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?

my thoughts, Alpha Cedric's sharp voice cut through

such a valuable weapon behind?!" Everyone's eyes

fell quiet this time, unable to give a comeback. It was a mistake, we shouldn't have left the broken

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

would be put to waste and all of us would be doomed!"

to break it. Fixing it wouldn't be easy. I even doubt that it's

more about the Forsaken Amulet, that would be Nova, since most information we found about the Forsaken amulet were written in her sister's

Cedric 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 your noses. How could you allow this

before I could respond, Cedric continued, his words

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

murmurs of agreement from a few Alphas ignited my fury. I noticed how some of

Killian suddenly shot up from his seat and banged his fist

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

golden eyes burned as they locked on Cedric, daring him to

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

are still your leader. I have tolerated your disrespect long

between them. The other Alphas and Lunas exchanged uneasy glances, sensing the shift in the

rest of the room, his tone steady but firm. "We will

not division.

afford to fracture now."