Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon
Chapter 430
Chapter 430: A Price to Pay
Astrid's POV
The walls of the Packhouse had never felt so suffocating.
Days had passed since Elara was taken, but time had lost all meaning.
The world outside moved on, but inside these walls, inside this nightmare, everything was frozen-suspended in a relentless cycle of fear, exhaustion, and waiting.
Waiting for news. Waiting for a sign. Waiting for something, anything, to bring my daughter back.
But all I had were the heavy, sinking hours in between, where every breath felt like a struggle, where every shadow in the room felt like it was closing in on me.
Ryker's condition wasn't improving.
If anything, he was getting worse.
He barely spoke. He barely ate. When he did sleep, it was restless and fitful, his small hands gripping the sheets as if he were still in battle, as if he were still fighting off the monsters that had stolen his sister.
Every time he closes his eyes to sleep, he wakes up screaming his sister's name, tormented by nightmares.
Ryker is blaming himself for what happened to his sister, worsening his health.
And I... I was barely surviving.
I couldn't eat. I couldn't sleep.
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Elara's terrified face, her small hands reaching
for me, the way her screams had echoed as she was ripped from my grasp.
I had failed her.
I had failed both of them.
I sat by Ryker's bedside, my fingers brushing through his damp hair, pushing it away from his forehead.
His skin was clammy, his breathing too shallow for my liking.
"Ryker," I whispered, my voice hoarse from days of disuse.
His lashes fluttered, but he didn't open his eyes.
I looked down at his hand resting in mine, so small, so fragile, and I felt the weight
it-how easily I could lose
and I pressed my lips against
"I
deep voice broke through my thoughts. "You can't keep going like this,
didn't need
Killian.
the only one keeping all of us
been the one making sure the warriors stayed on high alert, the one taking care of the Pack, the one managing the chaos I no longer had the strength to
ridden by guilt and anxiety, but he had to be strong for us.
now, he was the one trying to
in his voice, the weight of his own grief
I couldn't afford
fingers tightening around Ryker's. "He's getting
“Because he's worrying about Elara," he said softly. "And because he's worrying about
That made me flinch.
lied, my voice sharper
Killian exhaled heavily. "Astrid."
don't care about me, Killian. I care about
you like this? You haven't eaten
unshed tears. "What else am I supposed to do?" My voice
Elara is out there, scared, alone.
QUMS
softened, and he reached up to cup my cheek, his warmth grounding me,
you to survive this, Astrid," he said gently. "Because when we bring
need her mother. And Ryker needs her
My chest tightened painfully.
knew he
I wasn't doing
the guilt-the crushing weight of it-was
to Ryker, brushing my fingers over his cheek. "I
just
my hand. "It will
respond, the door to the infirmary
face grim, his presence enough to send my heart
Something had happened.
immediately, his body tensing. "What
before settling back on Killian. He reached into his cloak and pulled out a folded piece of parchment, the edges
quietly. “From the
me went
took the parchment, his jaw tightening
quickly, his entire body going
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