Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 95: An Old Friend

Drystan's POV

I swallowed hard as Beta Alex ushered Nova and me into Astrid's dimly lit quarters. My nose twitched slightly when the heavy scent of medicinal herbs entered my nostrils. The air inside the room is thick with the scent of medicine and tense anticipation. As I entered inside, my gaze fell upon Astrid, her lithe form motionless upon a specialized treatment cot, surrounded by a flurry of white-clad physicians tending to her with solemn concentration.

Astrid's clothes are also changed into a white hospital robe. She looked pale and fragile inside the glass, a sign of how her life was slowly seeping out of her.

Nova gasped softly beside me, her delicate features etched with concern as she took in the scene before us.

I swallowed hard, my throat suddenly running dry. Different emotions churned within me: fear, worry, and no small measure of guilt. It's my fault that Astrid is fighting for her life. I should be the one lying in that bed, not her. Because of me, she had lost her child.

"H-How is she?" I managed to ask without my voice breaking.

Beta Alek opened his mouth to answer. However, he suddenly bowed, sending a wave of tension through the air.

I slowly turned around when I felt an immense power behind me. Slowly turning, I found myself face to face with an imposing figure Theron, the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack.

I watched as he treaded inside the room with four guards lined up behind him. Two on his left and two on his right.

instantly tensed because of his presence. Everyone stopped what they

also bowed before Alpha Theron, copying the posture of the people around me. Nova also followed suit with a fearful expression

the infamous Alpha known all over the world. We would be

when he entered the room. He slowly approached her with a deep look in his eyes as he stared at her right through the glass. Feeling curious, I raised my

him again after so many years. The last time I saw him, we

indulged ourselves with misconduct and mischief. We never took anything

had made a lot of achievements, when I was with Theron, we only knew

of the past and the fun that we

the same. However, his bright face had turned sagged and dull, and strands of silver had

were not the unruly teenagers that we used to be anymore. Time had already etched its mark on us both. The weight of

and the trials of

the men that we

Theron's features is a testament to the burdens of leading a Pack through this changing

wonder if we could still bring back our friendship or if it

so sudden. Theron did not finish his years in the academy just like I did. Theron left early when his father suddenly took him

back, and since

I continued to observe him in secret. I studied his stoic expression and the deep look he had

at her was so intense; it was like he had already seen her before, and it was like he knew