Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 353: Equal Astrid's POV

Something inside me snapped seeing the fear in Ryker's eyes and hearing him call me "Mommy" for the first time even though he had no idea that I as his mother.

Although he doesn't know the truth, he had considered me his mother from the start. An overwhelming urge to protect her filled me. I don't want to let him down.

Heat surged through my body, and I felt my wolf rise to the surface, more powerful and uncontrollable than ever before.

My bones cracked, my muscles shifted, and my vision sharpened as I transformed.

When the change was complete, the world seemed to pause.

Gasps echoed around me as everyone froze, their eyes fixed on my massive wolf form. My silver fur shimmered in the fading light, and my glowing dark eyes burned with an intensity that even I couldn't fully comprehend.

Andros turned, his smug expression vanishing as terror consumed him.

"The monster... i-it has come out!" he stuttered, stumbling backward. "Kill her! Kill her! She has completely transformed into a monster. She will kill us all!"

His voice only fueled the fire raging within me. With a deafening roar, I lunged toward him, cutting through the battlefield with terrifying speed.

Andros's eyes widened as he dropped Ryker, panic overtaking him. He tried to shield himself, but it was futile. I was faster, stronger, and unstoppable.

The world blurred as I slammed into him, my claws tearing through the earth as he hit the ground beneath me.

His cries were drowned out by the pounding of blood in my ears, the primal voice in my mind urging me to finish him.

End him. Tear him apart. Protect. Destroy.

The fight going on around me had stopped already. Everyone's eyes were on me and Andros. Everyone wondered what they are supposed to do, now that I have fully transformed into a monster.

I raised my massive paw, claws gleaming as I prepared to strike. But something inside me faltered—an ache, a pull.

"Mommy..."

faint voice pierced through the chaos, weak but unmistakable. My wolf froze, the killing blow suspended

"Mommy, please..."

voice. My son.

me snarled, its fury boiling, but I could

anymore-it

my mind, the battlefield

void, the air thick with an oppressive

me loomed the wolf that had haunted me for so long, its massive frame pulsing with

filled with rage, pain,

me,

have me," I said,

growl low and

no separation. We destroy. We

my head, my hands curling into fists. "No. That's

deepened, and it lunged toward me, its massive form colliding with

force of it knocking the breath from my lungs. Its teeth snapped close to my throat,

I said, gritting my teeth.

narrowing. 'You can't control me. You're weak. You always have been. That's why

me

I had

The distance I had

father, the worthlessness I felt when I was married to Killian,

myself when I had a

then Killian's voice came to me, steady

f.ne

My father's unconditional fan!

me.

for

yes. I've made mistakes. But I've also survived. I've fought.

stopped circling, its growls softening into something mournful,