Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 273: Silent Wish

Killian's POV

The chandeliers above casted a warm golden glow over the dining hall, but it did nothing to thaw the ice in my chest.

The room was filled with laughter, clinking glasses, and the hum of easy conversation, but all I could hear was Astrid's soft voice. And him.

Drystan

Sitting there next to her, smiling like he belonged.

I gripped my wine glass tightly as I watched him. They sat close, whispering softly to each other between bites, completely at ease.

The way Drystan leaned towards her, his eyes lighting up everytime she spoke it made my jaw tightened.

"Alpha Killian," Damien's voice broke through my thoughts. The Crimsonbane Pack's Alpha raised his glass in a toast, "To new alliances and old friendships. It's good to have everyone gathered here tonight."

I noticed how Damien's eyes flicked between me and Drystan as if he sensed the shift in the air.

I averted my gaze, my jaw clenched as I forced myself to smile and raised my glass as well. "To alliances," I echoed, but the words tasted bitter. I downed the wine quickly, hoping it would drown the burning jealousy twisting inside me.

My eyes drifted back to Astrid and Drystan. The way she looked at him, her expression soft, trusting - it made something snap inside me.

Drystan had always been close to Astrid because of the relationship he used to have with her as Astrid's teacher. He used to be just Astrid's mentor, someone who used to stand on the sidelines.

was the one she turned to, the one she trusted. He is the one who is now

away from her, to take back what was ours. But the truth gnawed at me, even as I sat there pretending to be

them, I couldn't shake the gnawing fear

the urge to look away, but i couldn't. Every time Drystan smiled at her, every time her gaze

by the second and I was

I wish that I was him instead. The one that she trusted, the one that she is close to. I wish I could even sit beside her right one and be the one who could make her laugh. But as I watched them, something darker crept in a fear that twisted tight around my heart. What if

wave of panic through me. What if there was no going back? What if I had lost the chance to fix things, to turn

never slept with Giselle at all, even if Astrid managed to forgive me for the things that happened in the past. Would she still accept me back if Drystan had already won her heart? It's been three long years of them being together. Drystan has kept Astrid

have lost her completely to

hand rested on my arm, delicate and light, but her touch felt distant, like an

right beside me instead.

quieted, all eyes turning to me, but I only had

up, his smile infuriatingly calm, as if he didn't notice

I announced, trying to keep my voice steady. "It's good to have my uncle back... after all

was unwelcomed to enter because of

his and it

an affair. Drystan is my uncle and Astrid was my wife and Luna. Such a

Drystan was cut off from our family and was banned from

that they are helping us in strengthening our military defenses for possible rogue attacks, I had

met my gaze, his

as if he understood.exactly what was going through my head. "It's good to be back, Kittian," he

rip him away