Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 101

Chapter 101 Bloodlines

Chapter 101 Bloodlines

Natalie’s POV

I needed air… I needed to feel the sun on this new skin to see if it was truly real.

I wandered out toward the courtyard, the stones cool beneath my feet for the first time in forever.

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The architecture of Baron’s estate was the most beautiful I’ve ever seen, but the garden was my favorite place. I stood near a fountain, closing my eyes and letting the mist settle on my cheeks.

Thep

a crunch of footsteps on gravel.

to see a guard or perhap

yself staring at a ma

head gratefully as

Baron. I need to

king for the children.

e was tall, with a familiar face I couldn’t put my finger on.

on with someone in the shadows of the doorway. “Then I’ll leave it in

voice rumbled fr

Jut.”

No, no–that’s

He hurrie

But

ng that rough hoarseness that made my stomach flip. “I’ll have someone see

med uneasy, his eyes darting around.

and urgent.

and for a heartbeat, the world

the lingering stare of a man st

otle hunger that Baron had warned me

one of that.

of pure, unadulterat

tion.

ature, an

ng something beautiful, but the shock of seeing a ghost.

my voice sharper than I intended. “Why are you looking at me

zed he was staring. “Forgive me, miss,” he stammered, his voice thick meone from my family. I didn’t mean to stare.”

in time to catch those words.

Baron said, his voice dropping into a formal register. “This is Flynn Stone

one of the

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Chapter 101 Bloodlines

people who donated the skin for your grafts. He is one of your benefactors.”

My breath caught and irritation vanished, replaced by a surge of overwhelming gratitude and guilt.

His face from the picture shown earlier flashed through my memory.

This man had literally given a piece of himself so that I could be whole again.

I stepped for everything

ing my hand. “Alpha Stone, I’m sorry. I was rude a moment ago… I didn’t realize… thank

“NO

oftly.

hand was warm and calloused. As he pulled away, his eyes lingered on my face for one more sec

m and another wave of guilt washed over me.

pained smile. “Alpha Baron, I’ll take my leave. My mother… she doesn’t have much time.”

Flynn,” Baron said. He gestured for a guard

him out, his eyes never leaving the back of Flynn’s head.

him go, my brows faintly furrowed.

e was a tug in my chest, a strange sens

probably the skin grafts.

aron’s arm slid around my w elt.

“Natalie, you plan

invisible to you

blink

couldn’t explain.

st his side. The heat of him was a sharp contrast to the cold uncertainty

of me?” he teased, though there was a dark, jealous edge to his tone. “Am

under my breath. “You’re imagining things, Baron. I was just… thinking. Besides you,

a project to most people.”

asperated all at once, but I didn’t pull away.

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