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.

lips hovered too close to

my voice trembling as I struggled to make sense of what

it"? My heart raced at our proximity, confusion and fear swirling inside me. What on

scent of him. It

was overwhelmed by something darker. There was a heaviness to it, an unnatural

Immediately, I knew.

you were drugged," I breathed, the realization slamming

the heat of him, but his body was rigid, his eyes burning with that

time he

time, I'd been naive-stupid, even. I had let it happen. I allowed him to do whatever he wanted thinking that I was just fulfilling my duty as his wife - a duty

I helped him satiate it. But I

I forced him away from me, but it only seemed to fuel the need in

to close the

I could feel the

preparing myself. I wasn't that

tightened, I've been

for my chance to strike. Killian is way stronger than me and he has larger build compared to me. I wouldn't

on

the small pressure point on his neck. It was a move Drystan had

is a way

the right spot, and for a moment, Killian's body stiffened, his

an Alpha wolf, his wolf was strong enough to fight against the drowsiness caused by what I did. "Don't do this," I whispered, my voice breaking, though I couldn't tell if

tried to fight it, his body trembling with effort, but the drug had dulled his senses enough for the pressure point to