Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 354

Chapter 354 Level B4, Block Alpha

Chapter 354 Level B4, Block Alpha

Natalie’s POV

The ship moved like a living beast beneath me.

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Not the sharp rocking of fishing boats near the coast. Not the uneven sway of transport vessels cutting through crowded shipping

routes.

This was different.

The Sovereign Leviathan rolled with the slow, terrifying confidence of something massive enough to challenge the ocean itself.

Every few seconds, the steel beneath my boots vibrated.

A deep shudder.

A low groan.

A subtle shift.

Thirty thousand tons of iron and greed moving through black water.

I sat perfectly still in the center of Cell Twelve, listening.

The stagnant bilge water pooled around my boots, cold enough to sting through the leather.

The single security bulb hanging overhead flickered intermittently, bathing the cell in a weak purple glow before threatening to die completely.

The silver cuff around my wrist pulsed again.

Pain shot up my arm.

White–hot.

Sharp.

Deliberate.

The syndicate wanted me uncomfortable.

I gave them none of it.

Nyx remained silent beneath my skin, her presence dimmed by the suppression grids running throughout the lower decks, but she wasn’t gone.

And neither was Baron.

The bond between us had weakened to the faintest thread.

Five hundred meters.

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That was all that separated us.

Five hundred meters of ocean.

I closed my eyes and listened.

The guards outside changed positions every three minutes.

There were six stationed on this corridor.

One liked dragging his boots.

One carried keys on his left side.

One coughed every time he completed a patrol circuit.

Patterns.

Everything had patterns.

And patterns could be broken.

The ship lurched slightly.

A door slammed somewhere beyond the bulkheads.

Then silence.

I continued mapping… from memory.

Patience.

The kind of patience motherhood teaches you.

A sudden metallic scrape shattered the silence.

My eyes snapped open.

The sound echoed down the corridor.

Chains.

Heavy ones.

A body hit steel.

Hard.

A woman cried out.

The sound sliced through me immediately.

Not because she was hurt.

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Because I recognized the kind of pain in her voice.

A mother.

A terrified mother.

“Move!”

A guard snarled.

Another crash followed.

Then the grinding sound of a cell door opening.

Metal striking metal.

Deadbolts sliding into place.

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“Twenty–four hours,” the guard barked. “Sign the waivers or your cub loses his account anyway.”

The words settled heavily in the silence that followed.

Footsteps retreated.

The corridor grew quiet again.

But the pain remained.

I could feel it.

Across the hall.

Through iron walls.

Through locked doors.

Through chains.

The kind of pain that refuses to stay hidden.

I rose slowly from my chair and approached the observation slot.

“Who’s there?” I called softly.

For a moment, nothing happened.

Then chains rattled.

A sharp gasp followed.

A woman moved toward the opposite door.

“Who said that?”

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Her voice cracked.

Exhaustion coated every syllable

Fear wrapped around every breath.

“Natalie Frost.”

Silence.

Then another sharp intake of air.

“The Natalie Frost?”

“The same.”

For several seconds, all I heard was her breathing.

Then:

“They said you were dead.”

I almost laughed.

“They’ve said worse.”

A shaky sound escaped her.

Not quite a laugh.

Not quite a sob.

“My name is Beth Alora.”

The name meant nothing.

But the grief behind it did.

“Tell me why you’re here, Beth.”

The chains rattled again.

Then came a silence so heavy I knew the answer before she spoke.

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“But mention a child and a mother would still crawl through hell itself.

“They took him.”

Her voice broke.

“They didn’t bring him onto the/ship.”

My entire body stilled.

“Where?”

“South territory.”

I listened carefully.

Every word mattered.

Every detail.

“An old manufacturing warehouse near the rail line.”

My heartbeat slowed.

Not from fear.

From focus.

“Who has him?”

“A guard named James.”

The name lodged itself firmly in my memory.

Beth continued speaking, the words pouring out now.

Like she’d been carrying them alone for too long.

“Donovan is only five.”

Five.

The same age range that made my stomach twist instantly.

Sean.

Susie.

I pictured them immediately.

Safe.

Warm.

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“Sleeping beneath blankets.

Protected.

Loved.

My chest tightened.

Because somewhere in the south, another child wasn’t.

“James is using him to force me to sign.”

A sob escaped her.

“If I sign, they clear me.”

I already knew the rest.

“But they sell your son.”

The silence that followed confirmed it.

I closed my eyes briefly.

The ship groaned around us.

The ocean crashed against the hull.

The silver cuff burned.

But none of that mattered anymore.

Because somewhere in a warehouse sat a five–year–old boy waiting for a mother who couldn’t reach him.

And suddenly this mission wasn’t only about me.

Or Baron.

Or the syndicate.

It was about Donovan too.

When I opened my eyes again, my decision had already been made.

“Listen carefully, Beth.”

The desperation in her breathing eased slightly.

“I’m listening”

“You are not signing anything.”

“Natalie–”

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“You’re not.”

My voice sharpened.

Not cruel.

Certain.

“You hold your position.”

“They’ll kill me.”

“No.”

I stared through the darkness.

“They won’t.”

The ship rolled again.

The bond beneath my ribs pulsed once.