Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 366

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Chapter 366 The Wandering Lane Vector

Baron’s POV

I stood at the nursery doorway like a man rooted to stone, every muscle locked in place as I stared at my mate.

My palms burned.

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The old thermite wounds I’d earned on the port tracks pulsed beneath the damaged skin, each heartbeat sending another white-hot agony through my hands.

I couldn’t feel any of it.

All I could see was Natalie.

The first pale rays of dawn slipped through the nursery windows, casting soft ribbons of light across the room, but they nev reached her.

Raze was suddenly silent.

She stood with her back to me, wrapped inside her battered wool coat, methodically folding blankets into two faded canvas

She never looked at me.

Not once.

Her blistered fingers moved with mechanical precision, folding thick cedar wool blankets, the twins’ tiny denim jackets, spare clothes, medicines, everything our children would need.

Her hands trembled.

She ignored it.

She ignored the tears freezing against her face.

She ignored me.

Behind her, perched on the edge of the small wooden bed, Sean and Susie sat frozen in absolute silence. [

Their stuffed wolves were clutched tightly against their little chests like shields.

Susie’s tiny body shook so violently I thought she might fall apart.

She kept biting her lower lip, her golden eyes darting between Natalie and me, desperately trying to understand why the room suddenly felt so frightening.

Sean was quieter.

Too quiet,

His jaw was clenched with a stubbornness that mirrored my own so perfectly it hurt to look at him. He tried to stay brave for his sister, but I knew my son.

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could see the fear hiding behind those determined little eyes.

He understood.

Maybe not every detail.

But enough.

Enough to know that something inside our family had broken.

“Mommy…”

Susie’s voice barely rose above a whisper.

She looked up at Natalie with trembling eyes.

“Is… is Daddy not coming with us?”

She swallowed hard.

“Did the bad people from the ship make Daddy stay behind?”

Natalie’s hands never stopped folding.

Her voice remained calm.

Steady.

Almost impossibly so.

“The bad people were never outside this house, sweetheart.”

The words landed like knives.

“They were hidden inside the life we were living.”

She zipped another bag closed before continuing.

“We’re leaving this place because it stopped being our home a long time ago.”

My lungs tightened.

“Natalie.”

My voice sounded unfamiliar.

Lower.

Rougher.

Like something tearing itself apart from the inside.

“Put the bags down.”

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She didn’t respond.

I forced my legs to move

Each step across the nursery floor felt impossibly heavy as my boots left faint trails of coal dust against the polished wood.

I stopped beside her.

Close enough to reach her.

Not close enough to touch the distance growing between us.

My hand lifted slowly.

It hovered beside her shoulder.

I hesitated.

Then I let my fingers rest lightly against the worn fabric of her sleeve.

“You shouldn’t be traveling.”

The words came out quietly.

“You’ve barely recovered from the warehouse surgery. Your body isn’t ready.”

I swallowed against the lump choking my throat.

“Please…”

My voice cracked.

“Let me fix this.”

“Let me make this right before you leave.”

The instant my hand touched her…

Everything exploded.

Natalie moved so fast my instincts never had a chance to react.

She spun sharply, planting both palms squarely against my chest before driving forward with every ounce of strength she possessed.

The impact stole the ground from beneath me.

I crashed backward into the nursery doorway.

BOOM!

The entire frame shook violently.

The glasses sitting on the children’s bedside table rattled before thin sheets of ice spread across the water inside them.

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A heartbeat later…

They cracked.

Tiny fractures raced through the frozen glass with sharp crystalline snaps that echoed through the room.

Natalie stood between me and our children.

Her breathing was uneven.

Her golden eyes blazed like molten fire beneath sheets of frozen tears.

“Don’t.”

Her voice barely rose above a whisper.

Yet it carried enough force to pin me in place.

“Don’t you dare stand there and pretend you’re protecting me now.”

A tear slipped down her cheek.

It froze before it reached her jaw.

“For five years…”

She laughed.

The sound was hollow.

Broken.

“You watched me.”

Her voice trembled.

“You watched every limp.”

“Every sleepless night.”

“Every scar.”

“You sat across from me at our own table while I wondered why the witch doctor stole my children…”

She took another step closer.

“…and all along…”

Another tear escaped.

“..it was you.”

The words hit harder than any weapon ever had.

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My wolf let out a broken whine deep inside me.

There was nowhere left to hide.

No lie left to protect.

No excuse left to offer.

I lowered my hands.

“I did it to protect you.”

Even I hated how weak those words sounded.

“You became the most valuable target in the country.”

“The High Council would’ve hunted you.”

“I couldn’t let that happen.”

“So I buried the truth.”

“I carried it alone.”

“I became the villain if it meant you stayed alive.”

Natalie’s face hardened.

“And who gave you that right?”

The question silenced everything.

“You decided for me.”

“You chose my future.”

“You chose my pain.”

“You chose what I deserved to know.”

She stared straight into my eyes.

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“I broke myself trying to save Jensen because I believed there was a mysterious doctor somewhere who could help me.”

A bitter laugh escaped her lips.

“I crossed oceans.”

“I bled.”

“I begged.”

“I suffered.”

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all to find someone who came home to my bed every single night.”

Her voice cracked completely.

“You watched me live inside that nightmare.”

“And you never told me.”

She reached for the canvas bag.

With one violent pull…

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The zipper screamed shut.

The sound echoed through the nursery like a final verdict.

“There is nothing you can say now.”

She swung the bag over her shoulder without looking at me.

“There is nothing left for you to fix.”

The nursery fell into another crushing silence.

I stood exactly where she’d left me, my back pressed against the splintered doorframe, unable to force my legs forward.

Unable to stop her.

Sean climbed down from the bed first.

He moved carefully, almost cautiously, like any sudden motion might make the fragile world around him collapse completely.

His small hand reached for Susie’s.

She looked at him with frightened eyes before slipping her trembling fingers into his.

He squeezed them gently, trying to be brave for his sister even though his own tiny hand was shaking just as badly.

“Daddy…”

His voice was so soft I almost missed it.

He didn’t look at me.

His eyes remained fixed on the floor between us.

“Are… are you coming later?”

Every muscle in my body locked.

I opened my mouth.

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Nothing came out.

What answer could I possibly give him?

Yes?

No?

Wait for me?

I couldn’t even promise myself any of those.

Natalie answered before I had the chance.

“No, sweetheart.”

Her tone remained calm, but there was a grief inside it that hollowed me out.

“Right now… Daddy has to stay here.”

Sean’s fingers tightened around Susie’s hand.

He nodded once.

Not because he understood.

Because children eventually realize there are moments when adults Have already made decisions they cannot change.

Susie, however, wasn’t ready to accept it.

Her frightened eyes found mine.

“Daddy…”

Tears spilled freely down her cheeks.

“Did you make Mommy cry?”

The question shattered whatever remained of me.

“…”

My voice failed.

“I never wanted to hurt her.”

It was the only truth I had left.

“I love your mommy more than anything.”

Susie frowned through her tears.

“Then… why is she leaving?”

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Nothing in my life had ever demanded an answer as impossible as that ofre.

Because I lied.

Because I was afraid.

Because I convinced myself that protecting her mattered more than trusting her.

Because I loved her so much that I destroyed the very thing was trying to save.

None of those explanations belonged in the ears of a five-year-old little girl.

So I simply stood there.

Silent.

Defeated.

Natalie bent down in front of Susie, gently brushing the tears from our daughter’s cheeks.

“Come here.”

Susie threw herself into Natalie’s arms.

Natalie held her tightly, closing her eyes for the briefest moment before kissing the top of her daughter’s head.

“We’re going to see Grandpa and Grandma.”

Susie sniffled.

Natalie’s lips curved into the smallest smile.

Sean looked up this time.

“What about Daddy?”

Natalie’s smile disappeared.

The silence that followed stretched painfully between us.

Finally…

“Your father has his own road to walk.”

Nothing more.

Nothing less.

She refused to look at me.

That hurt more than if she’d screamed.

She adjusted the strap of the canvas bag across her shoulder before reaching for the second one.

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+instinctively stepped forward.

“Let me carry that.”

She froze.

Slowly…

Painfully slowly…

She turned her head just enough for me to catch the edge of her profile.

“You don’t get to carry my burdens anymore.”

The words were quiet.

Almost gentle.

That somehow made them infinitely worse.

She lifted the second bag herself.

“I think I’m strong enough to carry my own.”

She walked past me.

Not brushing against me.

Not hesitating.

Not acknowledging my existence beyond the space I occupied,

Sean and Susie followed close behind her.

Sean still held his sister’s hand.

As they stepped into the hallway, I remained standing inside the nursery.

Frozen.

Every memory trapped inside those four walls rose around me like ghosts.

Home.

It had always been home.

Until I destroyed the trust holding it together.

I finally forced my feet to move.

One slow step after another.

By the time I reached the staircase, Natalie was already halfway down.

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She never looked back.

Sean glanced over his shoulder once.

Our eyes met.

He gave me the tiniest wave.

A silent goodbye.

Then he turned around again and hurried after his mother.

I nearly fell to my knees.

Not because of the injuries I’d suffered.

Because my son had looked at me like someone he wasn’t sure he’d ever see again.

And I couldn’t tell him he was wrong.

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