Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 236

Chapter 236 Natalie Hangs Up Fast

Chapter 236 Natalie Hangs Up Fast

Jensen’s POV

I stared at the screen of my phone, the “Call Failed” notification mocking me.

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I froze for a moment, my heart skipping a beat in a way that had nothing to do with my mother and everything to do with a growing dread.

Natalie had blocked me?

How could that be?

Refusing to believe it, I pulled up our WhatsApp thread.

Her profile picture, a soft sketch she’d made of the sunrise, was gone.

The status was a blank, grey void.

No matter how I refreshed the feed or searched for her account, I couldn’t find her.

She had wiped me from her digital world.

Panic tightened in my chest, it felt as though a limb I had assumed would always be there had suddenly been amputated.

“Give me your phone,” I ordered the butler.

The man didn’t understand why I was demanding his personal device, but the look in my eyes made him hand it over with trembling fingers.

He scrambled to unlock it, nearly dropping the device in his haste.

I dialed her number from memory.

Those ten digits were burned into my mind, a sequence I had punched in a thousand times to tell her I’d be late for dinner, to ask where my cufflinks were, or to simply hear her voice when the weight of the pack grew too heavy.

But as the line clicked, a robotic voice informed me the number was no longer in service.

Then it hit me… Natalie had changed her number.

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Last time, I had only managed to reach her because Hansel had used the pack’s digital surveillance to track her new registered line.

Staring at the keypad on the butler’s cheap phone, I felt a twist of bitterness so sharp it tasted like copper.

Natalie had always been sentimental.

She had stayed with that same phone number for five years without ever changing it because that number was tied to the date we had first met.

And now? She had even given that up.

She had cut the cord.

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My throat worked as I swallowed, an ache rising out of nowhere that felt suspiciously like grief.

She wasn’t just leaving nae.

I dialed her new number, the one Hansel had found.

The line rang, and my heart hammered against my ribs.

“Who is this?”

Hearing her voice made my eyes sting.

It was her, but the tone was different.

“Natalie, it’s me.”

There was a pause.

I could almost feel her brow pinching together on the other end.

She had probably blocked me on her new phone too, and was only realizing now that I’d found a workaround.

“What do you want?”

The chill in her tone was like a physical blow.

The chat logs I’d sent had clearly done the opposite of what I’d hoped.

I had wanted her to remember us; she only seemed to remember why she’d left.

I rushed to speak before she could cut me off.

“My mother’s missing. She went to meet you, and she never came back. Do you know where she is?”

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“Your mother’s missing… what the heck does that have to do with me?” Her voice was flat, devoid of the concern she used to show

for even the smallest scratch on my mother’s hand. “If something happened call your pack enforcers. I can’t help you with anything.”

The call ended.

The droning busy signal rang in my ears, making me feel sick and empty.

I stared at the butler’s phone, unable to believe she had just dismissed me so casually

“Alpha Jensen,” the butler said quickly, his voice hesitant as he reached for his phone. “Why does Natalie sound so… arrogant with you now? Was all that gentle sweetness before just an act?”

“Shut up!”

I shot him a glare that made his knees buckle, and I shoved the phone back into his chest with enough force to wind him.

My wolf, already on edge from my mother’s disappearance, was snarling at the thought of anyone insulting her.

“If I hear you say one more bad word about Natalie, you’re finished,” I ground out.

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Chapter 236 Natalie Hangs Up Fast

With that, I strode away toward the parking garage.

Just then, a sleek black sedan polled up in front of me, forcing me to stop.

“Alpha Jensen? I’m Natalie’s attorney. I’d like to discuss the matter of those chat logs you sent her.”

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A man stepped out, gold–rimmed glasses perched on his nose; one look, and it was clear he wasn’t someone to be taken lightly.

My brow furrowed.

Of course I knew about the chat logs.

My intention had been simple: to push Natalie into contacting me so we could reminisce about our past, maybe soften her feelings toward me again.

But now she has sent a lawyer?

A crushing weight pressed on my chest until I could hardly breathe.

“Schedule with my assistant later,” I said, sidestepping him. “My mother’s gone missing…I need to find her first.”

The lawyer didn’t press; He simply adjusted his glasses and watched me leave.

I climbed into my car and drove straight to the hospital.

I pushed open the door to her VIP ward.

“Jensen? You’re here!”

Sharon brightened instantly, starting to rise and clutching her stomach.

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