Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 317

Chapter 317 The Golden Awakening

Chapter 317 The Golden Awakening

Baron’s POV

Everything in me was locked onto her.

Natalie.

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Every coordinate in my tracking cells pointed in one direction, as if the world had quietly agreed she was the only relevant vari left.

And then she spoke.

“Baron… I have my wolf.”

For a moment, I didn’t move.

Didn’t breathe.

Didn’t think.

Because the moment the final syllable left her lips, the atmosphere between us changed.

Natalie stood in front of me on the stone steps, small in frame but no longer empty in presence.

The golden rings in her irises ignited, spreading outward in controlled spirals of luminous energy that crawled across her core channels and spilled into the surface of her skin like something finally permitted to exist openly.

And behind my ribs, Raze lifted his head.

A deep, resonant sound rolled through my internal system.

Raze didn’t sound confused… He sounded pleased.

Almost offended it

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the front of my coat like she needed something physical to stabilize the shift happening inside her,

er eyes wasn’t relief… It was fear.

landed harder than her confession.

I would reject her

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She thought this would fracture something between us.

After everything we had already survived together, she genuinely believed I would treat her wolf like a mistake.

A low sound escaped my chest before could stop it.

Natalie’s eyes flickered slightly at the sensation.

“Baron?” she asked carefully.

I didn’t answer immediately… Instead, I reached for her.

My hand lifted and cupped her jaw, thumb brushing along the heat of her cheekbone where Nyx’s presence pressed strongest against the surface.

Her skin was warmer than usual.

She didn’t pull away… she waited and that alone told me everything.

“Natalie,” I said quietly.

My voice dropped into something steadier.

“Did you really think I would be angry?”

Her throat moved.

“I kept it from you,” she whispered.

I studied her for a long moment, then exhaled slowly.

“You survived,” I said.

Her brows tightened slightly.

Confusion.

I stepped closer.

“You survived years under the Nightfang pack family.” I continued.

Another step.

“You survived systems built to strip identity from anything they couldn’t control”

Her grip on my coat tightened again.

“And somehow,” added quietly, “you’ve convinced yourself that what i would punish you for

Something inside her shifted at that

My hand slid from her jaw down her spire, settling at her waist and pulling her bully against

The contact was immediaty, Kaze responded beneath my ribs with goret satisfaction

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Natalie’s breath stuttered slightly at the closeness, but she didn’t resist.

She was still trying to understand what she had become.

What she had always been.

“A human doesn’t survive a silver–laced warehouse collapse and walk out breathing unless something inside them refuses said quietly.

Her eyes sharpened slightly.

“The fire didn’t just test your body,” I continued. “It tested what you buried inside it.”

Her lips parted slightly, but I didn’t stop.

“I saw her,” I said.

That made her freeze.

I leaned forward until my forehead rested against hers, my scent channels expanding fully.

“Nyx didn’t appear tonight,” I said softly. “She stopped hiding.”

Silence settled between us.

Natalie’s fingers loosened slightly against my coat.

My thumb traced once along her waist.

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