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?"

frustration bubbling up. "That night... I thought I was just drunk.

from the alcohol.

I'm starting to think it wasn't just the alcohol back then.

I would have still known what I was doing. I would also still be able to remember things than

to one of alarm.

tense whisper. "Last

was slipping, like it was being clouded and

realization hit him. "You think Giselle drugged

weight 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 and feel a sexual desire at the

I

why I

anything that happened that

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

the pieces are starting to fit together. She wanted me to think it was alcohol back then, and I

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

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

night now tainted by the truth. "She's

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

have to be smart about it. If Giselle's been using Velaris on me, then there's no telling how far her

you want me to gather more evidence? We can look into her connections, find out