Rebirth of the Broken Luna A Second Chance at Luna's Heart novel Chapter 496

Chapter 496

I left them to process that and returned to where Lumina was still fussing over the boys.

“They need to be checked by medical, she was saying. “All three of you. You fought in a battle-”

“We’re fine, Mom,” Ollie protested. “Really.”

“You’re not fine,” Lumina corrected. “You’re exhausted and possibly in shock and definitely need professional medical assessment.”

“Riley already used his precognition to determine we have no serious injuries,” Lake pointed out. “So medical assessment would be

redundant.”

“Precognition doesn’t replace actual medical examination,” Lumina said firmly. “Lynn is going to check all three of you and that’s

final.”

The boys recognized Luna authority when they heard it and stopped protesting.

I caught Lynn’s attention and he came over, still looking tired from healing the more critical patients.

“Three more for you,” I said, gesturing to the boys. “Full examinations. They won’t admit if something’s wrong.”

‘I’ll handle it,’ Lynn assured me. “Come on, terrors. Let’s make sure you’re actually as fine as you claim.”

He herded the boys toward the medical area while they continued insisting they were perfectly healthy.

Lumina leaned against me, and I wrapped my arms around her.

“They could have died,” she said quietly. “All three of them. If Shawn hadn’t been there, if they hadn’t been as trained and powerful as

they are-

“But they were there, I interrupted gently. “And they were trained. And they survived. That’s what matters.

“Jerome tried to kill our children, Lumina said, her voice hard now. “Deliberately targeted them. That’s-there’s no coming back from that. No negotiation, no prisoner exchange, no diplomatic solution.”

“I know,’ I said.

“We have to stop him,” she continued. “Permanently. Whatever it takes. Because as long as he’s out there, as long as he’s planning attacks, our family isn’t safe.”

“I know,” I said again. “And we will stop him. We have prisoners now, intelligence, patterns of operation. We’ll find him and end this.

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“Promise me, Lumina said, pulling back to look at me directly. “Promise me you’ll do whatever is necessary to protect our children. That you won’t let principle or progressive policies or moral concerns stop you from eliminating this threat.”

I looked at my mate, saw the fierce determination in her eyes, and recognized that she was giving me permission-or maybe a

command-to become the kind of alpha I’d been trying not to be.

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‘I promise,” I said. ‘Whatever is necessary. No more restraint, no more measured responses. Jerome declared war on our family today.

We’re going to finish it.”

“Good,” Lumina said, then kissed me hard. “Now go coordinate with Zade and your parents. Figure out how to turn this defeat into

Jerome’s last mistake.”

I found Zade, Thorne, and my parents gathered near what had been the school’s administrative building. They were reviewing tactical maps on tablets, marking attack patterns and coordination points.

“Xenois, Zade said as I approached. “This was sophisticated. Multiple entry points, coordinated timing, magical weather manipulation, inside knowledge of security protocols and student schedules. This wasn’t improvised-Jerome’s been planning this for

weeks.

“Which means he has detailed intelligence about our territory,” Samuel added. “Someone’s been feeding him information. Same as with the attack on your pack house.”

“We have the traitor’s dead drop location,” I said. “Coffee shop on Main Street, loose brick in the back alley. We can stake it out, wait for them to check for messages.”

“Or we can use it proactively,” Silvia suggested. “Leave false intelligence, see if Jerome acts on it. Use the traitor’s communication channel against them.”

That was actually brilliant. Instead of just identifying the traitor, we could turn them into an asset-feeding Jerome false information that would set him up for ambushes.

‘I like it,’ Zade agreed. “But we need to be careful. If Jerome suspects the channel is compromised, he’ll abandon it and we lose our

advantage.”

“Then we make the false intelligence believable,” Thorne said. “Mix truth with lies. Give him real information that seems valuable but doesn’t actually compromise our security, then slip in the false intelligence between those truths.”

“Who’s good at that kind of manipulation? I asked.

“Your mother, everyone said simultaneously.

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