The Luna Trials

The Luna Trials
A Five Packs Novel, Book Two
By Lynn Daniels

One moon. Three trials. Fourteen she-wolves. And an Alpha who never wanted the throne.

Garrick of Ashfang was a border warrior for thirty years, content with cold patrols and nights under the stars. Then he stepped out of the ranks to defend a child, and the pack made him Alpha. Two years later, at forty-six, he has no mate and no heir. In the shadows, Brannoch’s handsome eldest son is quietly winning the loyalty of Ashfang’s warriors, waiting for the day the old wolf dies.

The elders’ answer is an ancient custom: the Luna Trials. Any unmated she-wolf may compete through a hunt, a council, and a sacred rite beneath the Moonstone. At the end, the Alpha chooses his luna.

Rhian Thorne has no intention of winning. She is a scarred tracker with rough hands and a mother who has spent fourteen years hiding her behind high collars. She enters for one reason: to make sure her frightened younger sister loses.

Then the ice breaks beneath them on the first day. Garrick pulls Rhian from the black water, and both of them catch a scent they had stopped hoping to find.

But someone in Ashfang will kill to see a different luna crowned. As the trials turn deadly, Rhian must decide whether to keep playing a part, or fight for an Alpha who sees her scar as the bravest thing about her.

The Luna Trails is book two in the Five Packs series. While the books can be read out of order, for the best experience, it is recommended to read the series in order. Please start by reading the first book, The Alpha King Who Waited, before The Luna Trails.