Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 287

Chapter 287 Dragonfly

Chapter 287 Dragonfly

Natalie’s POV

The screen of my phone finally went dark.

Baron still stood beside the couch.

His large hand still held my phone loosely between his fingers, standing there waiting for judgment.

Nyx stretched lazily inside my consciousness, thoroughly pleased with herself.

I looked up at him slowly.

The heat climbed straight into my cheeks so fast it almost annoyed me.

Honestly, this man was ridiculous.

I reached forward quietly, brushing my fingers against his knuckles as I took the phone back from his hand.

“It’s fine,” I murmured.

My voice came out softer than intended.

Baron’s eyes locked onto my face instantly.

I looked away before that stare completely unraveled my composure.

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“Honestly…” I added, my lips betraying me before my pride could intervene, “I thought you looked kind of handsome just now throwing that little territorial tantrum.”

The second the words left my mouth, I regretted them.

Not because they weren’t true.

Because they absolutely were.

That was the problem.

The atmosphere in the living room shifted instantly.

Baron froze.

Completely.

His shoulders locked.

His breathing stopped for half a heartbeat.

Then the lazy caution vanished from his expression altogether, replaced by something heavier.

Hotter.

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The air itself seemed to thicken around him.

Nyx immediately flattened her ears is alarm.

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Baron leaned down toward me slowly, one massive hand braced against the back of the couch as his shadow swallowed me whole.

“What exactly,” he asked carefully, his deep voice roughening into a gravelly rasp, “did you just say, sweetheart?”

I instantly regretted everything.

He leaned closer.

“Must’ve been the country air,” he continued, his tone lowering into pure shamelessness. “My hearing suddenly failed me halfway through your sentence.”

His gold eyes burned straight through me.

“Mind repeating that little part about your Alpha looking handsome?”

My entire face flared hotter.

“If you didn’t hear it the first time,” I snapped quickly, “then the information has been permanently deleted from the archives.”

Baron’s mouth twitched.

Then he laughed.

Dangerously pleased with himself,

I immediately stood from the couch.

Retreat.

That was the only logical option left.

Unfortunately, I had forgotten one critical detail.

Baron was a predator.

The moment I tried to escape, he moved.

Fast.

Before

my feet fully planted against the ironwood floorboards, his arm hooked around my waist with terrifying precision.

“Baron!”

A startled sound escaped me as he pulled me backward effortlessly.

The room tilted.

The couch cushions hit my back.

And then suddenly there was a massive Alpha above me.

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Pinned.

Completely trapped beneath his shadow.

My breath caught instantly.

Baron braced himself over me with both forearms pressed into the cushions beside my head, his large frame caging me against the leather sofa while his scent flooded every inch of my senses.

And underneath it all, the sharp intoxicating heat of possessive satisfaction.

His face hovered only inches from mine.

Close enough for me to see the darker ring around his irises.

Close enough to feel the warmth of his breath against my lips.

“What do you think you’re doing?” I hissed, shoving both palms against his chest.

It was like trying to move a mountain.

“My brother is outside with the children right now,” I whispered furiously. “If Flynn walks back in here and sees you pinning me to furniture…”

Baron looked entirely unrepentant.

“Then you should hurry up and repeat the sentence,” he murmured.

His chest vibrated beneath my hands when he chuckled.

“Clear the record for your Alpha.”

“I forgot it.”

“You remembered perfectly.”

“I didn’t.”

“You absolutely did.”

I glared at him.

He looked delighted by my hostility.

Infuriating man.

My pulse was racing so hard it felt violent beneath my ribs.

And the worst part?

He knew it.

I could see it in the smug flicker of amusement darkening his gaze.

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Baron’s tracking instincts were probably counting every acceleration of my heartbeat in real time.

I hated that thought so much it almost made me combust.

But somewhere beneath the embarrassment, another realization quietly struck my chest.

A painful one.

For five entire winters, I had been with Jensen.

I felt nothing.

Then Baron walked into my life like wildfire.

Now my entire nervous system collapsed every time this man smirked at me.

A touch.

A glance.

What kind of terrifying constitution did this man possess?

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I quickly turned my face away, unable to keep looking at him without completely losing whatever remained of my dignity.

Baron noticed immediately.

Of course he did.

A smug grin spread slowly across his mouth as his eyes traced the crimson heat staining my throat.

“Really forgot?” he asked softly.

His voice dropped lower.

Dangerously lower.

“Should I help refresh your memory, sweetheart?”

The way he said sweetheart should’ve been illegal.

Before I could recover, he leaned even closer.

His warm breath skimmed across my cheek.

Every nerve ending in my body practically short–circuited.

“Baron,” I warned weakly.

That only encouraged him.

His lips hovered dangerously close to mine now.

Close enough that my breathing turned uneven.

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Close enough that Nyx started whining in pure distress inside my head.

I panicked.

Then reacted on instinct.

I raised my fist to punch his shoulder.

Unfortunately, Baron caught my wrist instantly.

Effortlessly.

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His hand closed around mine midait before I even fully completed the motiort, and with one smooth movement, he pinned my arm above my head against the couch.

My breath hitched sharply.

The look in his eyes changed.

Not playful anymore.

Something darker.

Hungrier.

“I like hearing you say my name with that much spirit,” he murmured.

His gaze dropped briefly to my mouth.

Then lifted again.

“Though honestly,” he added softly, “I’d rather hear you call me mate in front of the trackers.”

And before my brain fully processed the sentence, he kissed me.

Quickly.

A fleeting brush of warmth against my lips.

Like the wings of a dragonfly skimming water.

But the effect?

Absolute devastation.

Heat exploded through my chest so violently I forgot how to breathe.

I froze beneath him.

Completely still.

My heartbeat hammered against my ribs loud enough to shake my entire body.

And just when my fingers almost tightened around his shirt to pull him back down again…

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