Rebirth of the Broken Luna A Second Chance at Luna's Heart novel Chapter 364

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Dad’s lips twitched like he was fighting a smile despite the serious situation. “Sounds about right. Riley, any luck with the visions?”

Riley shook his head, genuine frustration clear on his face.

“Nothing useful. I can sense that there are nightwalkers gathering somewhere, that they’re planning something, but I can’t see

specifics. It’s like they’re deliberately operating in a way that disrupts prescient observation.”

“Is that possible?” Mom asked, moving to sit on the couch beside me. “Can people deliberately avoid precognition?”

“Theoretically, yes,” Riley said. “If they know they’re being observed through time-based abilities and they constantly change their

plans or operate in highly chaotic ways, it can disrupt clear visions. Or if they’re in a location that’s magically shielded against

observation. Or if they have someone with counter-prescient abilities helping them.”

“So basically we’re blind,” Lake summarized unhelpfully. “Can’t see what they’re planning, can’t find Dex and Snow, can’t even leave

the house to do proper reconnaissance. We’re sitting ducks waiting for them to attack.”

“We’re not sitting ducks,” Dad said firmly. “We’re a fortified position with enhanced defenses and a captured enemy we can interrogate

for information. That’s very different from being helpless.”

“Has Lazarus said anything useful?” Riley asked hopefully.

“No,” Mom admitted. “He’s been remarkably resistant to questioning. We tried truth serums, but apparently nightwalkers have some immunity to chemical compulsions. We tried magical persuasion, but his mental shields are centuries old and incredibly strong. We’re considering bringing in a specialist, but that risks more people knowing about the situation.”

‘Let me talk to him,” Lake suggested immediately. “I bet I could get him to talk.”

“Absolutely not,’ both parents said simultaneously.

“You’re not going anywhere near that prisoner,” Mom continued.

“Not after what happened last time. Lake, you threatened to torture him. That’s not acceptable behavior, no matter what information

he might have.”

‘I wasn’t actually going to do it,” Lake protested, though his expression suggested that wasn’t entirely true. I was just trying to scare him into talking. Intimidation is a valid interrogation technique.”

“For adults, maybe,” Dad said.

“For five-year-olds, it’s absolutely not. You’re children, and you’re going to act like children, which means no torture, no intimidation, and no interrogating dangerous prisoners.”

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“But we’re not normal children,” Lake argued. “We’re-”

‘Our children,” Mom interrupted firmly. “And we’re not going to let you become the weapons Andy tried to make you. You’re allowed

to be kids. You’re supposed to be kids.”

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I saw both Riley and Lake exchange one of their loaded glances, having one of those silent conversations that excluded everyone else.

Finally, Riley spoke.

“We appreciate that,” he said carefully. “Really, we do. But the problem is that the nightwalkers don’t care that we’re supposed to be kids. They don’t care about letting us have normal childhoods. They’re going to come after us whether we’re ready or not, and pretending

we’re normal five-year-olds isn’t going to protect anyone.”

“Which is why we have enhanced security,” Dad said.

“Why we have pack warriors stationed around the property, magical wards, alarm systems, and a whole community devoted to keeping this family safe. You don’t have to be soldiers. That’s what the adults are for.”

“The adults didn’t catch Lazarus,” Lake pointed out. “The adults didn’t build the light prison or figure out the nightwalkers’ weaknesses or any of the things that have actually given us an advantage. We did that. Because we have knowledge and abilities the

adults don’t.”

I could see my parents struggling with that truth, see them wanting to argue but not being able to refute Lake’s logic. It was complicated-they wanted to protect us and let us be kids, but they also needed to acknowledge that Riley and Lake had skills and information that were genuinely valuable.

“What if there was a compromise?” I suggested, surprising myself with my own boldness. “What if Riley and Lake could help with planning and strategy, but the actual dangerous stuff gets handled by adults?”

‘Define dangerous stuff, Riley said immediately, his tactical mind already working through implications.

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