Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

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.

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

Killian's surprised expression, I knew he had the same thoughts

meant by saving you? Or did she promised you something in exchange of working for her?" His tone was accusatory, laced with the deep-seated hurt he was struggling to keep

right off the bat, and even if that was her intention, I wouldn't have agreed

him better. "I don't trust her. If you

raised as the crowned Alpha. He will have

you do so in the end?" I

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

my voice colder now, unwilling to let him

memory. "She told me she saw herself in me. That I was heading down the same path she did a path of mistakes, of selfish choices driven by

stared at Andros, struggling

of his mother that Rowena didn't

she introduced

she worked with the enemy and why did she

as he felt frustrated by our questions, our doubts of

his fists and scoffed,

me, she betrayed all of us!" Killian yelled, his face turned red in anger. "She sided with the rogues, and she even approached you!

lot of things. How could any of that not

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

"Rowena made a deal with the rogues that's