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."

and falling rapidly

her?" he asked, his voice rising with each word. "She let them destroy everything?" His

a choice," Andros said, his tone steady but firm. "She played the villain because she thought it was the only way to protect you to protect all of us. Every move she made, everything she

Killian whispered, his voice barely audible now, his shoulders slumping

straightened slightly, his gaze locking onto Killian. "She planned all of this," he

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

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

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

heavy with the weight of his

harsh, cold, and distant because she thought it would hurt less when she was

against his chest as he

said, his voice breaking. "She raised me. She took care of me. How

tension in the room growing thicker. "She thought it was the

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

from Andros, pressing a hand to his face.

punishment," he echoed, his voice trembling. "To die without

done terrible things, Killian," Andros said, his

didn't expect forgiveness.

she 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 would be easier

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