Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 296

Chapter 296 The Nomads

Chapter 296 The Nomads

Waylon’s POV

The mountain winds outside the Stone Park sanctuary were brutal that night

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I sat behind the ironwood desk in the main study, staring at the glowing caller ID flashing across the console while tension pressed heavily against my ribs.

Baron.

Even seeing the name alone was enough to make my wolf bristle.

The infamous King of the North.

The executioner of Blackridge.

And somehow… that same male had become my daughter’s mate before I even had the chance to properly stand beside her as a

father.

The entire situation still felt unreal.

Yes, I acknowledged what he had done.

The male had burned half the southern underground to the ground searching for Natalie after the warehouse collapse.

He had moved his private trackers across borders without hesitation.

He had fought the Southern Council openly for her survival.

He had even found the legendary Witch Doctor to repair the scars on her body when most wolves would have considered the damage permanent.

I respected those things.

A great deal.

But respect and acceptance were two different beasts entirely.

Natalie was my eldest daughter.

A royal Scribe.

A daughter of the Stone Pack.

In my mind, her return should have shaken the territories.

There should have been ceremonies. Council gatherings. Formal declarations before the ancestral registries.

Instead, she had quietly mated a northern warlord in the middle of chaos.

Every time I thought about it, my instincts twisted bitterly.

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Ruby sat nearby on the velvet chaise near the hearth, her fingers wrapped around a porcelain tear up.

Her health had improved significantly these past few months but I still noticed every subtle shift in her breathing

The moment the call came through, her eyes immediately widened,

“Natalie?” she asked quickly.

I could already feel her panicking.

To avoid worsening her condition, I turned on the speaker system immediately instead of taking the call privately.

The line connected with a soft digital hiss.

“Alpha Baron,” I said flatly. “Speak.”

I expected caution from him.

Respect.

Maybe even tension.

Instead, the male sounded entirely relaxed.

“Dad,” Baron said casually through the speaker, his deep voice almost offensively comfortable, “there’s no need for that level of protocol anymore. Natalie and I already registered our bond under the council laws. We’re family now.”

My jaw tightened instantly.

Family?

The sheer shamelessness nearly made me laugh.

Ruby, however, ignored my irritation completely.

“Baron,” she interrupted quickly, leaning toward the console, “did something happen tonight? Is Natalie alright? Are her channels stable?”

The concern in her voice softened the room immediately.

And on the other side of the line, I heard something shift in Baron’s breathing.

The idiot sounded pleased.

r

No.

Worse.

He sounded happy.

“Mom, Natalie is perfectly fine,” Baron answered immediately, his voice lowering into something far more respectful. “The twins are running around the villa. Her channels are stable. Nothing’s wrong.”

I watched Ruby physically relax in relief.

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Then Baron continued.

“I actually called because there’s something important I ward to discuss with both

Heaned back slowly in my chair.

“Then speak clearly.”

you

There was a brief silence.

“I want to formally marry into the Stone family as a live–in son–in–law.”

Silence.

Complete silence.

Even the wind outside seemed to stop.

Ruby blinked.

I stared at the console.

For a moment, I genuinely wondered if I had heard him incorrectly.

“A what?” I asked slowly.

Baron repeated himself without hesitation.

“I want to marry into the Stone family properly. I want my wolf registered under your household.”

The room exploded with disbelief.

My chair scraped harshly against the floor as I stood upright.

“Baron,” I said sharply, “do you actually understand what you’re saying right now?”

A live–in son–in–law?

An independent Alpha?

The sovereign ruler of Blackridge?

That wasn’t merely uncommon.

It was humiliating by traditional standards.

Powerful Alphas didn’t abandon their banners to join another den.

They certainly didn’t lower themselves into their father–in–law’s household registry.

But Baron sounded terrifyingly serious.

“Dad,” he said quietly, “let’s be honest about the situation.”

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His voice lost its playful edge completely.

“I was abandoned by the Gunn family long ago. Everything connected to that bloodline died with my mother”

The study fell quieter.

Even Ruby stopped moving.

“The pack had always been my safe space” Baron continued. “But I don’t consider it a home

Something in his tone shifted then.

“The Southern Council has already started digging into my history searching for leverage,” he continued calmly “So I thought about it carefully.”

A pause.

“None of my titles matter to me as much as Natalie does.”

Ruby’s eyes softened instantly.

I remained silent.

“I don’t care about public perception,” Baron said bluntly. “I don’t care what the elders say about me marrying into another family. Let them talk.”

His voice deepened.

“All I want is a home beside your daughter.”

The words hit the room heavily.

“I’ll surrender the formal hierarchy if necessary,” Baron continued. “I’ll carry Natalie’s banner publicly during the ceremony. I’ll follow the pack’s customs. I’ll do whatever the Stone Pack requires.”

Ruby pressed a hand against her lips.

I looked away briefly toward the fire.

The sincerity in his voice was impossible to fake.

And somehow… that realization unsettled me even more.

Because powerful men rarely surrendered anything willingly.

Yet Baron sounded completely prepared to place his pride at Natalie’s feet without hesitation.

Ruby stood abruptly from the chaise lounge.

“That’s wonderful,” she said emotionally.

I closed my eyes briefly.

Of course she would react like that.

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Baron,” Ruby continued warmly, “as long as you continue protecting Natalin the way you have been… then I already consider family”

The relief radiating through the line was immediate.

I could practically hear the massive wolf grinning,

“Thank you, Mom.”

The words came out rougher than before.

Like the acceptance genuinely mattered to him.

Ruby smiled softly.

“Our den is your den,” she told him gently. “No one here will ever treat you like an outsider.”

Something tightened painfully in my chest at that sentence.

Because despite my reservations…

I understood exactly what Baron had sacrificed to make this request.

The male had built his kingdom from blood and violence after being abandoned by his own lineage.

He had clawed his way to the top of the northern territories alone.

And now he was offering to step away from all of it just so Natalie would never feel unstable again.

I slowly sat back down.

The old instincts inside me still resisted.

But another part of me… the father part… could see the truth clearly now.

This male loved my daughter beyond reason.

“Baron,” I finally said slowly, “listen to me carefully.”

The line went silent immediately.

“If you enter this family,” I continued, “then you enter it fully. There is no halfway point with the Stone Pack.”

“I understand.”

“You protect Natalie.”

“I will.”

“You stand beside her.”

“I already do.”

“You remain loyal to this den.”