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.

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

every corner, overturning tables and searching the surrounding

gone," Astrid said, her voice

both anger and fear as she

his face pale. "Alpha Killian," he said, his

mounting with every step. When we

cleanly, as though by someone who knew exactly how to

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

at his sides, his wolf rising to the surface. "This wasn't an escape," he growled. "It was a plan. She knew exactly

do this alone," she said,

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

me, his eyes blazing. "You let her live. You trusted her. And now she's taken the one thing that could

parchment, his hands shaking as he did so. I

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

it," Nova whispered, her voice trembling with barely

the Amulet and ran straight to him,

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

like a physical blow, but I couldn't argue. I

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

the stone wall beside him, his fury palpable "Alive? She's the reason Liora is dead. She's the reason we're all in this mess.

to him, her eyes blazing. "Yes. Because no matter how much we hate her, she's the only one who can lead us to the Rogue King. And without her, we have

silent, but 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

that followed were a blur of activity. Scouts were sent out in every

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

there, her presence grounding even as the weight of everything

betrayed us again," I muttered, the words bitter on