Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 339: Resentment Asha's POV

I staggered back, shaking my head in disbelief. "That's not true. That can't be true," I mumbled as if I was just trying to convince myself.

"I was left with no choice, Asha. Your mother-Luna Jamaica-was my brother's mate.

He was the rightful Alpha. But when he died, the Pack needed a leader. And I... I was the only option.

I was forced to marry her to maintain stability. To keep this Pack from falling apart."

My father's eyes turned red as he tried his best to hold back his tears. My heart wrenched as I feel for his pain. This is the first time I ever saw my father look so vulnerable.

"I gave up everything. My mate. My happiness. My future. I gave it all away for this Pack, for a life I never wanted. And every day since, I have lived with that choice. With the weight of betraying my mate, of turning my back on the only woman I ever loved."

I stared at him, my body trembling as the truth settled over me like a suffocating blanket.

Everything I had believed, everything I had built my life on - it wasn't mine. It had never been mine.

Astrid... she was his true child, his legitimate heir. Not me. Not Andros.

I felt like a thief, a fraud who had stolen everything that should have been hers.

"I" My voice cracked, the shame and guilt tightening around my throat like a

noose.

What could I even say? What was there to say after everything I had just heard?

I could even form another thought, a voice, cold

the truth,

the doorway, and there she stood. Astrid. Her hands were curled into fists at her side, her

a physical blow. How long had she

emotion, but

snapped, her tone dripping with venom. "Don't even start," she spat out. Her voice was laced with so much bitterness that it made my

me my entire life," Astrid continued, stepping into

my mother was the mistress, that I was born as a

this time, I was your

the fury in her eyes didn't

step toward her, but she held up a hand, stopping him

you dare come near me,” she hissed. "Do you have any idea what it's like? To think that

a place in this family and being unable to defend myself. How long were you planning

face paled. He stared at Astrid pleadingly,

the

done," Astrid said,

slightly, but her

You can keep your titles, your Pack, yourlies. I don't want any

en

her movements quick and purposeful as she

my father called after her, his voice filled with desperation, but she didn't

spent my whole life surviving without you," she said softly,

silence that followed Astrid's departure was suffocating. My father stood there,

I just stood there, motionless, the room spinning as the reality of everything I'd just learned began