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.

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

her get through

icy defiance. "Father,

protecting this pack from the monster

my fists, feeling the fury surge 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

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

steady breath, keeping my gaze hard

began, my voice

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 you lack

eyes widened before narrowing, his face twisted

saying?" he demanded, his

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

- I sacrificed everything to meet

a worthwhile childhood like Asha who

my future

the weight of disappointment settling heavily

as though sacrifice alone makes you worthy. But being an Alpha

fulfilling some lifelong duty or following a path set out

well-being of this pack and

—

- above

And that... that is what you have shown

your ambition, only your fears. You would

you

fists clenched, and