Rise Of A Shattered Luna (Natalie) by Kave Derry novel Chapter 89

Chapter 89 The Banishment

Chapter 89 The Banishment

Natalie’s POV

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“It wasn’t direct,” Finn admitted, his eyes fixed on the blood–spattered floor tiles. “But Sharon met one of the former leaders of the pack overseas, one with a grudge against the main line here. He mocked her over Natalie… he called her a fool for giving up on Jensen, told her what a massive figure Jensen would become in the territory.”

Finn let out a dry cough as he spat up blood. “Sharon couldn’t stand the humiliation so she came back determined to get rid of you.” He said, pointing at me.

“Even the excuse of her late–stage moon sickness‘ was fed to her by him. He even gave her the herbs to help with the tests and also sent a doctor to help her.”

I lowered my head as a cold laugh bubbled up in my throat.

So, there it was.

There had been a puppeteer pulling the strings, a bastard from Baron’s pack using my life as a plaything to destabilize Baron’s leadership.

But as I stood there, the weight of Baron’s arm around me felt heavier and real, making it sure that it wasn’t a dream.

Yes, there had been outside manipulation.

But a puppeteer can only pull the strings if the puppet is willing to dance.

If Sharon had been a woman with a shred of dignity, she wouldn’t have come back to snatch another woman’s mate.

And Jensen – if he’d truly loved me, if our five years together had been built on a true bond, no flimsy lie about a terminal moon sickness could have shaken him.

He would have stood by me.

He would have sensed the falsehood in her scent.

Shaking my head, I said quietly, “Flies only gather on cracked eggs. Sharon and Jensen ending up together… maybe that’s just their destiny… they deserve one another.” I looked at the floor, my voice dropping to a whisper. “Finn was right about one thing, though. I loved too blindly… I was foolish to think that my love would be enough”

“Don’t say that about yourself.”

Baron’s tone was sharp, vibrating with anger.

He tightened his grip on my waist, his aura flaring just enough to remind me that I was under the protection of the strongest predator in the territory.

I looked up and smiled at him. “I’ll be fine, Baron. Really… If I can face my mistakes honestly, my path forward will be steadier and longer. I’d rather be a woman who knows she was a fool than a woman who is still being fooled.”

Shauna, standing by the heavy steel door, glanced at me with a look of genuine startle

I could see the shift in her perception.

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Chapter 89 The Banishment

To her, I had always been the fragile Natalie, a flower that needed the Alpha’s constant protection to survive.

Now, there’s something else in her stare.

Finn, too, looked at me in a new light.

They both looked at me differently now, but Baron’s gaze hadn’t changed.

Freed from the suffocating chains of the love I once felt for Jensen, I felt calm.

Oddly calm… like a weight had been taken off my chest.

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“Shauna,” Baron barked, “find out exactly who that bastard is. Trace the scent, the accounts, the contacts. I want a name, a face, and a location. I want him to suffer a fate worse than death for bringing this rot into my pack.”

“Yes, Alpha!” Shauna’s voice was sharp. She didn’t hesitate, immediately reaching for her comms as she strode out of the room to make the call.

Finn’s emotions had finally steadied into a silent resignation.

He lowered his head, his forehead almost touching the floor. “Alpha… punish me. I’ve done unforgivable things… I’ve cost us brothers… I’ve cost us Phantom. I have no one left in this world… let my life pay the debt.”

“You don’t want revenge?” Baron asked, his voice low and calculating, his wolf evident in his tone.

The question snapped Finn’s head up.

I could see the longing in his eyes but the light died quickly. “I have no right to ask for vengeance,” he whispered. “Would you even give a traitor the chance?”

Baron let out a low, weary sigh. “There is a chance, Finn. The question is whether you’ll take it, or if you’re too broken to move.”

“Alpha, name the price,” Finn said, his voice gaining a sudden, desperate strength. “Through fire or blades, I won’t hesitate. Use me as a shield, a weapon, anything.”

The change from calling him Baron to Alpha was instant… like he was stripped of his position.

Baron shook his head, a ghost of a bitter smile on his lips. “I don’t need you here anymore… I need you to leave the pack and for me to officially hunt you down.”

Finn went rigid.

Leave? To a man like Finn, who had risen step by step to being the Alpha’s right hand, the Pack was everything.

It wasn’t just a job; it was his identity, his family, his soul.

Being cast out felt worse than a death sentence.

“Alpha… better you kill me now,” Finn pleaded. “Don’t exile me. Let me die as a member of the Blackridge Pack.

“Killing is illegal and I don’t break the law,” Baron said flatly, his expression completely deadpan.

nearly rolled my eyes.

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Chapter 89 The Banishment

Despite the gravity of the situation, the sheer audacity of that statement was shocking.

If there was anyone in the pack who feared the law least, it was the man currently holding me.

Finn slumped back, despair finally swallowing him whole.

Just then, Shauna returned, the door hissing shut behind her.

She saw Finn’s pathetic face, snorted, and delivered a sharp kick to his side.

“Has your brain gone to the dogs, you idiot?” she snapped.

Finn grimaced in pain, clutching his ribs. “What did dogs ever do to deserve being compared to me?”

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“You’re worse than a dog,” Shauna glared at him, though I could see the faint trace of old affection in the corner of her eyes.

Her voice sharper than a knife, “think, Finn! Use that head for something other than a target. If you stay here, who would ever follow you? You’d be a dead man walking within a week especially after your betrayal.”

She leaned in closer. “Better to play along… leave the pack. Let Baron issue a ‘kill on sight‘ order. What choice will you have then but to disappear? What choice will you have but to survive?”

His eyes widened as the tactical genius of Baron’s plan took hold. “I’d… I’d have to seek the fucking elder out. I’d have to go to the very people who used me and then pretend to side with them because I have nowhere else to go.”

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