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

each word.

was the only way to protect

barely audible now, his shoulders slumping under the weight of the

onto Killian. "She planned all

end. She knew she was going to die. And she decided that when she did, she'd

struck like a physical blow. Killian staggered back a step, his breath catching as he ran a hand through his

trembled, and his golden eyes shimmered with unshed tears. "She planned to die," he

heavy with the weight of his

cold, and distant because she thought it would hurt less

against his chest as he released a shaky

said, his voice breaking. "She raised me. She took care of me. How could she... how could she have thought that I could hurt

growing thicker. "She thought it

protect you. And she didn't tell you, didn't let you see her regret, because she thought...

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

voice trembling. "To

she had done terrible things, Killian,"

expect forgiveness.

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

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