Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 208: Glass House

Astrid's POV

I held myself together as I locked gazes with Giselle. She knew I heard her words. She probably spoke it out loud to make sure that I would hear her.

"Does it even matter who she is? As long as she's a member of the Shadowfang Pack, for sure she could help us. If we want to impress their Alpha, we must at least impress her first." I heard someone whisper.

However, Giselle only laughed, stealing everyone's attention. "She's just a mistress, she had no influence over the affairs of the Shadowfang Pack. It would be better if you just go directly to the Alpha instead of wasting your time with her." I forced back a smile when I heard her words. She had no idea just how much influence I had here ever since I became the Pack's acting beta.

"Astrid," Giselle's voice, laced with venom, cut through the air. "She's just a mistress, after all. A temporary distraction a fleeting fancy. For sure the Alpha will get bored of her just like how the previous Alphas she dated did."

I've been holding myself together, trying my best to ignore Giselle's words and avoid making a scene in front of the guests.

However, when I heard what she had just said, my vision darkened, and I finally snapped.

"Giselle," I began, my voice trembling with barely contained fury. "You have no right—"

But before I could unleash the torrent of words building inside of me, a female's voice, sharp and clear, cut through the air.

"Giselle," a pregnant woman stood up from the crowd. "Don't you dare speak of mistresses," she spoke, her voice low and dangerous. "You of all people, should know better than to throw stones in a glass house."

who spoke, wondering why she stood up for

the air. Everybody seemed to hold their breath,

face once flushed with indignation, paled as the weight of Vanessa's words sunk

me?

she was describing herself," I

stunned into silence when the woman suddenly laughed at my words. Her laughs

to say a word. The woman's words really drove into her

interested in me turned their interest on her

a hypocrite, she speaks about the others without looking on herself first. Didn't she just got pregnant by an Alpha that is not her mate? In fact her husband now was still married with someone else when

whether the wife cheated. It's clear that the husband

shaming another mistress. Oh how

Giselle could only fume in silence, unable to defend herself from

here, sit with me," the

me a huge smile as she laced her arm around mine and pulled me from the crowd. "I'm Vanessa and you are Astrid, right?" she asked me as she

my face. I felt uncomfortable with how close she was to me. I've only met her now. "That's

nice; out of all the people here, she was the only one who stood up for me. I think

you, but I'm sure that's not the same for me. Well, I'm Vanessa the Luna of Crimsonbane

eyes widened in realization. She's that Luna! I've heard some

was still the Luna, she wasn't yet the Luna