Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 402

Chapter 402: Final Act

Astrid's POV

I studied Andros's face as he spoke, searching for even the faintest trace of deceit, but there was none.

His expression was raw, stripped bare of his usual indifference, and in its place was something achingly human.

Beneath the steady timbre of his voice, I caught a faint sadness-not just for Rowena, but for Killian, too. It made my chest tighten.

I turned to Killian and felt my heart break at the sight of him. His golden eyes, usually so fierce and commanding, burned with a storm of emotions that threatened to drown him-anger, sorrow, regret.

He stood frozen, like a man facing the wreckage of his entire world.

"Then why didn't she?" Killian's voice, sharp and brittle, sliced through the heavy air.

His fists trembled, clenched so tightly at his sides that his knuckles were white. "If she regretted everything so much, why didn't she just say something? Why didn't she stop?"

Andros let out a quiet sigh, leaning his head back against the damp stone wall. "Because she couldn't," he said, his voice heavy with the weight of the truth.

"The rogues wouldn't let her. They were using her as a spy, forcing her to betray you-to betray the Pack. And if she refused..." He hesitated, the words catching in his throat. "Someone else would have paid the price."

hitched, his chest rising and falling rapidly as he absorbed the

use her?" he asked, his voice rising with each

steady but firm. "She played the villain because she thought it was the only way to protect

you saying?" Killian whispered, his voice barely audible now, his shoulders slumping under

onto Killian. "She planned all of this," he said, his

to her, she decided how it would end. She knew she was going

a physical blow. Killian staggered back a step, his breath catching

"She planned to die," he said hoarsely.

with the weight of his

helped in ways you couldn't see," he continued. "She was harsh, cold, and distant because she thought it would hurt

his chin pressing against his

of me. How could she... how could

the room growing thicker. "She thought it was the only way to

protect you. And she didn't tell you, didn't let you

pressing a hand to his face. His broad shoulders trembled, his breathing ragged and

voice trembling. "To die without making things

she had done terrible things, Killian," Andros said, his

expect

deserved it. But she also didn't want you to carry the weight of her mistakes. She thought that...maybe, if you hated her, it

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