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."

those words too heavy

was knocked out of me, the realization hitting me like a punch to the

Ryker?" My voice shook as

nodded, his eyes shadowed with guilt. "Yes. And the poison they used on you - it came from her. They don't even know what it was. She wanted you gone, and

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

take away

sooner," Killian muttered, his voice cracking with

the moment I had the chance. I should have seen what she was capable of, but I didn't.

looked up at him, seeing the torment etched into every line of his

responsible for everything that had happened, for the danger that had stalked us, for the pain I had carried for so

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

deceived

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

isn't your fault," I whispered, my

know. None of us did. She's been planning this for so long, twisting everything. It

"No, it was my

let her into our lives. I was

should have protected you better, and I didn't. I can

made my heart ache. For so many years, I had thought he

chosen her over me,

had gotten exactly

wanted.

suffering more than I was. He had been trapped, manipulated, living in misery under her

played both of us, and I had been too blind