Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 303: Maternity Test Astrid's

POV

The words seemed to hang in the air, and for a moment, I couldn't process them. My world spun as my eyes widened, my breath catching in my throat.

"What?" I whispered, feeling the weight of the truth settling over me, disbelief and confusion flooding my mind.

Killian's gaze softened, a mixture of happiness and deep sorrow etched into his features.

"It's true," he said, his voice cracking. "All this time, Ryker was yours... ours. I-I didn't know. I swear, I didn't know."

I stared at Killian, my mind reeling. His words echoed in my head, but they made no sense. My heart raced, and my vision blurred as confusion clawed at me.

"No... that can't be true," I whispered, shaking my head, my hands trembling at my sides. "I had a miscarriage. I lost my baby. I never even got the chance to give birth. How... how could Ryker be my son?"

The words felt impossible, and yet, deep down, a tiny spark of hope flickered inside me a hope I was afraid to acknowledge.

I felt like I was standing on the edge of a cliff, wanting to believe, but terrified that if I leapt, I would fall into the same abyss of pain I had been in years ago.

It made no sense, and my heart ached with the confusion of it all.

I took a shaky breath, my mind and heart at war. "This is not a good joke, Killian. I lived for three years thinking that my son is dead. Don't play with me, Killian," I threatened him as I kept my overwhelming feelings at bay.

My son, my miscarriage, t has always been a sensitive topic for me. After the years that had passed, until now I still couldn't accept that I've lost him.

back. I could feel the tears burning in my

myself from the possibility of disappointment, from the pain that could break me

tenderness that only deepened the

you and Ryker," he said quietly, holding the paper

burden. "I did a DNA test behind your back. I had

voice a mix of shock and confusion. "Why would you do that? Why would you even suspect that

something deeper - something that looked like

something in me... something just wouldn't let it

whisper. "Why would you think I could be his mother?" "Hope," he answered,

always hoped that,

hope for

K

made her my Luna. If I'm

proceeded again. "I know it sounds crazy, but I had to try. I couldn't

clenched. "And it was positive?" I asked, my voice trembling as I struggled to process

unflinching. "Yes, it did. And DNA tests don't lie.

of his words settled in. Ryker was my son. The child I thought I had lost, the one I had mourned

in my eyes,

hold them back

I had

overwhelming sense of loss for all the time that had