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?

another thought, a voice,

the

doorway, and there she stood. Astrid. Her hands were curled into fists at her side, her eyes blazing with anger and something else

blow. How long had she

my father said, his voice heavy with emotion, but she silenced him with a sharp

start," she spat out. Her

been lying to me my entire life," Astrid continued,

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

all this time, I was your daughter.

voice wavered, but the fury in her eyes

please," Father began, his voice cracking. He took a step toward her, but she held up a hand, stopping him

it's like? To think that you were nothing but a mistake and

deserve a place in this family and

paled. He stared at Astrid

hiding the

done," Astrid said, her

but

your titles, your Pack, yourlies. I don't

en

her heel, her movements quick and purposeful as

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

whole life surviving without you," she said softly, her voice thick with emotion. "I

My father stood there, his shoulders

could feel the weight of his gaze on me, but I couldn't meet it. I just stood there, motionless, the