Ch. 111..115: Reclaiming My Broken Luna Chapter 111-115

Chapter 111: Scorned

Astrid's POV

My composure crumbled, and I broke out into tears when Alpha Theron and the others finally left the room, leaving Drystan, Nova, and me behind.

Drystan stood silently by my side, his usually stoic expression softening with concern as he regarded me. Nova, ever the perceptive one, reached out and gave my hand a gentle squeeze.

"It's going to be alright," Nova murmured, her voice like a soothing balm.

Why did he have to say that? Why did he have to expose the truth now, after I just lost my child? Did he think that I would be happy to find out that he was my father? Did he think that I would run into his arms and forgive me like nothing happened by just showing remorse?

The only emotion I felt when I heard the truth was not joy but anger. Now that I finally knew the truth, I finally knew the amount of pain that my mother went through because of him.

As an omega mated to an Alpha, I know how it feels to be abused and oppressed because of discrimination because of the difference we had in our status.

Being mated to an Alpha wasn't like a fairy tale. It wasn't like Cinderella meeting her prince and getting her happily ever after.

For us omegas, being mated to an Alpha or falling in love with an Alpha is a nightmare.

When I married Killian, it wasn't a rags-to-riches kind of story; when I married him, it was like experiencing the seven hells just being with him.

I couldn't imagine how bad it was for my mother. She fell in love with an Alpha who promised her many things.

Alpha Theron even proposed her marriage using their family heirloom, yet in the end, he broke all the promises he made because his Pack was more important to him.

He impregnated my mother, and then he left her. My mother was pregnant and left on her own without a father to her unborn child.

Being an omega was already worse than it was. How much for getting pregnant without a father?

My mother lived in shame just because she chose to carry me instead of aborting me when she could avoid the shame she had received.

My mother raised me, and she loved me even though my father caused her pain and ruined her already pitiful life.

Alpha Theron abandoned me and my mother just because he chose his Pack? I would never accept that kind of reason.

For everything that he has done against my mother, I would never forgive him.

Alpha Theron is way worse than Killian.

"I'm done here. We should leave," I spoke coldly as I pushed the blankets off me and stepped off the bed.

However, my knees were too weak; they buckled, and I fell to the ground, unable to carry my own weight.

"Astrid!" Drystan yelled as he caught me perfectly in his arms, stopping my face from making contact with the floor.

Now that I know Alpha Theron is actually my father, I don't want to have any connection with him. He abandoned us, and I will never betray my mother, who never left me.

I could still remember the tears in

her eyes before she slowly lost her

breath. Even when she was dying, After

she was unwilling to let goying,

raising me, she deserved to witness me grow and see what I

turn

like. However, fate is ent

My mother battled with cancer, a disease that has no cure. It took her life away, including her hopes and dreams.

If the Shadowfang Pack could pull me from the brink of death, then they could have cured my mother so easily.

Alpha Theron did not let my mother down once, she let her down many times.

"Astrid, you haven't fully recovered yet. You should stay on your bed," Drystan scolded me as he placed me back on the mattress.

I shook my head and rested it on his shoulder. "No," I replied. "We need to leave. I can't stay here any longer. Drystan, please... take me out of here," I pleaded as I fisted his shirt while tears welled in my eyes. Drystan didn't say a word. Instead, he just hugged me, making my tears fall again.

"I know it's hard, Astrid, but you have to hold on a little longer. You are the strongest person I know. Someday, this pain would be over, and there would only be happiness again" Drystan whispered to me soothingly as he rubbed my back.

Nova just watched in silence as we embraced each other.

"I can't take the pain anymore, Drystan. All my life, there's been nothing but pain," my voice croaked as I burrowed my head into his shoulder.

Drystan was momentarily silenced

by my words "The pain will be over soon, Astrid. There's nothing that can't be healed by time, but those people who caused your pain need to pay. You can't give up like this and let them get away," he reminded me.

I nodded my head, my eyes narrowing into slits. Of course, I have never forgotten about that. That's the only reason why I was resurrected back to life. Those who had hurt me, those who killed my child, especially Giselle, I will make them all pay for what they have done.

I will never rest until they get what they deserve.

Chapter 112: Illegitimate Child

Asha's POV

A palpable rage consumed me as I stormed out of the room without a clear direction to go in mind.

A half-sister?? Never once in my life had I ever expected that my father would fall in love with a woman that is not my mother.

My mom and dad were mates destined for each other. My mother patiently waited for her mate and kept herself pure while my father impregnated someone else and even promised her marriage. Even though they haven't met each other yet, this should be counted as an affair. My father knew that he would meet his true mate later on, but instead of waiting, he cheated on my mother.

He actually fell in love with another girl, but because of his responsibility as an Alpha, he had to leave his mistress and marry my mother.

My life felt like a whole lie after my father made his raw confession. All my life, I thought my mom and dad had the perfect love story.

I grew up adoring how perfect and lovely my parents are. Even our Pack adores them so much. They are that IT couple that our Pack members look up to.

We are like the adorable and perfect family that everyone wishes to have, where there's a loving husband, an affectionate wife, and smart and beautiful children.

No one knows that my father was in love with another woman and even bore him an illegitimate child that is older than me and my older brother.

They had no idea that my powerful father had fallen in love with a weak omega who was a nobody compared to my mother, who was known for her beauty throughout our Pack and came from a powerful bloodline. Now that I finally know his dark secrets, I wonder which one was real and how much of my life was a lie.

I wonder which of the hugs and kisses he gave my mother really came from his heart

When my mother was alive, she never mentioned anything to me or my brother. I wonder if she had any idea about this at all.

If she didn't, I guess it's better that my mother didn't hear all these truths from my father. I know that it would break her heart so much if she had.

I guess her early death is still a blessing because it kept her from knowing about these things.

My phone rang, interrupting me from my thoughts. When I pulled my phone out of my pocket, I saw my older brother calling for a video call.

Although we could communicate through the Pack link, technology is still much better because we can see the person that we are talking to.

"What happened?" My brother's brows furrowed instantly as soon as the camera went on, and I saw the heated expression on my face.

"I told you not to pressure yourself

so much. It's just a research study,

just take your time, you don't have to

hurry things up," my brother

continued without waiting for my response. en

In my life, there's nothing else that makes me feel sad, angry, and stressed except for the projects and studies that I'm doing. My brother knows that, and he always reminds me to prioritize my health and go easy on myself.

So when he saw my expression, he thought it was one of those studies again.

"It's not about my studies this time." I sighed. "Just tell me when are you coming home."

"Did something bad happen?" His face tightened as he leaned closer to the camera.

I let out a deep breath. I don't think it's right for me to tell him that our father brought his illegitimate child into our Pack while he was away for business.

I think this kind of news is something he has to know once he has returned.

"Just tell me how long you are going to be there!" I answered exasperatingly.

His eyes searched around first before looking back at me. "I still don't know when. Things don't look good here. Is it something serious? I could go back and stay there for a few days-"

"There's no need," I spoke, interrupting him.

I've also heard from Beta Alek that things don't look good on his end. I don't want to give him more trouble by telling him about this and adding more things to his list of worries. While he's not here, I will take care of everything. I will not let Astrid take anything away from us.

I know the likes of her. For an omega like her who had a taste of power, she would surely take her chance with my father.

I can't let her have anything from us.

"Just focus on your job there, okay? Father has high expectations of you. You can't let him down this time," I reminded him, hoping that my words would encourage him. Andros, my older brother, sighed, tilting his head back. "I've done nothing but work."

That's how my brother and I differ from each other. While I'm obsessed with work, he is more relaxed and carefree, which is not that bad since he is still a responsible person. "Dad has placed his trust in you. You have to do your best," I spoke in a more serious tone.

Now that our father is reunited with his illegitimate child, the more that my brother and I have to prove our value to him so we can win more of his favor.

 

Chapter 113: Return

Drystan's POV

It's been a week since we made our stay in the Shadowfang Pack. It didn't even feel that we had been here that long.

When I turned my phone open, a thousand missed calls and a thousand messages popped up on my notifications, including a thousand emails from different Packs.

Ever since our Pack's alliance with the Shadowfang Pack was announced, my phone never stopped ringing, and Beta Caden never stopped begging and forcing me to come back to the Pack.

According to him, there were lots of Alphas from different Packs who flew over to our Pack, wishing to meet me.

Last time, when the rumor about my affair with Astrid blew up, everyone ignored me like I was invisible. They treated me like an outcast, but now that I have a connection with the Shadowfang Pack, people are so eager to talk to me like nothing happened.

The emails, calls, and messages I received just show how shameless they are. At the time when I begged them not to cancel their partnership with me, no one listened. The only Pack who never left us was the Frostbite Pack.

Since I am allied to the Shadowfang Pack and the Frostbite Pack is also allied to me, it would be like the Frostbite Pack is already allied with the Shadowfang Pack as well.

The Shadowfang Pack has always refused alliances with the other Packs. The only ally they have right now is us.

The only way that the other Packs could gain a connection with the Shadowfang Pack was by partnering with us, which is why Alphas from different Packs flew over to my Pack, desperate to talk to me.

Poor Caden, I left everything to him. Aside from managing the Pack on his own, he had to face Alphas from different Packs who were pressuring him and demanding to see me.

As the Alpha and the only leader of our Pack, I couldn't be away from our Pack for too long, especially with what's happening in the Pack.

However, Astrid needed me, so I had to stay.

I could only promise Caden that I would be back after a week. In the meantime, he just had to keep things stable and inform the guests that I was currently staying at the Shadowfang Pack, so they had to leave. Since Caden wouldn't stop begging me and forcing me to go back, I had to block my connection with the Pack link once again. I told Nova to block her connection with the Pack, too.

Knowing Caden, he would surely bother Nova if he couldn't bother me.

Astrid, on the other hand, has lost connection with our Pack link after the incident. Ever since she woke up, her wolf still hasn't resurfaced yet, which is why she couldn't connect through our Pack link.

"Are you sure you're going back?" Nova asked me. "I can take in charge and take care of the Pack so you could stay here with Astrid," she offered.

I shook my head. This is my responsibility as an Alpha. Why should I hand that responsibility to her if I could do that myself?

"Thank you, Nova. I appreciate your

offer, but as the Pack's Alpha, I cannot be away from my Pack for so long. I've been gone for a week. I really had to go back," I answered her

Nova and Astrid are close, and I also trust that she will take care of Astrid while I'm gone.

It's not like I would be gone for a week. I will make sure to come back as soon as I settle everything in our Pack.

Nova pursed her lips. "What are you going to tell Astrid?"

"For sure she would understand. She was a Luna before, she knows my situation," I assured her before I opened the door to Astrid's room.

"Where have you been?" Astrid asked as soon as she saw us.

"Astrid, I need to leave," I spoke in a low voice.

As much as I wanted to stay here with her, I couldn't. The Pack needs me, and I'm afraid that Caden won't be able to hold things up in the Pack if I stay here any longer. "I'm going to come with you," Astrid answered, surprising me.

"You can't come with me. You have to stay here so they could monitor your health and help you. Our Pack isn't as advance as this. We don't have all the medicines available in this Rack," I reasoned out to her.

"I'm fine. I'm already feeling well," Astrid insisted. "All I do all day is rest. I could just continue my rest in our Pack."

"How about your wolf?" Nova joined in. "Have you heard from her yet?"

Astrid fell silent at Nova's question.

"We can't leave this Pack until we ensure that your wolf is okay," Nova added when she didn't say a word.

"I'm sure my wolf is going to show herself soon," Astrid replied. "They used the Lunar Elixir to cure me They said there's no disease that it couldn't cure, right?"

"Astrid," I uttered her name firmly. "You should listen to Nova."

Astrid fixed me with a resolute stare. Her lips pressed into a determined line. Even after everything that she had gone through, there's one thing that didn't change. Her stubbornness. That expression of hers that says she would never accept the answer "No."

Chapter 114: PTSD

Drystan's POV

In the end, Astrid managed to convince Nova and me to bring her back to the Pack in exchange for a promise that she would visit here every week for her routine checks.

Astrid really didn't want to stay here any longer. Ever since she found out that her father was actually the Alpha of this Pack, she couldn't wait to leave.

Asha, on the other hand, hadn't seen Asha since she found out that Astrid was her half-sister. She had never shown herself to us ever since

When we arrived at the Shadowfang Pack, we brought nothing with us except ourselves.

It was an unplanned trip. Thankfully, the Shadowfang Pack provided us with clothes so we could change.

Now that we are returning to our pack, we changed the clothes that we wore at Killian's engagement party since it was the only one we owned.

"Are you really sure that you'd come with us?" I asked Astrid for the umpteenth time already.

Astrid nodded her head, not getting tired of giving me the same response.

"Even if you ask me for a million times, Drystan. I will never change my mind," she replied while looking at me in the eye.

"Are we not going to tell Alpha Theron that we are leaving?" Nova asked after she was done cleaning the room where we stayed so it would look the same as it was before we stayed there. Since Astrid is coming with me, there's no need for Nova to stay behind.

Astrid averted her gaze when she heard Nova's question..

"Don't worry, I'll talk to Alpha Theron. No one has to come with me. You can wait for me here," I answered Nova's question, directing my words to her.

"Then, Nova and I will go out first. Let's just meet outside," Astrid spoke confidently.

Nova and Astrid left first, leaving me behind. I gave one last look around the room just to make sure that we did not forget anything.

"Astrid! Astrid!" Nova's panicking voice entered my ears.

I hurriedly left the room and ran across the hallways until I reached them, standing near the staircase.

"Drystan!" Nova looked at me in panic when she saw me come out of the room.

My gaze fell on Astrid, who was lying on the ground, unmoving, with tears welling in her eyes.

"I don't know what happened. She just froze up and fell," Nova explained frantically as she was overwhelmed with worry.

"Astrid, Astrid breathed," I spoke firmly as I crouched beside Astrid and placed a hand below her back to support her. "Just breathe, Astrid!" I repeated, commanding her to breathe. Astrid looked at me, her eyes red with tears and her arms trembling like she was having a seizure.

She wasn't having a seizure. She

was having a panic attack. It was fear that was consuming her, constricting her chest, her muscles tightening, making her unable to breathe.

Something had triggered her, making her body react like this. I looked around, wondering what

could have possibly triggered hem et

when my gaze drifted to the staircase and the looming height near us.

It's PTSD. Astrid has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, which she wasn't aware of.

Because of what happened to her recently, she had developed a fear of heights that was so severe that her body would turn paralyzed because of it.

"Astrid look at me. Look at me," I commanded her as I carried her bridal style to take her away from what was causing her trauma.

I laid her back to her bed and held her close.

"Nova, called the doctors," I commanded her.

She nodded her head and ran outside in a hurry.

"You're safe now Astrid. Just breathe! I'm here, I'm not going to let anything happen to you," I spoke in a soothing, gentle tone. "Take deep breaths," I whispered as I took deep breaths myself so he could match me.

Astrid rested her head on my shoulders, matching the rising and falling of my chest. Soon enough, Astrid finally calmed down.

I looked down on her. The first thing I noticed was how her gaze finally cleared up.

Unbidden, flashes of her accident must have replayed in her mind while she was fighting for her life.

It has been a week since the accident, but the memory of that terrifying fall is still seared into her mind.

Now, every time she'd get near a looming height, her body would betray her, seized by a visceral, all-consuming fear.

When Astrid could finally move, she wrapped her arms around my neck and cried like a baby.

My heart shattered as I listened to her cries. Unbridled fury wrapped my heart as I witnessed how Killian and Giselle still continued to torment her even when they weren't allowed.

Those monsters! They don't deserve to be forgiven.

swr

As Astrid and I fell deep in our embrace, Nova and the doctor that she called finally arrived.

"Is she alright?" I asked the doctor after she had made a thorough check on Astrid.

"She's alright," The Doctor answered; even though her answer was good, she didn't look happy.

"Ms. Astrid is fine," the doctor continued. "But she needed to visit a therapist,"

My eyes fell on Astrid, who was looking at the wall across her empty. She already knew that's what the doctor is going to tell her.

 

Chapter 115: Father Figure

Astrid's POV

The temperature inside the room lowered, casting a chill on everyone who was present when Alpha Theron suddenly barged inside the room.

All eyes instantly turned to him, and they instinctively bowed their heads in deference as he strode purposefully towards my side.

"Are you alright?" he pressed, his voice tinged with a rare note of worry, but I refused to meet his gaze.

Someone must have informed him of what happened. The news traveled to him so fast. I only turned my head away stubbornly.

Hurt flashed across Alpha Theron's eyes upon my rejection, but it was gone the second it was there as if my eyes had just played tricks on me.

Alpha Theron's brows furrowed, a storm brewing behind his piercing eyes. "What happened here?" he demanded, the weight of his authority filling the room.

Silence hung heavy in the air, no one daring to speak up and incur the wrath of the powerful Alpha.

Suddenly, the doctor spoke and explained her diagnosis of me to him. "It's a panic attack, Alpha. Miss Astrid's health is completely fine, she was completely healed by the Lunar Elixir. To help deal with her PTSD, she will need to have a consultation with a therapist." Alpha Theron's gaze turned hard at her words like a father who really cared about her daughter.

"Where is Asha?" He questioned, his brows firmly pressed together. "Why is she not here?"

My eyes turned hard at his words. Asha clearly didn't like me, yet he was forcing her to take care of me.

Just like how I was surprised to find that I have a half-sister, Asha must have felt more surprised and even betrayed about it, too.

I couldn't imagine how she felt to find out that the perfect family she had wasn't really perfect at all. It's normal for her to have a hard time accepting that she has a half-sister she never knew about who is even older than her.

Asha was supposed to be the only daughter. She was spoiled like a princess because of it, only to find out that she wasn't the only daughter of her father.

"Someone call Asha," Alpha Theron ordered, oblivious to the fact that her daughter didn't want to have any connection with me. "Her patient was in danger and she is not even aware of it!" he snapped, his face also turning red. "I told her to take care of Astrid!" he also added.

I fell silent, refusing to turn my head to face him.

He abandoned me and my mother. He chose to be the Pack's righteous Alpha than to be a father to me. It's too late for him to act in his role of being my father.

It only angers me so much to see him trying to act like a father when he hasn't been for many years.

"How could she have a panic attack in her room?" Alpha Theron asked with confusion etched on his features as he turned back his attention to us.

Drystan stepped forward. It was his turn to explain. "We were about to leave. I was about to go to your office to tell you that we were going back.

"Leave?!" Alpha Theron blurted out. "Can't you see what Astrid's condition is? It's too early for her to leave."

Drystan glanced at me. "Astrid insisted it."

"She can't leave this place until she's

healed. I won't allow you to put my daughter in danger," Theron spoke firmly, his eyes narrowing asche locked gazes with Drystan

I scoffed at his words. Unable to take it in, a bitter laugh escaped my lips. "I'm not your daughter," I hissed after he finally caught my attention. "I don't have a father. I lost my father ever since he decided to abandon

spoke bitterly.

I don't want to hear him calling me his daughter again because I am not! I will never consider him as my father.

Alpha Theron swallowed hard when he heard my words. Although he was hurt, he never said anything.

"I am the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack and Astrid has my blood," Alpha Theron spoke.

His gaze is on Drystan as if he is only addressing his words to him. "If something bad happens to my daughter, everyone responsible will have to face me." Drystan lowered his head even though he had done nothing but protect me and keep me from harm.

"Anyone who offends her is equivalent to offending me. Do you all understand?"

Asha, as it turns out, had already arrived at the front door and had heard everything that her father had said.

She stood at the doorway like a deer caught in headlights. She couldn't believe just how much her father cared about his illegitimate child, who was never there in their lives.

Hatred burned in her heart when she witnessed just how eager her father was to accept Astrid into their family to make up for the things he failed to do in her life. Asha stormed out of the place once again. She had already calmed her heart down before she went here until she heard her father's words again.

"No," I shook my head, "I don't want to have any connection with you in my life!" I snapped at him.

"Leave us alone. I need to talk to my daughter in private," Alpha Theron spoke to the people around us.