Reclaiming My Broken Luna (Astrid and Killian) novel Chapter 404

Astrid's POV

The warrior’s words hung in the air like a heavy shroud, suffocating and cold. I stared at him, trying to make sense of what I’d just heard.

“The fragments… are missing?” I repeated, my voice barely above a whisper.

My heart pounded, each beat echoing louder in my ears as confusion and disbelief clawed at my thoughts.

The Forsaken Amulet was destroyed. Rowena sacrificed her life to ensure it could never be used again.

Why would the rogues come back for it? What could they possibly want with shattered remnants?

Killian stood beside me, rigid as stone, his golden eyes locked on the warrior. “Are you sure?” he asked, his voice low, taut with restrained fury.

“Yes, Alpha,” the warrior said, bowing his head. “We inspected the area as you instructed, to see if the rogues left anything behind—clues, weapons, anything. But instead, we found the fragments… gone.”

Gone. The word echoed in my mind, a drumbeat of confusion. I tried to piece together the rogue king’s motives, but nothing made sense.

Broken shards of the amulet couldn’t possibly hold the same power as the whole artifact—or could they?

Before I could voice my thoughts, Alpha Cedric’s sharp voice cut through the tense silence.

“This is negligence,” he declared, standing once more. His accusing tone filled the room. “The forsaken amulet is a dangerous weapon! Rowena even sacrificed her life to destroy it. How could you just leave such a valuable weapon behind?!”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Alpha Cedric as his words resonated in their mind. Some of the Alphas and Lunas shared a glance with each others as they get swayed by Alpha Cedric’s words.

I fell quiet this time, unable to give a comeback. It was a mistake, we shouldn’t have left the broken fragments of the forsaken amulet behind.

It’s just that, we thought once the forsaken amulet is broken then it’s over. We thought the broken fragments are not valuable anymore.

“What if the rogue king found a way to fix the forsaken amulet? All your efforts would be put to waste and all of us would be doomed!” Alpha Cedric complained with anger in his face.

“The forsaken amulet is a special weapon and Rowena had to die just to break it. Fixing it wouldn’t be easy. I even doubt that it’s fixable,” Nova spoke up for us.

If there is anyone among us who knows more about the Forsaken Amulet, that would be Nova, since most information we found about the Forsaken amulet were written in her sister’s diary.

Killian turned his gaze to the rest of the room, his tone steady but firm. “We will investigate what happened. We will find out who took the fragments and why. Until then, I expect unity, not division. We cannot afford to fracture now.”

Cedric remained stiff, his jaw tight, but he said nothing. The tension in the room was palpable, each second dragging like hours.

“I will take full responsibility for this,” Killian continued, his voice softening slightly as he addressed the rest of the Alphas and Lunas. “But give us time to determine the truth. Astrid and I will return with answers.”

I placed a hand on Killian’s arm, grounding him as his anger simmered beneath the surface. Together, we left the chamber, the sound of our footsteps echoing in the heavy silence.

As the doors closed behind us, the cool corridor air hit my face, but it did little to ease the knot in my chest. I turned to Killian, my thoughts a whirlwind.

“Why would they take the fragments?” I asked, my voice shaking with frustration. “The amulet is destroyed. Rowena made sure of that.”

Killian’s jaw tightened, his golden eyes dark and stormy. “I don’t know,” he admitted, running a hand through his hair. “But we’re going to find out. Whatever the rogue king is planning, we can’t let him succeed.”

I nodded, but unease still gripped me. Whatever the rogues wanted with the fragments, it couldn’t be good. And we were running out of time.