Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 404: Broken Fragments

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?

Alpha Cedric's sharp voice

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

a mistake, we shouldn't have left the broken fragments of the forsaken amulet

forsaken amulet is broken then it's over. We thought the broken fragments are not

forsaken amulet? All your efforts would be put to waste and all of us

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

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

turning his attention to us once again.

I could

the pack, despite his history of betrayal. Now, the remnants of the amulet-the

of agreement from a few Alphas ignited my fury.

the crowd, Killian suddenly shot up from his seat and banged his fist in anger,

the anger radiating off him. He took a single, commanding step forward which was enough to

eyes burned as they

lips curled in anger, but he didn't speak. The challenge in his eyes remained,

we are still your leader. I have tolerated your disrespect long enough. Next time, keep your silence if it's

smirk faltering as Killian closed the distance between them. The other Alphas and Lunas exchanged uneasy glances, sensing the shift

to the rest of the room, his tone steady but firm. "We will investigate what happened We will find out who took the fragments

unity, not division.

afford to fracture now."