Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74 Bloodline Revelation

Chapter 74 Bloodline Revelation

Baron’s POV

I moved frantically, examining Natalie’s vitals and every inch of the high–tech bed.

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I checked the air filtration sensors, the IV ports, and the seal of the room. Only when the internal scanners confirmed there was no lingering trace of the cloying, sweet sleeping incense did I finally let out a long, ragged breath.

She was safe… For now.

Just as I began to settle the surgical tray, the extractor tool I was still gripping gave a soft, melodic beep.

I froze.

That sound was a notification… a “Completion” tone.

I instinctively looked down at the digital display on the handle of the device.

I stared at the readout in total disbelief, my brain struggling to process the string of data scrolling across the interface.

[BIO–MATCH IDENTIFIED: 99.9% COMPATIBILITY]

“What the hell?” I whispered, my voice sounding hollow in the quiet room.

There were still microscopic remnants of Natalie’s initial skin sample stored in the device’s internal reservoir; I had intended to collect a fresh one today to recalibrate the donor search.

But the machine was already telling me the search was over… It had found a perfect match.

I looked around the room quickly, my eyes darting like a predator’s.

That’s when I saw her.

Yvonne was starting to stir in the chair just outside the threshold. She was rubbing her face, her movements sluggish, but it was the back of her left hand that caught the light.

Blood was trickling from the fresh cut, a small but clearly the perfect match.

I vaguely recalled the sensation of brushing past her in my blind panic to reach Natalie.

The tool must have engaged automatically upon contact with live tissue.

I looked from the blood on Yvonne’s hand to the green light on the machine.

My heart gave a violent, sickening thud.

Yvonne?

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The universe seemed to tilt on its axis… Sean was Natalie’s biological son.

His test result had been sabotaged by the blue toxin, but I had absolute confidence in that bond.

But Yvonne?

Yvonne and Natalie had no known familial relationship.

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Yvonne was a soldier, a loyal subordinate I had recruited years ago. Natalie was a designer, the “Keeper” from a different world entirely. How could their skin samples match with such terrifying precision?

99 percent? That’s scientifically impossible.

And more importantly–how had the tool completed the match so quickly? Usually, the algorithm for non–related donors took hours of cross–referencing.

But this happened in seconds… In my field, such speed meant only one thing.

That could only happen if the two samples belonged to direct blood relatives.

But how could Yvonne and Natalie be directly related?

I was stunned, rooted to the spot as the implications began to tear through my mind.

Yvonne finally blinked her eyes open, noticing me staring at her, and shot to her feet, her face flushing with shame.

“Alpha, I didn’t mean to fall asleep! I don’t know what happened; I just… I was watching the monitor, and then everything went black.”

As she spoke, I saw a flicker in her eyes.

“Who was here?” I pulled myself out of the shock of the DNA match, my voice cold and focused.

Yvonne hesitated, her fingers grazing the cut on her hand. “Susie came by. She said she wanted to talk to Natalie… she wanted to blow on her wounds. But she’s just a child. She didn’t do anything.”

I narrowed my eyes. Susie? My daughter was many things, but innocent?

“Was there anyone else?”

“Before Susie, Finn came by to ask me something. I already told you about that… He was acting… strange.”

The incident with the blue powder in Sean’s bed already had Finn’s fingerprints all over it. And now, the security of Natalie’s sterile room had been breached.

Could Finn really be targeting both her and the children? My chest felt tight.

The man I called brother

was

looking more like an assassin with every passing hour.

I waved a hand, dismissing her apology for now. “I’ll look into the breach. I’ll examine you in a bit—just to

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be safe. That incense might have toxins.”

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“No need, Alpha. I’ll ask one of the medical staff to check me. I don’t want to waste your time.”

Yvonne was clearly caught off guard by the offer… I was the Witch Doctor. In our world, my touch was reserved for the dying, the elite, or the woman I loved.

But I spoke flatly, my eyes fixed on the green light of the extractor. “My extractor nicked your hand. It still contains Natalie’s skin sample from earlier this morning. The match between your samples was unusually close, Yvonne. I want to test it again. Formally.”

I didn’t hide the truth… There was no point in playing games at this point.

Yvonne blinked, her eyes widening as the weight of my words sank in. “My skin sample… matches hers?”

“That’s what the machine showed. I want to confirm why you carry her markers.”

“Okay.” Yvonne agreed without a second thought.

I looked at my loyal subordinate with a complex expression; I could feel her confusion.

“Yvonne, I have to remind you–donating skin isn’t a small matter. Especially for a young woman… It’s a painful, grueling ordeal.” I stopped, waiting for her expression.

“The harvesting process is brutal, and the recovery is slow. You could be left with permanent scars, maybe even disfigurement, depending on how much we need. You’re still young. You haven’t dated, haven’t gotten married. If one day your boyfriend or husband can’t accept the way you look… there’s no going back from that.” I continued.

I could afford a donor… I could buy skin from the black markets if I had to. But before I accepted her sacrifice, I had to make sure she wasn’t acting out of blind loyalty.

Yvonne smiled softly, a genuine expression that softened the hard lines of her face.

“Don’t worry about me, Alpha. Whether I want to get married or not… that’s a story for another lifetime. But even if I do and the person I’m with can’t accept some scars on my body, then he’s not someone I need in my life anyway.”

She sighed and continued, “Women don’t need love to survive… I remember what you once said during my training: ‘People need to live brilliantly for themselves. That’s the only way to make the most of this life.“”

She looked at the glass partition, her gaze softening as she watched Natalie’s chest rise and fall. “If my skin can bring her back, then my life is already brilliant enough.”

I felt a lump in my throat that I hadn’t felt in years. I turned back to the extractor, my fingers flying across the keypad to initiate a full–sequence bloodline analysis.

If Yvonne was her sister… if they were related… then…

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