Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 294: Setback Giselle's

POV

As I continued my display, crying into my hands and letting my shoulders shake with every false sob, I felt a small flicker of satisfaction.

It was working - the sympathy of the pack was turning toward me. I could hear their murmured

reassurances, feel the gentle pats on my back and shoulders as they tried to comfort me.

"It's okay, Luna. We'll find him. The warriors are searching."

"He's a strong boy, Luna, just like his father. He'll be all right."

Their words were fuel, encouraging me to keep playing my part. My tears flowed even harder, my voice breaking as I whispered,

"He's just a child... what if the rogues... what if-" I let my voice trail off, turning my face away as if I couldn't bear to finish the thought.

Then, amidst the chaos of the crowd, I heard another voice rise above the anxious murmurs - a voice that cut through the noise like a knife.

It was Vanessa, her tone sharp with rising panic. "Wait - has anyone seen Hazel?"

Heads turned, eyes widening with fresh alarm as people began to murmur

through the gathered pack members, their attention swinging from me to

ago now divided, doubling the

pushed through the crowd, her face pale, her eyes wide as she scanned the faces around her. "I don't see her! Hazel... she was just here a moment ago.

thread of control in her voice,

her through a haze of my own panic, my breath catching as I struggled

see it in the way she wrung her hands together, the way her voice strained and broke as she called

real, unlike the performance I'd been putting

then, like a crack in a dam, the realization hit me. My tears abruptly stopped, and I blinked, my mind whirling with a new

person who should be missing right now

as I turned sharply, scanning the crowd with

my mask slipped entirely, leaving only the raw panic that clawed

do you

question slipped from my lips, sharper than I intended,

something fragile within matter

the pack members, searching for

chaos, I noticed an Omega

reaching my side with a

up my performance of grief, but my eyes sharpened as I waited for him to

Omega leaned down, his voice barely a whisper as he spoke into my