot to check and found
him sitting on the edge of the bed and watching her. He had two golden
crescents too.
“Beautiful, isn‘t it?” she bit her lip, trying to contain the excitement.
“Very,” he smirked, but his eyes were all over her naked body.
He was about to say something but her phone rang, disrupting their moment. Ria went to check, knowing
that an Alpha couldn‘t ignore any phone calls and was surprised to see her ex-husband’s name on the
caller ID...
NOTE: I noticed that there are a lot of new people here now. Don’t forget to join Marissa Gilbert’s
Reading Circle group on FB. We are having a lot of fun there as well and in the next few days, I am
going to be doing a poll about a sequel to this book. Also, don’t forget to say hi