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

knew he had

she meant by saving you? Or did she promised you something in exchange of working for her?" His

made her intentions clear to me right off the bat, and even if that was her intention, I wouldn't have agreed to work with

believed that I would understand him better. "I don't trust her. If you know me I don't like

true, Andros was born like a prince, and he is raised as the crowned Alpha.

you do so in the end?" I shot

accept no as

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

was heading down the same path she did a path of

shoulders loosened as he stared at Andros, struggling to

hear this version of his mother that Rowena

she introduced

worked with the enemy and why did she introduced you to the enemy?" Killian's voice broke through the silence,

as he felt frustrated by

his fists and scoffed, at

yelled, his face turned red in anger. "She sided with the rogues, and she even approached

of things. How could any of that not

him from us. I instantly grabbed Killian's arm, in fear that

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

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