Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 292

Chapter 292 Summers Family, Try Me

Chapter 292 Summers Family, Try Me

Baron’s POV

Natalie’s words stayed lodged inside my chest long after she said them.

She wanted to visit my mother’s resting grounds.

She wanted to stand before my mother’s grave and thank her for raising me.

Something inside me went painfully still after hearing that.

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Raze rumbled low in my chest, the sound rough and almost wounded, like my wolf didn’t know what to do with tenderness th arrived without conditions attached to it.

My arms tightened instinctively around Natalie’s waist, pulling her closer before I could stop myself.

The jasmine scent wrapped around me immediately, soft and warm against the cold night air.

I wanted to keep her there.

Wanted to bury her against my chest and hold her until the moon disappeared from the sky.

But then the memory of earlier flashed through my mind.

Susie yelling at us on the roadside.

Sean calling me shameless.

Flynn threatening to teach his niece how to stab me with short blades if I ever pinned Natalie against another wall again.

My jaw tightened.

With extreme difficulty, I forced my instincts back down.

Barely.

I loosened my grip enough to keep us respectable out here on the open road.

Natalie seemed to notice anyway.

Her eyes softened slightly.

Then she stopped walking completely.

The gravel crunched beneath our shoes as she turned toward me fully, closing the small distance between us.

Before I could react, her arms wrapped gently around my neck.

The movement stunned me.

Not because she touched me.

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“Because she did it first.

“Baron,” she whispered quietly against my collar, “you have me now. We won’t be alone anymore”

That nearly destroyed me.

The words hit somewhere deep beneath the scars.

For a second, I genuinely couldn’t breathe.

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Every ugly piece of loneliness I had carried since my mother died seemed to crack apart beneath the warmth of her voice.

I pulled her against me again, this time unable to stop myself completely.

“You said that yourself,” I murmured against her hair, my voice rougher than usual. So don’t take it back later, sweetheart. Because I won’t let this bond go for the rest of my life.”

“Okay,” she whispered.

Her fingers slid gently into the hair at the back of my neck.

And just like that, the entire world felt quiet.

Natalie relaxed slowly in my arms, fully yielding to my hold for the first time that night.

Then suddenly-

“What exactly are you two doing out here?!”

The sharp voice shattered the moment instantly.

Natalie stiffened against me.

My expression darkened immediately.

Raze lifted his head inside me with a low growl.

We both turned toward the road.

Quincy Summers stood near the utility wall beneath the moonlight, breathing hard like she had rushed over the second she spotted us.

The moment her eyes landed on our joined hands, panic flashed across her face.

Then came fury.

Before either of us moved, Quincy marched forward and shoved herself directly between us.

Her fingers vanked Natalie’s hand away from mine so abruptly my instincts nearly snapped.

She pulled Natalie behind her immediately, shielding her body with her own as though I were some rogue beast dragging prey into the forest.

Then she looked up at me.

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Her eyes swept over my coat, my shoulders, my hands, my face.

“Who exactly are you?” she demanded sharply. “And what are you doreg, holding my daughter’s hand out here in the dark?

I stared at her without answering.

Quincy’s expression twisted harder under my silence.

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“What do you even have to your name?” she continued. “What family are you from?”

Her eyes narrowed as she examined me more carefully.

I could practically see the confusion running through her mind.

Natalie suddenly moved behind her.

Then jabbed Quincy sharply in the ribs.

The older woman startled.

“Quincy,” Natalie said coldly, “I think you’re forgetting something important.”

Her voice had changed completely.

Gone was the softness from moments ago.

Now she sounded like the daughter of the Stone bloodline again.

“We no longer have that kind of mother–daughter relationship,” Natalie continued flatly. “So showing up like this and ambushing. me on a public road feels inappropriate, don’t you think?”

Quincy’s eyes widened instantly.

Then the tears came.

“Natalie!” she cried. “I’m your mother! I raised you for eighteen years!”

She grabbed Natalie’s wrist again desperately.

“I’m only worried about you! Look at this man beside you! He’s dangerous!”

My eyes narrowed.

Quincy pointed at me like she was presenting evidence before a court.

“He has nothing!” she snapped. “Nothing except violence and fear! Look at him properly, Natalie!”

Raze snarled immediately.

Quincy either didn’t notice or didn’t care.

“He has no standing in the Southern territories,” she continued frantically. “No respectable family name. No civilized background. Nothing except brute force!”

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Natalie’s face went colder

But Quincy kept going.

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“You deserve someone better,” she insisted. “Someone refined. Someone worthy of your future. Not some savage northern Alpha who solves everything with intimidation!”

I smiled then.

Because she still had no idea who she was talking to.

“You’re speaking very boldly for someone standing this close to me,” I said quietly.

Quincy flinched.

But desperation pushed her forward again.

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“Natalie, listen to me!” she cried. “Come back to the pack with us! The Summers family can still help you rebuild everything! personally introduce you to proper Alphas!”

Then she made the mistake.

The fatal one.

“And if you still have feelings for Jensen,” she rushed out, “I can speak to the Nightfang elders myself! We can restore your position. there-”

The growl that tore out of me was pure violence.

The air around us shifted instantly.

My eyes burned gold.

“You old hag,” I said darkly. “Are you trying to die tonight?”

I stepped forward.

Quincy’s face lost all color immediately.

Raze was fully awake now.

I had spent months tearing apart northern syndicates for Natalie.

And this woman dared to stand in front of me talking about Jensen?

That parasite?

The fact Quincy could even place his name near hers made me want to crush the road beneath my boots.

I took another step.

Then Natalie looked at me.

That was all it took.

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One Took.

One silent command through the bond.

‘Baron… Stop.‘

My jaw clenched so hard pain shot through my skull.

But I stopped.

Barely.

Quincy was trembling now.

Actually trembling.

“Natalie, look at him!” she cried shakily. “This is exactly what I mean! He’s violent! Completely uncivilized! Is this truly the kind of Alpha you want beside you?”

My aura darkened again.

But before I could move, Natalie pulled her wrist free from Quincy completely.

This time there was no hesitation left in her movements.

I reached into my pocket silently and handed Natalie a fresh handkerchief.