Chapter 401: Reconciliation

Astrid's POV

The words hung in the air, heavy and sharp, cutting deeper than any blade. I felt Killian's tension beside me, the barely contained storm beneath his surface threatening to erupt.

"She introduced you... to the Rogue King?" Killian's voice was low, trembling with suppressed rage.

His golden eyes bore into Andros, demanding answers, demanding a reason to justify what was unfathomable.

Andros's gaze flickered, the indifference cracking ever so slightly. He leaned his head back against the cold stone wall, exhaling slowly.

"She didn't tell me why at first," he said, his tone eerily calm. "She just... showed up. Out of nowhere."

The faint light from the torch above us cast long shadows across his face, and for a moment, I saw something raw in his eyes-something I couldn't ignore.

"She said she wanted to help me," Andros continued, his voice softening, almost as if he were speaking to himself. "Said she didn't want me to rot away in exile. That she could... save me."

Killian's eyes narrowed. "Save you?" He spoke bitterly. "From what? From the consequences of your own actions?"

Andros turned his gaze to me, his expression unreadable. "From myself," he said simply.

faltered, caught off guard by the honesty in his voice. I thought Rowena approached him to use him, to use his hatred against us

surprised expression, I knew he had the same thoughts

promised you something in exchange of working for her?" His tone was accusatory, laced with the deep-seated

off the

his gaze to me, as if he believed that I would understand him better. "I don't trust her. If you know me

he is raised as the

don't trust her, then why did you do so in the end?"

her that I refused. She kept coming back, refusing to accept no as an answer. You could

asked, my voice colder now, unwilling to let him fool as easily just like he had

heading down the same path she did a path of mistakes, of selfish choices driven

stared at

this version of his mother that

she introduced you to

worked with the enemy and why did she introduced you

frustrated by our questions, our doubts of

fists and

she betrayed all of us!" Killian yelled, his face turned red in anger. "She sided with

could any of that not be her

bars that were separating him from us. I instantly grabbed Killian's arm, in fear that Andros would harm him even with the

what happened to Liora!" Andros shouted back. "Rowena made a deal with the rogues that's why she owed

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