Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 362: Shadows Astrid's POV

The tension in the air was suffocating.

Every time I stepped into the council room lately, I could feel it pressing against my chest-the growing divide within the Pack.

It was subtle at first, a quiet undercurrent of uncertainty, but now it was

undeniable.

People were questioning us. Questioning Killian. And Killian's mother, Rowena, had only made things worse.

The council members sat around the long table, their expressions ranging from weary to outright suspicious.

Rowena had planted seeds of doubt with her sudden return, and now those seeds were taking root.

Some of them believed she was here to help, that her knowledge of the rogues might be the key to stopping this war before it began. Others-including me weren't so sure.

Killian sat beside me, his jaw tight, his eyes scanning the room like a predator sizing up potential threats. He hadn't spoken much since his mother's revelations the night before.

I knew he was struggling to process it, to reconcile the woman who had betrayed us with the woman who now claimed she wanted to save the Pack.

I couldn't blame him. I didn't trust her either. Especially when she confessed that she had dealings with the rogues before.

We asked her what dealings she had, but she refused to tell us anything, making it harder for us to trust her.

Pack, we wouldn't have given her the benefit of

planning this for years," I said, breaking the silence. "If that's true, we

one of her schemes, meant to manipulate us into doing her bidding. How do we know she's not still working with

agreement, and I saw Killian's hands

silence wasn't helping. They needed to hear from

his voice cutting through the noise like a blade. "I don't trust her, but I believe she's telling the truth about

murmurs quieted, but the

suggest, Alpha?" anAlpha from another Pack asked, her gaze critical. "That we trust her? That we let her dictate our

says. But we don't ignore it. If she's right, and we do nothing,

dragged on for hours, but eventually,

investigated. Ryder would lead a small team to confirm her claims about the Rogue King's movements. It wasn't much, but it

in the sky. Killian and I walked in silence

the silence. His voice was

I said. "But she's also right. The Rogue King is real, Killian. We've

she has information

know how dangerous

are, they

to have dealings with them,

up to those dealings that she had with them?"

that the rogues were using her or that she is using us,"

what if this is the one time she doesn't? What if she's telling the truth and we ignore it because of her past? You said it

at me for a long moment, his