Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 364

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Chapter 364 The Cost Of The Veil

Natalie’s POV

The pain in my chest should have been the only thing I felt.

The poison clawing through my veins should have drowned out everything else.

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My lungs burned with every breath, my heartbeat staggered against my ribs, and my vision blurred around the edges until the entire warehouse seemed to sway beneath my feet.

But none of it compared to the truth.

The truth shattered me in a way no blade ever could.

Baron…

No.

The Witch Doctor,

The man I’d spent five years loving was the very man I’d spent five years searching for.

The realization ripped through our mate bond like a blade, leaving behind nothing but raw silence.

He had known.

Every single time I’d broken down wondering why the witch doctor had stolen my eggs.

Every conversation where I’d cursed the faceless monster who’d experimented on my body while I was helpless.

He’d been there.

Holding me.

Comforting me.

Lying to me.

The memories came rushing back so violently that I nearly doubled over.

The countless nights he’d rubbed circles on my back while I cried.

The promises that we’d find answers one day.

The way he’d kissed my forehead whenever guilt consumed me.

Every word…

Every touch…

Every promise now felt carefully measured, like he’d been walking around a truth too dangerous to speak.

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A bitter laugh caught in my throat.

I’d spent years hating a ghost.

All while sharing a bed with him.

Then another memory crashed into me.

Jensen.

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Five years ago.

I could still remember the smell of blood in that underground operating room.

The agony of letting them carve into my back.

The unbearable pain as they harvested part of my ribs because that was the only price the Witch Doctor demanded before agree to save Jensen’s life.

I’d walked away from that place permanently scarred.

Permanently weakened.

Believing there had been no other choice.

And all this time…

All this time…

The man had been waiting for me at home.

My stomach twisted violently.

He could have told me.

One sentence.

One truth.

One damn conversation.

Instead…

He watched me carry those scars alone.

“…Baron…”

His name scraped against my throat like broken glass.

“You…” My voice shook with rage. “You knew.”

He didn’t answer immediately.

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His eyes weren’t looking at my face anymore.

They were fixed on the wound beneath my collarbone, his expression changing in an instant.

The husband disappeared.

The man standing before me now was cold.

Focused.

Terrifyingly calm.

“Natalie,” he said quietly, his voice leaving no room for argument. “Don’t move.”

I let out a hollow laugh.

“Don’t…”

My words caught as another wave of poison surged through my chest.

“You don’t get to command me.”

“You can hate me after this.”

His amber eyes finally met mine.

“But if you move now, you’ll die.”

Before I could shove him away, his hand flashed forward.

Something cold pierced beneath my collarbone.

Pain exploded through my body.

A strangled scream tore from my lips as the silver needle sank deep into my flesh.

It felt like liquid fire had been poured directly into my veins.

I clawed at his shoulders, not to hold him, but to push him away.

He didn’t budge.

Another needle.

Then another.

Each one sent another wave of unbearable agony crashing through me until my knees threatened to buckle.

Blue light flickered along the silver needles as dark wisps began slipping from beneath my skin.

The poison.

He was drawing it out.

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Every instinct screamed at me to fight him.

To hit him.

To demand answers.

But my body wouldn’t listen.

All I could do was endure.

Tears blurred my vision.

Not because of the pain.

Because every second he saved my life only reminded me that this man had built our marriage on secrets.

The quiet mornings.

The peaceful nights.

The laughter.

The home we’d built together.

How much of it had been real?

How much of it had been guilt?

How much of it had been him watching over a woman he’d already broken long before she ever became his mate?

The poison slowly eased.

The crushing weight on my lungs disappeared.

Air filled my chest again.

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

Baron kept his hands steady until the glow faded completely.

Only then did he slowly remove the needles.

“It’s gone,” he murmured, his voice softer now.

“You’re safe.”

Safe.

The word almost made me laugh.

The moment his grip loosened, I shoved him with every ounce of strength I had left.

He actually stumbled back.

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+put as much distance between us as I could, glass crunching beneath my boots.

“Don’t.”

My voice came out barely above a whisper

“Don’t touch me.”

His face tightened.

“Natalie…”

“No.”

A tear slipped down my cheek, but I refused to wipe it away.

“You let me believe the witch doctor gave you my children.”

Silence.

“You watched me wonder your relationship with him… while you kept lying that you were friends.”

Silence.

“You watched me destroy myself looking for answers.”

His jaw clenched.

“I was trying to protect-”

“Don’t.”

The single word cut through the warehouse like ice.

“You don’t get to tell me you were protecting me.”

My breathing grew uneven.

“I traded my own ribs to save Jensen because I thought there was no other way.”

Another tear fell.

“You let me believe that.”

“You let me carry that pain for five years.”

For the first time since I’d known him…

Baron had no answer.

The man who always knew exactly what to say simply stood there, his hands hanging uselessly at his sides.

Defeated.

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came here for my children.”

My fingers tightened around my coat as I pulled it over the fresh puncture wounds.

“And I’m taking them with me.”

His eyes widened.

“Natalie…”

“When the sun rises…”

I looked at him one last time.

Not as my mate.

Not as my husband.

Just as the man who had hidden the truth from me.

“…don’t be there.”

Without waiting for a reply, I turned and climbed through the shattered window.

The cold morning air wrapped around me as I landed outside.

Behind me…

He never called my name again.

For the first time in five years, I walked away from Baron without looking back.

And for the first time…

Our bond felt colder than the dawn itself.

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