Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 384: Rowena’s Betrayal

Killian's POV

The Emberwood ruins were silent, but it was a deceptive kind of peace.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and ash, and every shadow seemed to whisper of danger.

Warriors moved through the wreckage with weary purpose, tending to the

wounded or reinforcing what defenses we had left.

Nova rested in one of the makeshift infirmary tents, her pale face a stark reminder

of how close we'd come to losing everything.

Drystan was at her side, his usual stoicism replaced by a quiet but fierce protectiveness.

Astrid was near the council chamber, her presence a steadying force as warriors gathered to plan our next steps.

The weight of the siege hung heavily on us all, but the real burden sat in the back of my mind: the Amulet.

We reconvened in the council chamber later that evening. The warriors who could stand attended, their faces etched with exhaustion.

The Amulet, I thought, would be the center of this conversation-our next move, our strategy. But when I stepped into the chamber, my heart sank.

The pedestal where the Amulet had been placed after the battle was empty.

"Where is it?" Astrid asked sharply, breaking the tense silence.

A ripple of unease passed through the room.

searching for prey. “It was here after the battle. I saw it

room," I ordered, though dread had already taken root in my chest. The Amulet wasn't

to check every corner, overturning tables and searching the surrounding areas, but I

gone," Astrid said,

it?" Nova's voice trembled with both anger and

answer, a scout burst into the room, his face pale.

tension mounting with every step. When

cleanly, as though by someone who knew exactly how

shackles lay discarded on the floor, and the faint scent of blood and another wolf

an escape," he growled. "It was a plan. She knew exactly what she

metal. "She didn't do this alone," she said, her voice sharp.

chest tightened as I thought of the Amulet. "If she's gone, then she has it," I said,

live. You trusted

me a crumpled piece of parchment, his hands shaking as he did

for this, though I doubt you'll see it now. The Amulet cannot stay with you-it's too dangerous in

took it," Nova whispered, her voice trembling with barely contained fury.

ran straight to him, didn't

King," Drystan snarled. "This was her plan all along. She played us, and you

physical blow, but I couldn't argue. I had let

Rowena has the Amulet, we need to find

reason Liora is dead. She's the reason we're all in this mess. And now you want to spare her

"Yes. Because no matter how much we hate her, she's the only one

the tension was suffocating. I could feel Drystan's anger radiating from him matched only by Nova's, but there was nothing I could say to ease it. They were

of activity. Scouts were sent out in every direction with strict orders to find Rowena and retrieve the

stayed behind, sitting near the ruins' edge, staring out

grounding even as the weight of everything threatened

us again," I muttered, the words