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."

the woman who spoke, wondering why she stood up for me

words hung heavy in the air. Everybody seemed to hold their breath, the murmur of conversation fading

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

audacity she held in shaming me?

she was describing herself," I spoke up, adding fuel

at my words. Her laughs came from the pit of

as she stared at us, unable to say a word. The

me turned their

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

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

another mistress.

tides turned against Giselle. Giselle could only fume in silence, unable to defend herself

here, sit with me,"

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

close she was

only one who stood up for me. I think

that's not the same for

widened in realization. She's that Luna! I've heard some things about her in

yet the