Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 280: Velaris

Killian's POV

"Alpha, what should we do?" Ryder's voice pulled me back from the brink of my spiraling thoughts.

His eyes bore into mine, tense with the weight of what we had just discovered. "What Giselle did... it's worse than treason. We have proof of her betrayal. How should we deal with her?"

My heart raced, but I forced myself to stay calm. "Don't alert her just yet," I said firmly, my voice cutting through the tension like a knife.

Ryder looked at me, his eyes flickering with protest. "But, Alpha-"

I raised a hand to stop him, my voice low but unyielding. "We're barely scratching the surface, Ryder. If Giselle could pull something like this off for years, then we're dealing with something much bigger. There's more to this than we realize."

His jaw clenched as he tried to rein in his frustration, but I could see he understood. "You think there's more she's hiding?"

I let out a slow breath, the weight of my next words heavier than I wanted to admit. "Yes, Ryder. I do. I've been thinking about what happened years ago... that night I slept with someone I couldn't remember. I've been trying to piece it together, but it never made sense."

I paused, meeting his gaze. "Until now."

Ryder frowned, confused. "What are you saying, Alpha?"

bubbling up. "That night... I thought I

it was all from the alcohol. I drank too much, and I thought that

to think it wasn't just the alcohol back then. I wasn't just drunk, Ryder. I think I

was just drunk, I would have still known what I was doing. I would also still be able to remember things

expression shifted to one of alarm. "Drugged? What makes you

whisper. "Last night, on my date

same way- dizzy, disoriented, and filled with heat. It was like my mind was slipping, like it was being clouded and my body is starting to have a mind of its own. The same way it felt

hit him. "You think Giselle drugged

of the truth sinking. "Yes. There's a plant called Velaris. It's rare, but it has the power to cloud someone's mind, to make them feel disoriented

I

explain why

that happened

clenching at his sides. "Velaris... that's dangerous stuff. If Giselle's been using it

to fit together. She wanted me to think it was alcohol back then, and

anger barely contained. "So she drugged you to manipulate you into thinking you slept with her. That's how she

me to believe it was her I slept with. I woke up beside her that morning, and I assumed... I assumed the worst.

memory of that night now tainted by the truth. "She's been playing this game for years, Ryder. And I

his eyes filled with righteous fury. "What do you want to do, Alpha? We can't let her get away

If Giselle's been using Velaris on me, then there's no telling how far her manipulation goes.

gather more evidence? We can