Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 399

Chapter 399: Tough Love

Astrid's POV

The world outside my dreams pulled me back slowly, the haze of sleep clinging to me as I stirred awake.

Something was missing, though. I reached out instinctively to the empty space beside me, my fingers brushing against the cool sheets where Killian should have been.

I blinked, still disoriented, as I pushed myself up. The room was dim, the soft glow of moonlight streaming through the windows.

My eyes adjusted slowly, and then I saw him-Killian, standing on the terrace just outside, his broad back turned to me.

His posture was rigid, his hands gripping the railing as though it were the only thing keeping him grounded.

Yawning, I stretched, rolling my shoulders to shake off the remnants of sleep.

The cool air hit me as I stepped onto the terrace and I instantly wrapped my arms around myself.

"Killian," I called softly, my voice still hoarse from sleep. He didn't turn, didn't acknowledge me at first.

His head hung low, the tension radiating from him unmistakable.

I closed the distance between us, placing a gentle hand on his arm. "What's wrong?" I asked, my worry spilling into my voice.

Killian finally turned to look at me. He forced a smile on his face, that looked quite broken. "What are you doing here? You should go back and sleep," he muttered, faking a smile to push me away.

"I can't sleep. I'm not used to sleeping beside an empty space," I muttered as I touched the railing and stood beside him.

asked directly into his

me.

between us, broken only by

let out a shaky breath, his knuckles whitening as he gripped the

thinking about her," he said, his

asked gently, already

his shoulders trembling slightly. "She's gone, Astrid. She's... gone." His voice cracked, and my chest

on his shoulder and looked at him softly, reminding him that he doesn't

turned to me suddenly, and the sight of his

man who had always been my rock, my unshakable anchor, looked

a hand through his hair in frustration. "I should have fixed

murmured, stepping

Astrid. I held onto every mistake she ever made, every hurt she

gone, and

en

swallowed hard, knowing exactly how

through that same pain when my father died. Like him,

hatred, refusing to forgive, wasting all the chances I

ache. I reached out, wrapping my arms around him from behind, resting my cheek against

His strong arms clung to me tightly, as though letting go

was so angry," he whispered, his voice muffled against my neck. "So angry at her for everything she'd done +didn't see her for who she was I didn't give her a chance to make things

shoulder as his sobs grew louder, the weight of

saw her as a villain," he choked out. "Every decision she made... I thought it was

cried. "But you weren't entirely right either Still, none of it were

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