Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 338

Chapter 338: Legitimate Child Asha's POV

I squared my shoulders as I faced my father, my eyes narrowing at him in anger.

I crossed my arms tightly over my chest, the weight of years of frustration and jealousy boiling to the surface.

My father simply stood before me, his usual composed demeanor tinged with a rare expression of exasperation, but I didn't care. Not anymore

"She doesn't even call you Father!" I spat, my voice trembling with anger.

"Not once in her life has Astrid ever acknowledged you as her father. And yet, you treat her like she's some prized treasure.

Why, Father? Because you feel guilty for neglecting her? She's just your illegitimate child! It's best that she realize she's not special!" I blurted out angrily.

Alpha Theron's jaw tightened, but he didn't speak. That silence — his silence — was what always drove me mad.

He would never defend himself, never justify his actions, as if I were the one being unreasonable. But I wasn't.

"She's ungrateful!" I continued, pacing back and forth as my emotions surged.

"She shows up only when she needs something from you, and you let her. Every single time, you let her.

You bend over backward for her, giving her everything, while I-" My voice broke despite my best efforts to keep it steady. "While I have spent my entire life proving my worth to you."

Theron exhaled slowly, his broad shoulders rising and falling. "Asha, this is not about worth.

here. She's never been a part of this family. She doesn't want to be. All she cares about is what she

him fully, my hands clenched into fists at my sides. "You've always excused her behavior, Father. I don't

a moment, I thought he might

rarely did. Instead, his deep voice remained steady, a low

laughed bitterly. "No, Father. It's not enough. It's never enough. You should stop this, stop spoiling her and tolerating her

fist

or your forgiveness. She's a parasite, feeding off your guilt and your

his tone sharper now. "That is not the

sister!" I shouted, my voice echoing down the hallway. "She never has been, and she never will

the space between us. But I didn't flinch. Not this

to both of us," I spoke more calmly this time after getting

voice boomed, silencing me

back, startled. I had never seen him like this, his

beneath the fury, there was something else. Pain. A deep,

think you know

but with the weight of something long buried. "You think you know who she is. Who I am Who you are. But you

faltered, my resolve crumbling under the force of

an illegitimate child?" he continued, his voice

legitimate daughter. My true heir.

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