Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 334

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Baron’s POV

The silence that followed my words was suffocating.

Flynn stared at me.

“My sister…”

His rifle lowered fractionally.

His jaw tightened.

And beneath the surface, I could feel his wolf reacting.

Not to the aftermath of the ambush.

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To me.

“We have to get her back…‘

“Flynn…”

Flynn’s voice dropped lower as he stepped closer.

His hand landed firmly on my shoulder.

“Get a hold of yourself.”

His grip tightened.

“Your children are watching you… we will get her back but focus on the children.”

The words struck harder than any weapon.

My head snapped toward the convoy.

Toward Natalie’s transport.

Toward the children.

The shattered rear doorway hung open, twisted from the attack. Green suppression residue still stained parts of the interior, lingering like a poisonous ghost.

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Standing inside the opening were Sean and Susie.

Sean’s arms were wrapped tightly around his sister.

Susie was pressed against him, her curls damp with sweat and smoke.

Neither of them spoke.

Neither moved.

They simply watched me.

Those intelligent golden eyes tracked every shift in my posture.

And in that moment, I realized something terrifying.

If I broke…

They would break with me.

Because I wasn’t just their father.

I was the wall holding up what remained of their world.

And right now, that wall was cracking.

I closed my eyes briefly.

One second.

Two.

Then I forced air into my lungs.

Forced Raze backward.

Forced the panic down.

Not because it disappeared but because I couldn’t afford it.

Not here.

Not in front of them.

When I opened my eyes again, the chaos was still there.

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Still clawing at my ribs.

Still tearing through my chest.

But it was hidden.

Locked away behind a mask I had worn for most of my life.

I started walking.

Each step felt heavier than the last.

The distance between us wasn’t far, but it felt endless.

When I finally reached the vehicle, neither child moved.

Sean remained rigid.

Susie remained silent.

I stepped into the ruined doorway and pulled both of them into my arms.

Immediately without hesitation.

Sean buried his face against my shoulder.

Susie clung to my sweater with trembling fingers.

nt, neither of them said anything.

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n’t see mom anymore.”

His fingers tightened against my back.

“She was taken.”

I swallowed hard.

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Because he wasn’t wrong.

Even at his age, Sean’s instincts were sharp enough to notice the absence.

I pressed my hand against the back of his head.

“The bad men took her in their car.”

My voice sounded calm.

“But we’ll get her back.”

The words came easier after that.

Because they were true.

Natalie wasn’t helpless.

And she certainly wasn’t defeated.

I tightened my hold on them.

“I am going to find her… I don’t care where they take her.”

My jaw clenched.

ill turn this entire territory upside down if I have to.”

vered my forehead briefly against Sean’s.

will bring her home.”

For a moment, neither child responded.

Then Susie’s small fingers tightened around my sweater.

And she nodded.

Just once.

Trusting me completely.

I straightened and turned toward Flynn.

He was already moving.

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Already preparing the extraction route, already organizing surviving units.

Good.

Because the next phase began now.

I carefully handed Sean and Susie over to one of Flynn’s lead scouts.

The moment they were secure, my voice changed.

“Move the children to the countryside estate immediately.”

The scout nodded.

I continued without pause.

“Flynn.”

The commander stepped forward.

“Mobilize the primary Stone Vanguard.”

His eyes hardened instantly.

I pointed toward the convoy.

“I want the estate perimeter sealed under maximum kinetic shielding.”

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Escort formations reassembled.

Scouts deployed.

The entire operation shifted into emergency lockdown.

As the convoy carrying Sean and Susie rolled toward the canyon exit, I stood completel and watched until the last vehicle disappeared beyond the tree line.

Only then did I allow myself to breathe again.

Because the children were safe.

For now.

Natalie wasn’t.

The realization reignited the fire in my chest.

I reached inside my tactical coat and pulled out my secure communicator.

The device felt heavier than usual.

Or maybe my hands were still shaking.

I couldn’t tell anymore.

My thumb pressed against the biometric scanner.

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I wasn’t calling my guards from Blackridge.

I was calling the machine behind it.

The network I had built with my own hands.

The weapon hidden beneath the pack.

The line connected.

Immediately.

“Alpha.”

Renee answered before the first ring completed.

She already knew.

Of course she did.

Renee monitored everything.

“I’m tracking the canyon anomaly,” she continued.

Her voice was calm, but I could hear the tension underneath.

“The radar jammer dissolved after deployment, but it left a residual thermal trail. My syster are reconstructing movement vectors now.”

I stepped toward Flynn’s scout vehicle and yanked the door open.

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