Ch. 106..110: Reclaiming My Broken Luna Chapter 106-110

Chapter 106: Daughter

Drystan's POV

"Theron," I uttered his name coldly and grabbed his arm when we finally reached the hallway, stopping him from his tasks.

Seeing how I grabbed their Alpha, his entourage of guards stepped forward, their postures rigid and protective, ready to swiftly intervene and shield their Alpha from me. However, before they could even lay a finger on me, Theron raised his hand, silently signaling them to calm down. "What do you want?" I hissed at Theron with my brows firmly pressed together as I stared at him with a narrowed gaze

The air around us cackled with tension as I held my ground, unwavering, meeting Theron's piercing gaze with my own resolute stare.

I still believe that there is a hidden motive as to why Theron would use their Pack's sacred treasure to save Astrid.

I was about to ask him about that during dinner last night, but he distracted me from doing that by offering me a Pack Alliance.

I had suspected that maybe he and Astrid already knew each other from before, but their interaction earlier proved that they had no prior connection with each other.

Astrid didn't even know that the man who was standing right in front of her was the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack.

Since Astrid doesn't even know who he is, why is he so determined to save her?

Theron's face remained impassive when he heard my question. He wore a carefully crafted mask of control, but I could sense that he was hiding something from me.

"I don't want anything in return, Drystan. I did all this out of the kindness of my own heart," Theron answered, still trying to deceive me.

He thinks I would buy that lie just because I always fell for his tricks in the past? I might have fallen for his tricks in the past, but it was only because he had innocent intentions behind it. I couldn't tell what insidious motives he had.

I scoffed. "I don't think you used your Pack's sacred treasure to save Astrid out of your own heart."

Theron is the closest friend that I ever had. I know him very well. Despite always having so many tricks underneath his sleeve, he always had a pure heart. However, it's been years since we last saw each other. I have no idea how much Theron has changed. Since this concerns Astrid, I need to be wary and careful with him. I do not want to put Astrid in another danger again.

"I see, I see what you are trying to say," Theron simply nodded his head. I felt like he was not taking me seriously.

I took a steadying breath, my grip on his arm tightening ever so slightly until finally, he inclined his head slightly, granting me the attention sought. If you want to know the truth, come with me to my office. I cannot let anyone hear

about to say," Theron what I'm

spoke

seriously.

My brows furrowed. What is he going to tell me? Does he really have bad intentions in helping us?

I followed Theron to his office to listen to what he was going to say. I watched as he locked the door to his office after we entered, leaving only us in the room.

"Does this have something to do with the bracelet?" I asked him before he could even turn around to face me.

My body turned rigid as I waited for what he was going to say. If the bracelet was indeed stolen, I'm afraid that Theron must be doing this for revenge.

I should have made my own investigation first before contacting him. However, only by telling him about the bracelet would I ever find out the truth

"Astrid was just a child when her grandmother gave that bracelet to her as a gift: Astrid is innocent; if you are doing this for revenge, I swear I will fight back. I will not let you¶ay a

single finger on Astrid," I threatened

him.

I know I have no power to fight against him or his Pack, but I would do everything that I can to protect Astrid. I will never back down just because I'm facing against a powerful enemy. "You really care so much for her," Theron replied, ignoring my threats.

"More than you can imagine," I replied confidently with my chin held high. "So, don't you ever think of hurting her?"

"What makes you think that I would

do that?" Theron asked me questioningly. "She was dying, but took her in my Pack and used our Pack's sacred treasure to save her. Why would I desperately save her life if I plan to harm her?"

I fell speechless. I couldn't answer his question. "Then why are you doing this?!" I demanded.

I've been overthinking because he has been hiding the truth from me. Why can't he just tell me the truth?

"I think..." Theron took a deep breath and paused, a conflicted expression etched on his face. "I think Astrid is my daughter."

My eyes widened. "What?" I blurted out. "You're his father?" I repeated in disbelief. "How could that be? If you are her father, then what was she doing in the Silvermoon Pack?"

Theron didn't answer. He just sat on his couch and burrowed his face in his palms.

"How could Astrid be your daughter? She doesn't even have an Alpha blood," I spoke again questioningly.

It doesn't make any sense. This whole thing confounds me.

 

Chapter 107: First Encounter

Astrid's POV

Nova never left my side. She stayed beside me, keeping me company in this little boring room where silence enveloped us as I secretly grieved on my own.

I curled on my bed, facing the opposite direction as emptiness filled my heart. My eyes remained open, unblinking as I thought of the unborn child that I lost.

I pressed a hand to my still-flat abdomen where my child used to be. The comforting swell that had given her so much joy was already gone. There's just nothing in there but the unyielding flatness of my own skin.

With a shuddering breath, I closed my eyes, shutting out the world. In the darkness, I allowed my tears to finally fall, mourning not just the child I had lost but also the mother I would never be.

I felt hollow and useless, the emptiness inside me echoing, swallowing me whole in a depressive state.

I know my tears couldn't bring my baby back. It would never erase how I failed as a mother and the crushing guilt that I couldn't keep my child safe.

For this mistake, I will only forgive myself once those who killed my child get what they deserve. I will only learn to forgive myself once I see Giselle suffer for her sins with my very own eyes.

"Do you feel alright? Do you feel hurt anywhere?" Nova asked me with concern as she sat behind me, oblivious to my tears.

I held my breath. "I'm alright," I answered, trying my best to remove traces of tears in my voice.

"You should eat, Astrid. Try to eat at least a little," Nova insisted as my food ran cold beside her.

Suddenly, the door opened. "Is that how you show your gratitude to us for saving you?" A cold female voice spoke.

"A-Asha," Nova stuttered as she watched Asha saunter inside the room, towards my saline bag, and make some notes on her tablet.

I wiped my tears away and slowly pushed myself up.

"Do you know how much it cost us to save your life?" Asha's brows furrowed as she stared down at Astrid, her eyes narrowing to piercing slits. "Are you going to waste all of that by killing yourself to hunger?"

I averted my gaze, my jaw set in stubborn defiance. I know they have spent countless hours tending to me, but in my grief, it all felt so meaningless.

Nova stood up, "Don't worry, Asha. Astrid just woke up. It's normal for her not to have any appetite to eat." Nova defended me.

However, her words fell on deaf ears.

"Your friends brought you all the way to our Pack, fisking their lives just to save you. They care so much about you, but you don't even care about yourself, Asha pressed, her tone sharp and uncompromising, "The world doesn't revolve around you,

Astrid."

I flinched at her words, which felt like a slap to my face. How dare she speak as if she knew anything about the pain that I was going through? I just lost my child! Can't I grieve about that?

"You have no idea what I've been through!" I shot back, my voice trembling with barely contained emotion. "I've lost EVERYTHING. The least you could do is show a little compassion instead of berating me like a child!"

Asha scoffed. "Compassion? Or do you mean pity? You can go wallow in your own self-pity party if you want. We all have been through our own struggles. You are not the only person who experienced miscarriage." "Asha, stop!" Nova intervened when Asha's words became too personal.

"I get it, Asha. You spent countless hours trying to pull me back from the brink of death. Maybe you haven't even slept the whole night that's why you're feeling so cranky, but the least you could do is at least respect my feelings instead of invalidating them," I retorted.

"We had to sacrifice our Pack's sacred treasure just to save you, Astrid! Your worthless life was saved in exchange for our most valuable treasure. I won't let our Pack's treasure to fall in vain!" Asha yelled back angrily.

"What?" My eyes softened when I heard her words. "What do you mean? Why would you use your Pack's sacred treasure to save me?" I asked the fire in my eyes dimming to a smolder.

Asha scoffed. "You were as good as dead when they took you to our Pack. Only the Lunar Elixir could save you, so we had to use it."

"But why would you?" I asked again, my brows furrowing together. "Why would you do that? Why can't you just let me die?"

"Can't you just see how important your life has become? You are just a mere omega, but because of the Lunar Elixir, your life has become valuable even though it only cured you of your normal state without enhancing your powers. Because of the Lunar Elixir, you have lost your right to your life. It's your duty to take care of yourself," Asha spoke.

"Wait! You didn't answer my question!" I blurted out as I grabbed her arm when she suddenly turned to leave.

Asha stopped in her tracks. She glanced over her shoulder and glared at my hand. "Get your hands off me," she commanded frighteningly.

I gasped in surprise when Asha suddenly pulled my arm. "This bracelet!" Asha spoke with wide eyes. "Where did you get this?"

 

Chapter 108: Thief

Astrid's POV

I bit my lower lip as I tried to pull my arm away from Asha's iron-tight grasp. Her slender fingers were like bands of steel as she held me down, her eyes fixated with laser-like intensity on the dark silver bracelet that adorned my wrist. Each time I tried to pull my hand out, she would tighten her grip around my wrist, burying her nails into my skin until my arm had turned red because of the lack of blood.

"I asked you a question!" Asha yelled at me. "Where did you get this?!"

I flinched at her fury. I do not understand why my bracelet made her angry.

"Asha, let her go! You are hurting her," Nova demanded, unable to lay a finger on the daughter of the Shadowfang Pack's Alpha.

If only she had not been someone we could not afford to offend, Nova would have hurled her away from me to protect me.

"I-It was a gift," I answered her as I winced in pain.

Suddenly, Asha twisted my arm, making me yell out loud. She held my arm in an unnatural position. She held it at a perfect angle at the edge of breaking my arm.

"Asha! Let her go!" Nova yelled as she stepped forward to intervene.

However, Asha pushed her back by baring her canines and giving Nova a murderous glare with her glowing golden eyes.

Nova's wolf tucked her tail between her hind legs and pressed her ears down when Asha showed her wolf to the surface.

Nova instinctively stepped backward. Asha's power was too much. We are nothing compared to the daughter of the Shadowfang Pack's Alpha.

"Liar!" Asha shouted as she turned her attention back to me. "How dare you lie to me. Did you really think that I would buy your lies?" Asha hissed at me, her brows furrowing as she scrutinized the bracelet even more closely. "This bracelet is my family's heirloom. We lost it years ago. So how did it end up with you?" Asha questioned me again.

I took in sharp breaths as I felt a heavy pressure forming in my shoulder. "I didn't lie to you. I wouldn't dare to!" I shot back. "Look at it closely. Maybe you were mistaken. I had this bracelet since I was little."

"This bracelet is made of Luminite. It even has our family's symbol on it. How could I be mistaken? How could a mere omega even afford to own a Luminite bracelet?"

"I'm just telling you what I know. It's true that my grandmother gave me this as a gift when I was little. Other than that, I know nothing else!" I reasoned out, hoping that she would believe I was innocent. Seeing that I was telling the truth, Asha finally dropped my arm.

"If that's the case, then it only means that you are the daughter of the thief

who stole from us," Asha spoke coldly as held my aching arm. "And to think that we used our Pack's sacred treasure to save your life."

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"Guards! Seize her! Put her in the dungeon!" Asha shouted commandingly.

As soon as those words left her lips, the Pack guards instantly entered the room and surrounded me.

My eyes widened as I locked gazes with Asha's accusing and hateful eyes.

A thief's daughter? My mother and grandmother might be poor, but we are not criminals. I am wrongfully accused here!

Except...

"Asha, you can't do this! Your father entrusted Astrid to you. He commanded you to take care of her." Nova raised her arms on both sides as she blocked me from Asha's path.

"Get out of my way if you don't want to join her in the dungeon also," Asha threatened her.

"This bracelet is all you want, right? If it is truly yours, then you can have it," I shot back as I unclasped the bracelet around my wrist and threw it to her.

The bracelet fell just a few inches to her feet. She stared at it before picking it up and holding it up to take a better look at it.

"What are you all waiting for? Bring her to the dungeon!" Asha yelled at the unmoving Pack guards.

"Wait!" Nova shouted as she

guarded me from the Pack guards who were attempting to drag me

away. "Asha, Astrid gave you then et

bracelet already. Why are you still taking her?" Nova asked her with

brows furrowed together.

"Even if she didn't steal from our Pack, she still tricked us into using the Lunar Elixir to save her life by hiding her identity from us. That should be counted as a felony. You stole our Pack's sacred treasure and used it for your own benefit! Asha pointed a finger at me and explained.

"Take her away and have her punished!" Asha spoke with a scowl on her face.

Fear enveloped me as the guards held my arm. Stealing a Pack's sacred treasure is a serious crime. A punishment for that could include torture to death. "Asha, you should at least inform your father about this first and let him make his decision about this matter," Nova pleaded as she approached Asha for mercy. "My father would give the same decree even if he's here. Our Pack has its own laws, and I do not have to disturb him about this," Asha gave a flippant reply.

I fell on my knees when the Pack guards dragged me out of my bed. I still felt weak and had no energy to carry my own weight. However, the Pack guards didn't stop forcing me to pull me out of the room. "What's going on here?" A commanding voice resounded in the room, making everyone stop.

 

Chapter 109: Erika

Astrid's POV

Everyone stopped and bowed their heads with respect when Alpha Theron entered the room.

Alpha Theron's piercing gaze scanned the room. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion when he saw the amount of Pack guards crowding inside the room.

But then, Alpha Theron's stern expression softened when his eyes fell upon me, kneeling weakly on the ground.

Without hesitation, he strode towards me, concern etched on his features. Reaching down, Alpha Theron gently took my arm, helping me to my feet with a tenderness that belied his imposing stature.

I was surprised at how much he cared. I felt uncomfortable receiving such treatment from a man like him.

"Are you alright?" Theron's deep voice was laced with unmistakable worry as he steadied me and carefully brought me back to bed.

"Thank you, Alpha. I'm alright," I replied, as I felt uneasy at the attention that he was giving me.

It felt awkward when I saw everyone staring at us in surprise. Asha has the most interesting reaction from them all. Her expression is filled with different emotions that it is hardly readable. Alpha Theron stood up straight before slowly facing the others. The softness in his gaze hardened into a steely, unwavering glare as he turned to them.

"What happened here?" His deep voice rumbled like distant thunder, brooking no argument or evasion.

His brows furrowed, his expression morphing into one of undisguised fury. Gone was the protectiveness he had shown me in its place, an aura of raw, unyielding authority radiated from him. The Pack guards shifted uncomfortably, sensing the Alpha's wrath as he demanded answers, his posture rigid and unyielding.

Everyone present knew better than to meet that piercing gaze or offer anything less than the full truth.

"Father!" Asha was the first one to speak. "Take a look at this. I found it in her possession."

I lowered my head in fear when Asha handed my bracelet to Alpha Theron.

Drystan, who had arrived at the same time that Alpha Theron did, went beside me and placed a hand around my shoulders in comfort.

Alpha Theron's grip on the bracelet tightened after he took a look at it. I thought he was going to get angry with me. However, I was surprised when he turned his fiery gaze towards his daughter. "Why do you have this?" he questioned her.

Asha's eyes widened, and she did not expect that reaction from her own father. "Isn't this our family heirloom?" Asha asked him back. "I saw her wearing it, so I took it from her. This bracelet was stolen from us, and she had it." Asha explained.

"Then it's you who called these Pack guards in and ordered them to manhandle Astrid," Alpha Theron replied as his eyes narrowed on his daughter.

Asha's eyes widened. "Manhandle?" she repeated. "She stole the bracelet from us, father. I just did things according to our law."

"I told you to take care of her, didn't

I?!" Alpha Theron yelled at his daughter angrily. "I entrusted her to you. If hadn't come to check on her, I wouldn't have known that you've done something like this.

Asha's mouth fell open in disbelief, not expecting that her father would react this way.

"What am I supposed to do then?" Asha retorted.

"You should have done it the way I told you to," Alpha Theron answered.

"But she's a thief, father -"

"She's not a thief, Asha!" Alpha Theron thundered, cutting his daughter short. "This bracelet was given to her.

Asha scowled deeply. "Then it was stolen by her parents," she hissed as she glared at me.

"That's not what happened," Alpha Theron spoke in a low voice. "I gave this bracelet to her mother."

Asha's eyes went wide, including mine. I lifted my chin up and gazed at Alpha Theron in surprise. How did he know my mother?

"Why would you do that?" Asha asked in disbelief. "She's just an omega," she spoke in distaste.

Alpha Theron pinched the bridge of his nose before he sighed. "I guess it's time for me to tell the truth."

My heart pounded inside my chest. What truth is he going to tell us?

I was little when my mother died, and because of that, I only have small memories of her. To say the least, I really know nothing about both of my parents.

Hearing that Alpha Theron actually knew who my mother was really surprised me.

"Years ago," Alpha Theron began in a strained voice. "I was involved with another woman."

Asha fell silent as she locked gazes with her father. A betrayed look flashed in her eyes, but she remained silent.

"She was the woman I wanted to marry. I proposed to her using this bracelet instead of an engagement ring," Alpha Theron spoke as he showed the bracelet to us.

"I told her that nothing will separate

us, not even our differences, so le gave her, this bracelet to show how serious I was with her." Alpha Theron's gaze turned deep as he thought of those memories.

"However, my brother died, and I was forced to take the Alpha position. I had no choice but to leave her. She left, and I don't know where she went. I never had any news from her ever since."

"What's that woman's name?" Asha asked with a tone of hatred laced in her voice. "Erika," Alpha Theron answered. "That was her name."

 

Chapter 110: Abandonment

Astrid's POV

Erika? That's also my mother's name. The bracelet... Alpha Theron gave it to a woman named Erika, who then gave it to me.

My eyes slowly widened when Alpha Theron's words sank in. The woman he had been involved with, the one he had abandoned while she was pregnant. that woman is my mother. Which meant... My breath got caught in my throat as realization dawned upon me like a splash of cold water. Is the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack my father?

How could that be? How could a powerful Alpha be my father who abandoned us?

My heart hammered inside my chest, my pulse pounding in my ears. I curled my fingers into the bedsheets, knuckles turning white from my vice-like grip as a storm of emotions clouded me. "Don't tell me..." Asha spoke, her eyes widening. "Tell me, is that the name of your mother?" she spoke directly to me.

My gaze flickered to Asha, my half-sister that I ever knew I had.

I opened my mouth, desperate to say something - anything, but the words lodged in my throat, choking me. I could only nod my head in response to her question.

My answer hit Asha like a punch to the gut, knocking the wind from her lungs. Her eyes went wide, and her mouth agape as she struggled to process everything.

Shaking her head slowly, Asha took a step back as if distance could somehow make this truth disappear. Her gaze darted between Theron and me, but just like her, I was also equally caught off guard by Alpha Theron's confession.

"There's no way." Asha blurted out. "There's no way that she's my half-sister!" Asha's fingers curled into trembling fists at her sides, nails biting into her palms.

She couldn't accept it. Of course, she would never accept being related to me by blood.

"Look at her father. There's no way she's yours! She doesn't even have an Alpha blood in her veins. She's weak! I can't have a sister like that!" Asha reasoned out to her father as if begging him to take back his words and tell them that everything he said was just a lie.

I lowered my gaze as my half-sister reacted with vehement rejection of the news. The pain and betrayal etched onto Asha's features only served to amplify my own conflicted feelings.

"Enough, Asha!" Alpha Theron shouted as he held his daughter by his arms to steal some sense in her. "Erika was pregnant when she left. Astrid is my daughter. She's your true half-sister."

Asha pulled back, removing her father's hold on her. She glared at me with menace as if all of this was my fault.

"You're not my sister. You will never be my sister!" Asha yelled before storming out of the room.

"Asha! Asha! Come back here!" Alpha Theron yelled after her daughter, but she didn't turn back.

Alpha Theron sighed before turning to me. "Asha is the princess of the Pack; she was spoiled too much. Don't mind her. Soon enough, she would wake up to her senses."

My gaze flickered to Alpha Theron when he spoke. Now that there was total silence, I finally came back to my senses.

All this time, I had yearned to know the identity of my father. I always thought he would be a rogue or a criminal even, but I never expected that he would turn out to be him.

Ever since I was little, I had always wondered why he abandoned me and my mother. Of all the reasons I've thought about, this would be his reason That he abandoned us

because we were less imis

him?

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Every time I suffered, every time I needed a father, I always wondered why he wasn't there. I can't believe that this is the reason that he will give me.

"Astrid," he began, voice low and

thick with regret. "I... I cannot begin to express how deeply sorry I am. When I... when I left your mother, thought was making the right. choice, the only choice. But in doing so, Kabandoned you - my own flesh and blood." He paused, swallowing the lump in his throat. "I fobbed you of a father, and for that, I am truly sorry."

A resounding slap echoed inside the room after my palm made contact with his cheek. Everyone was surprised, not expecting that I would hit the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack.

My palm stung at the sharp contact, but no one said a word. I watched as Alpha Theron held his stinging cheek.

"That is for my mother," I spoke hard as tears streamed down my face. "You don't know how much pain and hardship she went through after you left her." I pointed a finger at him.

"After you left, she took all the responsibility. Life was so hard on her that she died early." I spoke as I choked back tears.

Alpha Theron fell silent. He couldn't even look into my eyes. I've only mentioned my mother's pain. Mine was worse than hers because I had no father to protect me.

"You're right. You robbed me of a father, but you also robbed me of a mother as well!" I shouted at him.

"What's the point of you telling us all

of this?" I asked him mockingly.

"Didn't you choose your Pack

instead of us? Since you've already made that choice, you should,

е

commit to your decision until the end," I spoke emptily.

"You can't choose your Pack and expect that you could also have me, Alpha. Let's just act like you said nothing," I added as I turned my back on him.