Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 290: Interrogation Killian's POV

I watched the words sink in, the terror twisting their faces even further.

They exchanged frantic glances, looking for some sort of reassurance from each other, but none came. The reality of their situation had finally caught up to them, and it was clear they knew I wasn't bluffing. One of the nurses broke first, her voice cracking as she shook her head. "Alpha, please! We didn't do anything wrong! Ryker is truly-"

I snapped my fingers, cutting her off sharply. Ryder, who had been standing silently by the door, stepped forward.

Without hesitation, he grabbed the heated brand from the brazier, bringing it close to the nurse's face. The heat radiated off the metal, the glow reflecting in her wide, terrified eyes.

She flinched back, her voice rising into a desperate wail as she realized just how dire her situation had become.

"Please, please! Don't hurt us!" she sobbed, shrinking away from the brand, the words spilling out of her as she clung to the hope that I might change my mind.

Enough." My voice came out hard, cutting through the air like a blade.

I turned my attention back to the Pack Doctor, my patience running dangerously thin. "The next words out of your mouth better be the truth, or I'll have Ryder start with her. And I promise you, she won't survive the night."

Pack Doctor's resolve crumbled,

eyes, and he finally broke, his voice barely more than a whisper. "All right. All right, I'll

the silence stretching

out of him like a confession he had never intended to make. "I never wanted things to go this far, Alpha. I swear, I thought it was just a small lie... something

watched him, my fists clenched at my sides, the air in the dungeon thick with the

words kept coming as

she was still pregnant, I found out early that she's pregnant with a baby

anyone knew she was carrying a girl, it would

sure I had everything I needed. She said it was just a favor, something small...

listened. "And you thought that was the end of it? Á small lie, a

a lie is, he knows it would still

.n

I thought it was just a way for her to secure her place I had no

shaky breath, and I could see the terror in his eyes, like he was

we were prepared to deliver her child-the little girl she was carrying. But I had no idea

away her real child and take Ryker then pretend that nothing happened. We don't know where Ryker came from and what happened to her real child. We could only do as we were told." "Who?" I asked my brows furrowing in confusion. "Who swapped them? Who was helping Giselle?" "A stranger... we don't know who it was," The doctor answered. He tried