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

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

to give a comeback. It was a mistake, we shouldn't have left

thought once the forsaken amulet is broken then it's

the rogue king found a way to fix the forsaken amulet? All your efforts would be put to waste and all

is a special weapon and Rowena had to die just to break it. Fixing

about the Forsaken Amulet, that would be Nova, since most information

scoffed. "That's not the point is it?" He shot back to Nova before turning his attention to us once again. "You tasked warriors to investigate, yet the fragments were stolen from under

anger surged through me, but before I could respond, Cedric continued, his words

the remnants of the amulet-the very thing your leadership swore to protect-are gone. How can we trust your

agreement from a few Alphas ignited my fury.

up from his seat and banged his fist in anger, silencing the room like

eyes turned to Killian, including me. I tensed as I felt the anger radiating off him. He took a single, commanding step forward which

eyes burned as they locked on

challenge in his

place and may I remind you that we are still your leader. I have tolerated your

the distance between them. The other Alphas and Lunas exchanged uneasy

tone steady but firm. "We will investigate what happened We will find out who

unity, not

afford to fracture now."