Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 129: The Real Affair

Astrid's POV

I lowered my gaze when the atmosphere turned a hundred degrees lower when Alpha Theron arrived. I felt suffocated as tension grew between the father and son duo, both contesting each other with a hard gaze.

Both of them share the same strong personality, both were refusing to back down from each other. I steeled myself, preparing for the inevitable explosion between the two commanding figures.

Just like Nova and I who had done nothing wrong, the guards who had been moments away from dragging me away, cowered visibly at Alpha Theron's sudden appearance, their grip on my arm slackening at the ALpha's anger that was pointed towards it. "What's the meaning of this?" Alpha Theron thundered, his voice echoing through their stillness. "Unhand her at once!"

The guards, their faces pale with fear, quickly released Astrid, taking a step back as Theron advanced towards them, his powerful presence commanding their complete submission.

Andros, however, reacted very differently. As he watched his father interven on Astrid's behalf, a surge of white hot rage coursed through him. His eyes narrowed, his jaw clenching as he witnessed the scene unfold before him.

"So, it is true, then," Andros spat, his voice dripping with contempt. "You have been protecting your mistress all this time, Father."

Alpha Theron's attention snapped to Andros his expression darkening as he registered the accusation. "What are you talking about, boy?" he growled, his tone laced with a warning.

affair with Astrid - I see now that they were true all along and

accusation had struck him like a blow to the chest, the

Theron began, his voice laced with a mixture of sorrow and reproach. "As my son, I had expected more from you," he shook his head slowly, his piercing gaze boring into Andros's eyes. "How could you believe such vile rumors, especially about your

Theron's broad shoulders squared with a sense of wounded pride. He had always strived to be an honorable leader, a man of unwavering principle and integrity qualities he had hoped to instill in his

son, his own flesh and blood, seemingly

thought he would know better than believe that

while she was still pregnant for the sake of his Pack, so how could he put his Pack in danger like

voice tinged with disappointment, "To have the wisdom and discernment to see beyond these laughable gossips that we often struggled with as people

at his father's words. It's not that he is questioning his father's integrity. He came here to confront me, to find out the truth, but they kept on giving him nothing. Every minute, we only seem to

I thought

be thinking these kinds of things. It's because of her that people

took a step forward, his presence commanding the attention of all the people in the clearing."Astrid is not my mistress, Andros.

pounded inside

as he stared back and forth at Astrid and then his father. His world suddenly turned upside down. He had confronted Astrid, certain that

half-sister?" Andros choked out, the words feeling strange and foreign on