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?

I could voice my thoughts, Alpha Cedric's sharp

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 mistake, we shouldn't have left the

that, we thought once the forsaken amulet is broken then it's over. We thought the broken fragments are

forsaken amulet? All your efforts would be put

die just to break it. Fixing

the Forsaken Amulet, that would be Nova,

to Nova before turning his attention to us once again. "You tasked warriors to investigate, yet the fragments were stolen

I could respond, Cedric continued, his words

Andros back into the pack, despite his history of betrayal. Now, the remnants of the

a few Alphas ignited my fury. I noticed how some of them even shared

shot up from his seat and

eyes turned to Killian, including me. I tensed as I felt the anger radiating off him. He took a single, commanding step forward which was enough to waver Alpha Cedric's

and cutting. His golden eyes burned as they locked

challenge in his eyes remained,

seems you have forgotten your place and may I remind you that we are still your leader. I have tolerated your disrespect long enough.

his smirk faltering as Killian closed the distance between them. The other Alphas and Lunas

tone steady but firm. "We will investigate what

not division.

afford to fracture now."