Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 149

Chapter 149 The Slip Up

Chapter 149 The Slip Up

Jensen’s POV

I stood in the center of the pack’s arrival hall, my jacket unbuttoned.

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My wolf was pacing, claws scraping against the floor of my mind, eyes fixed on the sliding glass doors of the private customs exit.

Every time a chime echoed through the PA system, my heart skipped.

Natalie was here

Somewhere behind those doors, she was breathing the same air as me for the first time in months.

I had spent so long mourning a ghost, drowning in the silence of a house that the reality of her return felt like a physical weight on my chest.

“Alpha Jensen, the Alphas from the surrounding packs are swarming. The perimeter is getting crowded. Should we wait in the VIP lounge?”

Hansel’s voice was tight with unease.

I glanced over my shoulder.

He wasn’t exaggerating.

The airport was filled with predators.

High–ranking members from the Shadow Pack, the Blood Moon Pack, and even representatives from the coastal clans were gathered in clusters.

They were here for the Keeper.

Her recent public announcement that she was open for transcription services for all packs had sent a shockwave through the territories.

It was a direct blow to my pack.

Without Natalie’s ink, our strategic advantage was bleeding out.

If she didn’t show soon, or if she walked out with a rival Alpha, the gathered predators would turn on us before the sun set.

I blinked at Hansel, my jaw tightening.

The idea of retreating to a lounge felt like a surrender.

“Why would I wait somewhere else?” I growled, my Alpha aura flaring just enough to make a nearby Beta from the Blood Moon Pack take a step back.

“Natalie and I had five years together. She was my shadow, my hands, my everything. No matter what, I’m going to wait here for

her!”

A strange, burning obsession consumed me.

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Hansel saw the fervor in my eyes, but I could smell the skepticism.

Ever since the fire, Natalie had severed every link.

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She hadn’t reached out, hadn’t sent a messenger, and didn’t even inform me when she released those lethal new transcriptions for the other pack.

He was wondering where I got the confidence to think she would still come back to the man who let her burn.

Hansel shook his head.

As a beta, he had done his duty.

Whether I listened to the warnings was no longer his concern.

I waited.

One hour turned into two.

The passengers from the Northern flights filed out – traders, envoys, and minor pack members but Natalie never appeared.

The gathered Alphas grew restless.

A few of the bolder ones, including the Alpha of the Iron Ridge, pressed closer, his eyes flashing a challenge.

“Alpha Jensen, Nightfang Pack has long claimed the Keeper as their exclusive treasure. But looking at her recent work with the Blackridge Pack, it seems your ‘fated‘ bond has some cracks,” the Alpha sneered, his voice carrying through the hall.

“Now that she’s returned so publicly and offered her ink to the highest bidder, why did she choose a random pack like Blackridge? Was there a falling out in the Nightfang nest?”

“Jensen,” another voice called out, a high–ranking Alpha from a rival pack. “Are you here to greet her as a pack scribe or a lover? It’s been said your relationship was… complicated. Can you tell us where she stands?”

Their questions irritated me, poking at the raw wounds of my pride.

Right.

I had never publicly acknowledged my relationship with Natalie.

For five years, she had lived in my house as a worker or a special scribe.

Natalie had sacrificed her time years ago to save my life, learning new ways and not giving up on me.

She did it for me.

She did it to keep the Nightfang from collapsing.

I had no right to complain… no right to be angry.

She was a hero who had been stained for my sake.

And yet, for five years, I had lived tangled in that contradiction.

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But now, things are different.

The fire had burned away my arrogance.

I wasn’t clean anymore either; I’d been with Sharon, tied to a woman who was a hollow shell compared to Natalie.

And I truly, desperately did love her.

This time, nothing- not my pride would make me let her go..

“She’s my lover,” I declared, my voice booming through the terminal, silencing the whispers.

My Alpha aura surged, a wave of dark, possessive energy that demanded attention.

“We’ve been in love for five years. She has always been the heart of the Nightfang. I was afraid she might be targeted by rivals because of her immense value as the Keeper, so I never revealed our relationship publicly to ensure her safety. This time… yes, we’ve had some issues. There was a misunderstanding during the gala. But it doesn’t matter. She is mine, and we will reconcile.”

My declaration stunned the hall.

The Alphas exchanged looks of shock and calculation.

But then, a low, mocking laugh came from the back of the crowd.

“Alpha Jensen,” a rival Alpha spoke up, his voice dripping with irony as he checked a tablet.

“According to the public registry and your own pack’s announcements, your mate is Sharon. You held a ceremony for her while the ‘Keeper‘ was presumed dead. So… does that mean your five–year relationship with the Keeper was nothing more than an affair? Are you telling us the great Keeper was merely a mistress?”

The words hit me like a slap.

I looked at the crowd, the weight of my own choices finally crashing down.

I had called her my lover, but to the world, I had made her a secret, and to the pack, I had replaced her.

I stood there, my wolf snarling in my chest, as I realized that in my rush to reclaim her, I had just publicly branded her with the one title she would hate most.

And she wasn’t even here to defend herself.

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