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?"

a hand through my hair, the frustration bubbling up. "That night... I thought

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

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

way to make sense of it. Even if I was just drunk, I would have still known what I was doing. I would also still be able to remember things than to be left with completely

alarm.

forward, my voice dropping to a tense whisper. "Last

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 that night years

"You think Giselle drugged you?

but it has the power to cloud someone's mind, to

I

explain why

anything that happened that

sides. "Velaris... that's

it," I cut in, my voice sharp. "I didn't want to believe it, but the pieces are starting to fit together. She wanted me to think it was alcohol back then, and

barely contained. "So she drugged you to manipulate you into thinking you slept with

I said, my voice hard. "It all makes sense now. She needed me to believe it was her I slept with. I woke up beside her that morning, and I

the memory of that night now tainted by the truth. "She's been playing this

fury. "What do you want to do, Alpha? We can't let her get away

voice low but cold. "But we have to be smart about it. If Giselle's been using Velaris on me, then there's no

We can look