Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 219

Chapter 219 Stop Acting Like A Wife

Chapter 219 Stop Acting Like A Wife

Natalie’s POV

Beside me, Baron was practically vibrating with a low, dangerous growl that resonated in his chest

His wolf, Raze, was close to the surface.

“Who does she think she is?” Baron spat, his eyes narrowing into slits of golden fury.

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“You treat her with respect, and she really thinks she’s some grand figure who can snap her fingers and demand your presence? Don’t tell me she had no idea what her son was doing all those years. You were with Jensen for five years, Natalie. Maybe she reated you decently on the surface, but when he mated Sharon without telling you, where was she? That alone shows she wasn’t ruly ‘good‘ to you.”

looked at him, startled by the sheer anger in his voice.

Baron didn’t see the polite elder I remembered; he saw a complicit observer.

And listen to what she said,” Baron continued, his voice rising with a protective edge.

Upset because you hadn’t gone to visit her, claiming she had treated you well. If she had truly cared, Natalie, where had she been vhen Sharon bullied you? When Jensen trampled on your dignity? When your gift was being muted?”

He stepped closer, his scent mixing with his anger.

When you nearly died in that fire, Loretta hadn’t shed a single tear. She went on being the Matriarch of the Nightfang as if you had ever existed. And now she dares put on the act of some mighty elder who was your benefactor?”

Baron’s jaw was corded with tension.

could see the muscles in his forearms rippling; he looked like he was barely restraining the urge to find someone to beat Loretta to I pulp for even suggesting I owed her anything.

Hearing him, the fog of my own nostalgia suddenly cleared.

realized with a jarring clarity that he was right.

‘es.

The kindness Loretta had shown me was only a conditional courtesy.

t was the kindness shown to a useful too! – the woman who helped the pack, and more importantly, the woman she believed had saved her son’s life five years ago.

That so–called kindness had mostly been silence. She left me alone because I was obedient and useful, then sent elegant red envelopes during the Lunar New Year.

If I compared it logically, a single one of my transcriptions was worth more than every gift she had ever sent me combined

As Jensen’s mother, Loretta was competent… she was an Alpha’s widow who knew how to stay out of her son’s affairs.

But as for being genuinely good to me?

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Chapter 219 Stop Acting Like A Wife

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There had been nothing noteworthy.

No defense, no intervention, no truc maternal care

A wry, bitter smile tugged at my lips.

How starved for love must I have been to mistake simple politeness for genuine care?

Baron saw the sadness flicker in my eyes and softened instantly.

He looked like he regretted speaking so bluntly.

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‘Sweetheart, don’t be sad,” he murmured, reaching out to tuck a stray strand of silver hair behind my ear. “I was just running my mouth. If you really think that old woman is good to you, then fine. I’ll go with you. I’ll stand behind you while you drink Ker tea.

leaned into his touch, warming at the concern in his gaze.

‘No need… Deep down I know the truth now. What people offered me back then was courtesy, not true affection. I was simply too deprived of love to know the difference.”

let out a long breath, looking toward the children playing in the distance.

‘In the Summers family, yes, they fed and clothed me, but they were strict and distant. After I left the Summers family, I couldn’t ind my birth parents. So when someone like Loretta showed me even a little bit of warmth, I clung to it as if it were sunlight. In the end, it was my problem, my hunger.”

He pulled me into his arms, his chin resting on top of my head, his scent enveloping me.

‘Don’t be afraid, Natalie. From now on, you’ll have me, you’ll have the children, and you’ll have the Stone family. I can see it in their eyes–Ruby and Waylon truly care for you. But even if you don’t trust them yet, it doesn’t matter. You’ll always have me and the <ids by your side. You’ll never lack for love again… I’ll give you enough to make up for the last twenty years.”

‘I know,” I whispered, closing my eyes.

‘Honestly, what I’m most grateful to you for is giving me the greatest gift in this world – my two children. They are bound to ane by blood. They can’t be taken away by a change of heart.”

At the mention of Susie and Sean, my wolf softened with a purr.

Baron, however, let out a small, huffing sound.

I felt a flicker of his jealousy through our bond.

“And me? Don’t you feel grateful for me? I’m the one who did half the work, you know.”

I chuckled, pulling back to look at his handsome, pouting face.

I was used to his constant need for reassurance, his half jealous, half possessive nature that seemed to flare up whenever my

attention drifted.

“I do. I am grateful for you too, Alpha Baron.”

We talked for a while longer, until I finally decided I would go meet Loretta on her own.

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