Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 269: Drugged

Astrid's POV

"It wasn't real," Killian insisted, his voice raw with desperation. "None of it was real."

I stared at him, disbelief burning through me like an unstoppable fire. His words "none of it was real" — echoed in my head, but I couldn't bring myself to believe him.

Not this time. Not after everything. He couldn't just say it wasn't real and expect the pain to disappear.

I scoffed, my jaw tightening as the anger simmered just beneath the surface, ready to spill over. "None of

it was real?" I repeated, my voice thick with frustration, laced with disbelief. "What, Killian? The dinner? The marriage? You can't just pretend it doesn't exist because you suddenly feel guilty!"

It was always the same with him. Killian, always trying to backtrack, always trying to explain things away as if a few desperate words could fix everything.

As if all the hurt he'd caused could vanish the moment he decided to acknowledge it. He didn't get to rewrite our history just because he couldn't face the consequences.

He opened his mouth to respond, but something shifted in him. His expression darkened, his eyes clouding over with an intensity I hadn't seen before.

Before I could even process what was happening, he moved toward me with a sudden force, trapping me against the wall with his arms.

I gasped in shock, my body tensing as his face came dangerously close to mine. His hand reached out as

if he wanted to pull me closer, but there was nothing tender or gentle in his touch.

gone, replaced by something raw-hungry. His lips hovered too close to mine, his breath warm and ragged

I struggled to make

our proximity, confusion and

me, the sharp, unmistakable scent of him. It was Killian, but

something darker. There was a heaviness to it, an unnatural edge that

Immediately, I knew.

were drugged," I breathed, the realization

his chest, trying to get away from the heat of

time he has been

I had let it happen. I allowed him to do whatever he wanted thinking that I was just fulfilling my duty

and I helped him satiate it. But I won't do that again this

snap out of it!" I pushed harder, my hands trembling as I forced him away from me, but it only seemed to fuel the

the gap between us, his breathing

closer, and I could feel the heat radiating

I wasn't that girl anymore. I wouldn't make

grip tightened, I've

to strike. Killian is way stronger than me and he has larger build compared to me. I

on

I reached for the small pressure point on his neck. It was a move Drystan had taught me when I was still his

is a way to incapacitate

ever needed to. I pressed hard, my fingers finding the right spot, and for a moment, Killian's body

what I did. "Don't do this," I whispered, my voice breaking,

his body trembling with effort, but the drug had dulled his senses enough