Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 336: Distance Killian's POV

It had been days since Ryker had last seen Giselle, and Ryker still hadn't asked a single question about her mother.

At first, I was afraid of what he'd say, dreading the moment he'd look me in the eye and ask, Where's my mother?

I couldn't bring myself to tell him the truth, knowing how much it would break him.

How could I possibly explain to him that Giselle is not her mother, and that she's dead.

In his whole life, Ryker believed that Giselle was his mother - she'd raised him, after all, and he'd known her as nothing else.

I know it would be difficult for him to accept and process the whole truth, and I was trying my best to avoid the confrontation from him.

But now... I'm no longer just worried about Ryker's difficult questions now I wasn't just avoiding the question. I am now worried wondering why he still haven't asked me any question.

In the days that had passed, he hadn't asked even once. Not a word about Giselle.

No concern, no curiosity. Just silence. And it was that silence that was starting to gnaw at me, leaving me both worried and confused.

Is he not worried about Giselle? Doesn't he miss her? Or was he just caught up in his own world that he had completely forgotten about Giselle?

arrives. I also want

thought when my phone buzzed, snapping me out of it.

hope in my chest rising

said that she'd only stay there

said, trying to keep the eagerness from my voice. "Are you on your way? I'm not doing anything right now, I

why I'm not doing anything is because I can't focus on doing anything. All

Something's come up, and I'm...well, I'm a bit tied up right now." Disappointment settled heavily in my chest, but I pushed it

that Astrid had to

own.

more than her words. "I don't know. Honestly, I have no idea when

tightened, and for a moment, I wanted to ask her to come back, to tell her I needed her here. But I held back. The last thing Astrid needed was

I replied, doing my best to sound reassuring. "Just...whenever you need anything, you can call me. I'll

wanted to go to where she is now and help her, I need to

trust her in this, even though I missed her. It's only been a few days since we reconciled and confessed to each other and I felt like she is being taken away from

she replied softly, the warmth in her voice

I began, my voice

where you are right now, but Ryker — he misses you, and I miss you too,"

more than he misses Giselle, and he doesn't