Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 348

Chapter 348 The Deep Structural Release

Chapter 348 The Deep Structural Release

Baron’s POV

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Every second, another surge of freezing seawater burst through the fractured lower levels of the Sovereign Star, slamming against the stairwell walls and pouring down the concrete steps in violent waves.

By the time I reached the final landing leading to Level B4, the water was already halfway up my boots, carrying rust, oil, and debris from the dying vessel.

The ship groaned around us.

Not the ordinary creaks of a vessel at sea, but the deep, agonizing sounds of something massive beginning to break apart from the inside

The Atlantic was winning.

The Sovereign Star had been bleeding from the moment Flynn’s round crippled her steering systems, and now the ocean was collecting its debt.

The emergency lights flickered overhead, casting erratic flashes of red across the prison corridor.

Every few seconds another section of lighting died completely, surrendering the hallway to darkness.

I didn’t slow down.

Nothing existed beyond the end of that corridor.

Nothing mattered except the woman waiting behind the final steel door.

Water exploded around my legs as I pushed forward.

At the far end of the corridor, Flynn stood beside Cell Twelve, one hand wrapped around Jensen’s collar.

He wasn’t fighting anymore.

He was simply surviving… Or trying to.

“The engineering bulkhead is failing!” Flynn shouted over the noise of the ship. “We’ve got minutes at best before this entire level floods!”

I barely glanced at him.

“Hold the corridor.”

My voice came out low.

Flynn nodded once.

That was enough.

I stopped in front of Cell Twelve.

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The steel door towered over me, sealed behind enough locks and reinforcement to hold an apex wolf.

The gold key token Thad ripped from Vance’s body felt cold against my palm.

One swift movement.

The token slammed into the access panel.

A series of electronic beeps echoed through the corridor.

Then the locks disengaged.

One.

Two.

Three

Each deadbolt snapped back into its housing with a heavy metallic clank.

I wrapped my hand around the handle and shoved.

The hinges gave out instantly.

The door flew inward and crashed against the opposite wall.

For a moment, everything else disappeared.

The flooding.

The alarms.

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The collapsing ship.

The war.

All of it vanished.

Because she was there.

Natalie sat exactly where they had left her.

The water had already reached the base of the restraint chair, swirling around her ankles, but she remained perfectly still.

Her back was straight. Her head was high.

And her eyes…

God.

Her eyes found mine immediately.

For the first time since the warehouse, I could breathe.

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Not because the bond had returned.

Not yet.

But because I could see her.

Because she was real.

Because she was still here.

“You’re late, Baron.”

The corner of my mouth twitched despite everything.

Even trapped in a sinking ship, she still sounded like herself.

Her voice was rougher than usual. The suppression gas had done damage.

But she was still Natalie.

Still strong.

Still impossible.

Her gaze shifted toward the silver restraint around her wrist.

“Code is nine–nine–four–one. The terminal is attached to the support rail.”

I crossed the room immediately.

“I have it.”

For the first time since entering the ship, my voice almost failed me.

I dropped to one knee beside her chair.

The water soaked through my pants instantly, but I didn’t care.

My fingers moved quickly across the restraint interface.

Nine.

Nine.

Four.

One.

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The machine chimed.

A second later, the cuff released.

The silver band sprang open with a hiss.

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And everything changed.

The bond came back.

Not gradually.

Not softly.

It crashed into me.

One second there was emptiness.

The next there was her.

Every emotion.

Every heartbeat.

Every thread connecting us slammed back into place with enough force to make my chest ache.

Warmth flooded through me.

Relief.

Fury.

Love.

Possessiveness.

The overwhelming certainty that she was mine and safe and alive.

Raze roared inside me.

I barely had time to react before Natalie surged forward.

Her arms wrapped around my neck.

Her face buried itself against my chest.

And suddenly every ounce of control I’d been holding together since she was taken nearly shattered.

I pulled her against me immediately.

Hard.

My arms wrapped around her back as if letting go would somehow allow the ocean to steal her again.

For several seconds neither of us spoke.

I just held her.

Felt her heartbeat.

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Felt the bond.

Felt her.

Because for hours, I’d been surviving on rage alone.

Now she was here.

And the world felt right again.

Natalie stayed against me for a moment longer, her fingers tightening in the fabric of my sweater. The ship shuddered violently beneath us, but neither of us moved.

The ocean could wait.

The collapsing vessel could wait.

For a few precious seconds, everything else ceased to exist.

Then reality returned.

The Sovereign Star groaned again.

A deep, ugly sound rolled through the steel framework, followed by a violent lurch that sent another wave of seawater surging into

the cell.

Natalie pulled back just enough to look at me.

The gold in her eyes was softer now, but the sharp intelligence behind them hadn’t dimmed in the slightest.

“Sean and Susie?”

The question came immediately.

Of course it did.

My grip tightened around her waist.

“They’re safe.”

I watched relief flicker across her face.

“Flynn locked the perimeter down before we even left the estate. The scouts are everywhere. Nobody got close.”

Natalie’s shoulders loosened fractionally.

“They weren’t hurt?”

“No.”

Her eyes closed briefly.

Just for a second.

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The fierce, relentless mother who had spent every moment of her captivity worrying about her children finally allowed herself to

breathe.

When she opened her eyes again, the softness was gone.

The strategist was back.

“The lower engineering levels are failing,” she said immediately. “The turbine damage is worse than Vance realized. The ship isn’t just sinking anymore.”

Another violent tremor rocked the deck.

“It’s breaking apart.”

I didn’t question her assessment.

Natalie could read structures the same way most people read books.

If she said the ship was dying, then it was dying.

“Then we’re leaving.”

A harsh laugh escaped her.

“That was my recommendation.”

I slid one arm beneath her knees and lifted her effortlessly from the chair.

Natalie didn’t protest.

Didn’t insist she could walk.

For once, she simply allowed herself to lean into me.

The bond hummed warmly between us, and the fierce possessiveness that had been clawing at my ribs finally eased.

She was safe.

Now I just had to get her home.

We stepped back into the corridor.

Flynn glanced up immediately.

The moment he saw Natalie in my arms, something settled in his expression.

Not relief.

Certainty.

The mission was complete.

The Scribe was recovered.

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Now everyone else could die if necessary.

“About time,” he muttered,

Natalie rolled her eyes.

“You look terrible, Flynn.”

“So do you.”

Their exchange almost made me laugh.

Almost.

Then my gaze shifted toward Jensen.

The broken prince froze.

His face went pale.

Whatever hope he’d been clinging to vanished the moment he saw Natalie free.

“Please…” Jensen rasped.

Nobody answered.

Flynn yanked him upright by the collar.

The man stumbled immediately, nearly collapsing into the floodwater.

“Move.”

Jensen obeyed.

Fast.

The corridor shook again.

This time the impact was stronger.

A loud metallic crack echoed through the prison block.

Water exploded from somewhere deeper inside the vessel.

‘The bulkhead’s gone,” Flynn growled.

That got everyone’s attention.

The flow of water doubled instantly.

The corridor was flooding.

Fast.

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