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.

a predator searching for prey. “It

though dread had already taken root in my chest. The Amulet wasn't misplaced. It

searching

Astrid said, her voice

anger and fear as she

scout burst into the room, his face pale. "Alpha Killian," he said, his voice shaking. "It's Rowena.

to Rowena's cell, the tension mounting with every step. When we arrived,

ajar, the lock broken cleanly, as though by someone who knew exactly

discarded on the floor, and the faint scent

flexed at his sides, his wolf rising to the surface. "This wasn't an

shackles, her fingers brushing the cold metal. "She didn't do this alone," she said, her voice sharp. "Someone helped her-someone who wanted

the Amulet. "If she's gone, then she has it," I said,

"You let her live. You trusted her. And now she's taken the one thing that

his hands shaking as

see it now. The Amulet cannot stay with you-it's too

her voice trembling with

ran straight to him, didn't

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

I couldn't argue. I had let her live.

through the rising tension. “Enough. We don't have time for this. If Rowena has the Amulet, we need to

She's the reason Liora is dead. She's the reason we're all in this

much we hate her, she's the only one who can lead us to the Rogue

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

hours that followed were a blur of activity. Scouts were sent out in every direction with strict orders to find

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

presence grounding even as the weight of

I muttered,