Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 405: Another Spy

Astrid's POV

The air in the dungeon was damp and heavy, clinging to my skin like a second layer.

The faint flicker of the bright light painted uneasy shadows on the stone walls, casting long, distorted shapes that felt as restless as the questions swirling in my mind.

Killian and I stopped outside Andros's cell, and for a moment, neither of us spoke.

Andros sat against the wall, his posture slouched, his gaze fixed somewhere distant, as though we weren't there.

His face was pale, worn, and etched with the weight of regret he had carried silently since Rowena's death.

"Andros," I said, my voice softer than I intended. It was impossible to ignore how different he looked now, like a man who had already resigned himself to whatever fate we would decide.

His dark eyes flicked toward me briefly before dropping back to the ground. "What now?" he asked, his voice hollow, lacking the defiance I used to know.

tone firmer than mine. "We need answers," he said. "The fragments of the Forsaken Amulet are missing. We

weary sigh, his head tilting back against the cold stone. "The amulet is broken. What could he possibly want

worked with the rogues. You must know something. We had warriors left behind to investigate the area, to find clues that will make us better understand what the rogues are planning, but the rogues risked getting caught by going back just to retrieve it. Why would the

slightly, his bound hands resting on his lap. "I don't know," he admitted

would stop whatever the rogue king is planning and end it all. We thought it was the key to stopping him, but he's gone back for the

know? Was there a way to fix the amulet?" Killian

stop the rogue king's plans, but it's not enough to stop the rogue king himself,"

easily. Destroying his only weapon to defeat us won't discourage him from his goals

up even after we destroy the amulet. He will not stop until he achieve his goals. I just don't know what he is going

you think it's possible?" I pressed. "Can it be

his

scholar or a mystic. I only know that if the rogue king does find a way to repair it, we will all

radiating off him in waves. "You must at least know something. How about the rogue king? Do you know his identity? Maybe if we find out who he is and why he is doing this, then we could just talk to

said, his voice flat. "I don't know his real name or his reasons. No one did. He keeps his

carefully, "You must know at

me something, but I swear he didn't. Although I met him and I worked with him in the past, we weren't close. He didn't trust me enough because of my identity," Andros answered with