Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 334: Crowned Alpha Alpha Theron's POV

A long silence settled over the room after I asked the question, heavy and tense.

I kept my gaze fixed on Andros, waiting, hoping for a sign of remorse or an explanation.

But what I saw instead shook me to my core. Andros looked back at me, and in that gaze, I saw a stranger.

The gentle son I thought I knew was gone, and in his place stood a man cold and unyielding.

Then he spoke, his voice sharper and louder than I had ever heard it, filled with a defiance that sent a chill through me.

"You want to know why I did it?" he snapped, his tone a mix of anger and something darker. "I did it for us, for this pack. I was doing you a favor by doing what you could never bring yourself to do."

His words stunned me. Andros had never raised his voice to me, not once in all the years I'd known him.

Even when I was harsh or demanding — as I always was, he had always accepted it in silence, never challenging me.

But now, he stood before me, speaking without restraint, and I realized with a sinking feeling that I never really knew who my son was.

"You are doing me a favor?" I shot back in disbelief. "Hiring someone to attack your sister and working with Giselle. In what way was that helpful to me?"

"She's dangerous, father!" he interrupted, his voice rising, filled with conviction.

"We both had read the book and you know full well that the book is a hundred percent accurate. She'll become a killing machine if we don't stop her. And you—“ he sneered, shaking his head in disdain.

"You'd never be able to do what was necessary. I know you could never bear to kill her, not even if she threatened everyone in this pack," he spoke straightforwardly without any hesitation.

My shock quickly turned into anger as his words strikes deeper, cutting away the image I had of him.

and this is the solution you have thought of?" I

sister and helping her get through with this, you thought killing

meeting my gaze with an icy defiance. "Father, there's no

this pack from the monster she's destined to become. I'm

within me. "Protecting this pack? You are not doing this for us, Andros. This is just your own selfish ambition. You're just fooling me

want,” he replied coldly. "But when the time comes, you'll realize I

steady breath, keeping my gaze hard as

I began, my

been. "You leave me no choice. I cannot pass down the title of Crowned Alpha to someone who thinks that betrayal and bloodshed are the answers. You've shown me that

his face twisted in disbelief

you saying?" he demanded, his

is fit to lead this pack if not me? Since I was a child,

molded me - I sacrificed

a worthwhile childhood like Asha who had

my title, my future as the Alpha. You can't just take that

weight of disappointment settling heavily

sacrifice alone makes you worthy. But being an

following a

the well-being of this pack and your

—

else - above

that is what you

your fears. You would sacrifice your own

you claim

and he