Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 319: Innocent Astrid's POV

Killian's arms wrapped around me, warm and secure, like a shield against the storm inside me.

For the first time in what felt like forever, I didn't feel so exposed. His embrace was steady, strong, and I could feel the tension in my chest start to unravel as he held me.

His presence alone was enough to quiet the fears that had been raging in my mind, but it couldn't drown out the truth that lingered between us - truth that had remained buried for too long.

He pressed his forehead gently against mine, his breath warm as he spoke softly, "You don't need to worry anymore, Astrid. I've found a lead."

I pulled back slightly, looking up at him with confusion. "A lead?"

Killian nodded, his expression darkening with seriousness. "The Pack that helped us... they caught one of

the attackers as he was trying to run. He didn't get far, and they managed to extract information from him."

A pit of dread settled deep in my stomach. My voice barely came out as a whisper. "What did he say?" Killian's grip on me tightened, his jaw clenching as though he was bracing me for the worst. "He confessed. They were acting under Giselle's orders."

My blood turned cold at the sound of her name. Giselle. Of course.

Even now, after everything that had happened, she was still trying to tear us apart, still plotting our destruction.

"She's behind this... again," I whispered, my voice trembling with disbelief. "She's already in the dungeon. I thought it was over."

Killian's face hardened with regret. "It should have been over. But she found a way. She ordered them to kill Ryker."

broke slightly as he continued, the weight of those words too heavy for him to bear. "She was trying

breath was knocked out of me, the realization hitting me like

kill Ryker?" My voice shook as I forced the words out, horror

her. They don't even know what it was. She wanted you

of anger and disbelief rising in my chest. Giselle. The woman who had been at the center of so much of our

to take away my

sooner," Killian muttered, his voice

have seen what she was capable of, but I didn't. And because of that,

at him, seeing the torment etched into every line of his face. The regret. The

happened, for the danger that had

of me wanted to be angry, wanted to blame him for not seeing through

had deceived us

had twisted the truth, manipulated every situation to her advantage, and neither of us had been immune

fault," I

None of us did. She's been planning this for so long, twisting everything. It wasn't

"No, it was

into our lives. I

and I didn't. I

ache. For so many years,

had chosen her over me,

had gotten

wanted.

was. He had been trapped,

and I had been too blind with hurt to see