Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 198

Chapter 198 Breaking Ties

Natalie’s POV

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“No. It was in the medical and donor reports,” Jensen said, his voice pleading, desperate to convince me of a reality that didn’t exist.

“My men uncovered it… Sharon never meant to tell me. So you see, Natalie, it’s just repayment. I gave her the title of Luna because she’s dying. If it bothers you, I’ll send her abroad tomorrow. You’ll never have to see her again. Just give me time. When she’s gone, I’ll make my Luna. I’ll give you the grandest mate ceremony the territories have ever seen, make you my Luna for all the world to see.”

I stood there, the evening breeze whipping my hair across my face, listening to him try to convince me to believe the lie he believes in.

My mind was elsewhere… spiraling back to that night five years ago.

I had seen the reports with my own eyes.

I had been the one on the table.

So why did Jensen’s records now show Sharon’s name?

Sharon had only just returned to the Summers family back then.

She was a stranger to the inner circle of the Nightfang.

My trip to find the Witch Doctor was a secret mission, something only the highest–ranking members of the pack knew.

How could Sharon, a girl from the countryside with no connections and no power, have claimed credit for a surgical sacrifice?

And the Witch Doctor… how could his medical records and donor agreements have been tampered with?

What was hidden beneath all this?

I didn’t want to argue with Jensen anymore.

But I couldn’t let Sharon pollute my past.

I had been the one who gave up a rib to save him.

I had been the one who knelt before the Witch Doctor, begging for a miracle.

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Yet somehow, Sharon had stolen it all, and Jensen had handed her the title of Luna as a reward for my pain.

As I stared at Jensen’s pained expression, a chill ran down my spine.

It didn’t feel like Sharon’s scheme alone.

She wasn’t smart enough to bypass the security of the pack or the encryption of the Witch Doctor’s records.

There had to be something deeper behind it.

But why target me?

Back then, I had been nothing but a misplaced child, a Scribe raised as the Summers‘ adopted daughter.

I had no status, no lands, no power.

What value did I have that made me worth scheming against for half a decade?

The thought made cold sweat run down my back.

Was Sharon just another piece on the board, or was she the one holding the knife?

Jensen mistook my silence for a softening of my heart.

He thought the mention of a “grand mate ceremony” was the key to my cage.

He stepped closer, reaching for my hand with a tentative, hopeful smile.

SLAP.

My palm cracked across his cheek before his fingers could even brush my skin.

Jensen’s head snapped to the side.

His cheek burned a vivid red, his whole body going stiff.

He stared at me in absolute, wide–eyed disbelief, his hand rising to touch the place where I had struck him.

It shook him to his core.

“Natalie,” his voice cracked, sounding small and broken. “You know my reasons. I’m doing this for honor. You still won’t forgive me?”

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“Your reasons?” I let out a short, jagged laugh. “You don’t even know the truth yourself, Jensen. What do your reasons have to do with me? Jensen, no matter why you claimed Sharon, the fact remains… you betrayed me. You claimed her while you were still with me, while I was still waiting for you in our home. Do you admit it or not?”

He flushed, the red of his shame competing with the red of the slap.

“I… I admit it,” he muttered, his eyes dropping to the ground.

“Good. Then since you admit it, answer this. If you truly wanted to repay a life debt, if you were the honorable man you claim to be, you should’ve told me. You should’ve ended things cleanly. But you didn’t. You kept me as a placeholder while you gave her the title.”

“I’m sorry, Nat.”

“You even thought I couldn’t understand the old language, didn’t you? Whispering with Felix right in front of me about keeping the mate bond a secret. What were you planning, Jensen? To keep one woman at home as your Luna and another in the shadows as your toy? To make me the mistress in my own relationship? Is that it?”

Jensen’s breath caught, a flash of genuine panic appearing in his eyes.

He reached out again, his voice urgent.

“No, Natalie, never! You were never the other woman. In my heart, you and I were the only real couple. I only kept it from you because I didn’t want you to worry. She’s dying, the doctor said she only has months… I thought I could just fulfill the debt and then be with you forever. I – ”

“Is it so hard to admit you were despicable?” My voice finally broke, trembling with a rage that Nyx echoed with a low growl.

“Yes, I loved you. I loved you so deeply I gave up a piece of my own body to keep you breathing. I loved you so much I became a ghost for five years just to serve your Pack. But now? Now you disgust me. You make the last five years of my life feel like a cruel, wasted joke.”

I looked at him, seeing the weakness behind the Alpha mask, and realized I felt nothing but a profound sense of exhaustion.

“Don’t appear in front of me again, Jensen. Not as a lover, not as a friend. To me, you died in that fire five years ago. The man standing here is just a stranger wearing his face.”

I turned on my heel and walked off.

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Chapter 199 After The Breaking