Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 199

Chapter 199 After The Breaking

Chapter 199 After The Breaking

Jensen’s POV

I stood alone in the hospital plaza, Natalie’s footsteps fading into the background.

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My hand rose instinctively to my cheek, the skin there still throbbing with the heat of her palm.

Despicable.

The word echoed in my mind as I stumbled a few steps after her, my legs feeling like lead, but she didn’t turn back.

She didn’t even hesitate.

My heart thundered against my ribs.

Despicable?

How could she use that word? Everything I had had all been a necessity to repay a life debt.

I never once thought of leaving her.

“To make me the mistress in my own relationship? Is that it?”

Her question burned in my throat.

But as I watched her silhouette vanish through the glass doors of the hospital, a terrifying thought took root.

Why did she see it that way?

Why did the woman I loved look at me with such?

“You don’t even know the truth yourself.”

What truth? What could I possibly not know?

Cairn stirred.

‘You let her walk away from you… Again.’

His voice scraped through my mind.

I slowed slightly.

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“Not now,” I muttered under my breath.

But Cairn didn’t retreat.

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‘She called you despicable,‘ he pressed, circling my thoughts like a predator refusing to release a wound. ‘She is not wrong.’

My fingers curled violently at my sides.

“She doesn’t mean it.”

Even as I said it, something in my chest cracked under the weight of how unsure I sounded.

Cairn laughed once.

‘You are despicable, Jensen.’

My breath stalled.

The world around me sharpened uncomfortably.

I dragged a hand through my hair, gripping hard enough that strands pulled painfully from my scalp.

“Natalie!”

My voice came out louder than intended.

Too loud.

A few heads turned near the entrance.

But I didn’t care.

I needed her to stop.

I needed her to look at me.

She didn’t.

Cairn’s voice deepened, darker now.

‘She is gone because you made her leave.

My throat tightened.

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“No.” I muttered. “I didn’t – ”

My throat tightened.

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I pulled out my phone with stiff fingers, scrolling too fast, too rough, until I found Hansel’s

contact.

He answered on the first ring.

“Alpha Jensen?” His voice was cautious, tired – buried under the chaos of today.

“Hansel,” I snapped immediately, unable to temper my tone. “The medical records from five years ago. The rib transplant documents. They came directly from the Witch Doctor’s office, correct? No third–party handling?”

A pause.

Just long enough to feel wrong.

Then –

“Of course, Alpha,” Hansel replied. “I handled the logistics myself. The Witch Doctor’s encryption was airtight. I retrieved both physical seals and digital copies personally. Everything was verified through pack surgeons.”

He hesitated again.

“Why are you asking this now?”

My grip tightened.

The phone creaked slightly under pressure.

“… Nothing,” I said flatly. “Forget it.”

“Sir – the Elders are still demanding an update on the accident investigation

“I’ll be there soon.”

I ended the call before he could respond.

The screen went black.

I leaned against the cold metal of a lamp post, closing my eyes.

Hansel had served me loyally for years.

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He had no reason to lie to me, and more importantly, he had no way to tamper with the Witch Doctor’s documents.

For a fleeting, insane moment, I had wondered if there was another truth buried in the rubble of that fire.

I had wondered if Natalie’s eyes were telling a story I had missed.

But no.

I shook my head, trying to clear the fog.

It had to be Natalie’s resentment talking.

She was hurt.

She felt cast aside, and her mind was creating a narrative where she was the hero and Sharon was the villain.

It was a defense mechanism – nothing more.

She wanted to hurt me as much as I had hurt her by striking at the one thing I held onto to justify the mate bond.

I looked up at the hospital windows, wondering which room she was in, who she was visiting with such frantic care.

I pushed off the lamp post, with determination brewing within me.

I would fix the pack.

I would quiet the Accord.

And once Sharon was gone, I would prove to Natalie that she was wrong.

I would show her that the truth was simply that I had done what a leader must do.

I turned away from the hospital and kept walking, each step pulling me farther from her.

The red mark on my cheek was already beginning to fade.

Cairn surged forward.

And I let him.

The shift came beneath

my skin.

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Chapter 200 The Alpha’s Decree

Chapter 200 The Alpha’s Decree