Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 374: Rogue

Astrid's POV

The council room was bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun, but there was no warmth in the air.

The tension between us was palpable, like a thread stretched too thin, ready to snap.

Drystan and Nova sat across from Killian and me, the diary Nova had found lying open on the table between us.

Its pages were filled with Liora's careful handwriting, each word a piece of a puzzle that was growing darker by the minute.

"She suspected someone," Nova said, her voice steady despite the tremor in her hands. "She didn't name them, but she knew there was a threat within

Silvermoon."

Drystan's jaw tightened, his golden eyes burning with anger. "And that threat cost her everything. It's time we stop circling around this. Someone in Silvermoon betrayed her, and we need to find out who."

Killian leaned forward, his expression carefully controlled. "We're already investigating.

My warriors are questioning anyone who had close contact with Liora during that time. But it's not something we can rush."

Drystan's gaze sharpened, suspicion flickering in his eyes. "You seem awfully calm about all this, Killian. If someone in your Pack betrayed my mate, shouldn't you be more... concerned?"

My heart clenched at the accusation, and I reached for Killian's hand beneath the table, squeezing it lightly.

"Drystan," I said, keeping my voice steady, "we're just as determined to find the truth as you are. But accusing people without evidence will only create chaos. The rogues want us divided. We can't let them win."

Nova looked at me then, her expression softening. "Astrid's right. We can't turn on each other. But we also can't ignore what we've found. If Liora suspected someone, we need to figure out who it was."

Later That Night....

I sat in our room, the fire casting flickering

eyes fixed on the flames as if they held the answers to the storm brewing around

closer," he said finally, his voice low. "If they find out the

it. But for now, we need to keep them focused on the Rogue King. If they find out

they do find out?

"Then we'll deal with it when the time comes. But right now, we can't let this break us. The rogues are

within him, the battle between his loyalty to his mother

was a battle we were both fighting, and I wasn't sure how much longer we

Drystan's POV

our quarters, the weight of the diary in her

journal had given us more questions than answers, but one

softly, her voice brittle and trembling. "She knew someone betrayed her, and she couldn't stop

a hand on

as much as

out who it was,"

voice rough but resolute. "And when we do,

see the grief and anger swirling in her

"Why would someone do this? She

didn't deserve

wanted

the Packhouse, his expression tense and his

rogue," he said, addressing Killian and me. "We captured one near the border. He didn't resist he just...

me in the courtyard as the

his body frail, but his eyes gleamed with

restraints, he radiated an unnerving confidence, his smirk

said, his voice grating but