All Chapters of The Last Luna: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

RiverWaiting for Ellie to change clothes so he could take her outside seemed to take forever. River was determined to give her at least five minutes. Every time he looked at the clock, he felt like at least a half an hour must've passed, but it was usually only about twenty seconds."River!" He heard her voice from across the hall and darted over, ready to fly through the door and help her in any way she might need. But reminding himself that she was changing clothes, he stopped right outside. "Yes, Ellie?""I'm ready," she said. River took a deep breath and opened the door. She was sitting on the edge of the bed wearing some comfortable looking purple linen pants and a soft white, long-sleeved shirt. She had on white tennis shoes, and her hair was up in a ponytail.She looked every bit as lovely now as she had at the ball where they'd shared their first dance.Walking over to the bed, River offered her his hand. "All right then. Let's go."Ellie put her hand in his, and River pull

RiverHis ribs ached, and the cut on his forehead was beginning to burn as sweat seeped into it, but River refused to let Ellie know that she had hurt him. They were almost a week into her training, and her kicks had gotten stronger. He was using the pads now, but sometimes, she was so fast, he didn't quite block her kicks fast enough. The cut on his forehead had come when she'd knocked him back into the trees and a wayward branch had dug into his skin."Are you sure you're all right?" Ellie asked, hardly even breathing heavily even though she'd been working out for nearly two hours now. "We can take a break.""I'm fine," River insisted, not for the first time. "I'm just fine."She didn't believe him; he could tell by her expression. But he refused to back down. He would wait for her to say she needed a breather and then he'd rest.Ellie whirled around in a circle, kicking the pad with one leg and then the other. She was so quick, she was just a blur in the air. River had never been s

River"Blade?" Ellie repeated. "What do you mean?"River hated to interrupt the nice conversation it looked like Ellie was having with her friend Shelby at the coffee shop, but he had to tell her what Alan had discovered when he was out on his patrol."That's right. Alan saw him and several of his warriors out in the forest between our two pack lands." River pursed his lips and waited for her to absorb that."That b*stard!" Shelby exclaimed before Ellie could say anything at all. "Let's go kick his a*s!"Ellie stared at her friend for a moment with one eyebrow raised. "Tell us how you really feel, Shelby.""I'm just saying, we should go get him right now before he can hurt anyone else," Shelby said with a shrug."I agree," Ellie said. "But the problem is, we aren't all organized yet. There are other packs that want to help. We need to come up with a plan to trap him between all of us so he can't get away, and we can't implement that plan just yet.""Why haven't you already come up wit

RiverBeing out on the battlefield always got the blood flowing through River in a way nothing else could. He loved the thrill of battle, the rush he got from stalking his prey, and then the surge of adrenaline he always got before the attack was enough to make him wish he lived back in the days before the packs were as civilized as they were now. His mother used to tell him stories about his great-grandfather and how he'd conquered the area that was now his territory, taking it over and making the rogue wolves that had lived there for years become part of the pack or leave the area for good. Some of them had been ferocious fighters, but that hadn't stopped his great-grandfather from waging war against them and bringing his pack into this preferred territory.In his wolf form, River stalked across the forest, Alan and his Omega warriors spread out in two lines that spanned almost one hundred yards across. All of the attacking packs that were looking for Blade and his thugs were coming

RiverBlade was moving. Whether he'd sensed that he was being surrounded, or maybe actually seen or smelled the other packs moving into position, the Alpha seemed to know that he had enemies moving in. Either that, or he had just decided to shift his location anyway.It was getting dark. Normally, shifters moved after the sun went down. It was also usually the best time to attack, but River and the other Alphas had decided it would be smart to try and catch Blade off guard. The fact that he was changing his location made River nervous. Carter wasn't quite in position yet, and Lance needed a few minutes more to get to his original position, but Blade was running to the southeast and Lance was coming in from the northwest, so the more Blade moved, the harder it was for Lance to get into position. At least Blade wouldn't be able to turn around and come back the way he came without running into Lance--theortically."Alpha River, Ulysses's pack is reporting that they're in position with no