Ch. 81..85: Reclaiming My Broken Luna Chapter 81-85

Chapter 81: Leeches

Nova's POV

The party was filled with a bustling crowd of people, yet Drystan and I seemed to go unnoticed as the other guests around us mingled and chattered with each other while excluding us.

I felt like a fool sitting in the middle of a crowd of people where no one bothered to acknowledge us. I felt like we were just forcing ourselves into a place where no one wanted us.

My eyes flitted across the room. Wherever I look, I see familiar faces that used to talk to us and fill our ears with words we wanted to hear.

Now, those people have changed. They deliberately ignore us after we fall off in disgrace.

In the last gathering that we had, everyone was racing to have Drystan's attention and get the chance to have a conversation with him.

Everyone was giving him praise for how he started and developed his Pack. They were telling him what a great man he was to accomplish such things and that they wanted to work with a man like him. Drystan's schedule after the Werewolf Assembly was filled for weeks with only appointments to meet with them and talk about agreements, transactions, and alliances.

Drystan worked hard to come up with an agreement that both parties would like and to make sure that everything would go smoothly.

When everything was finally settled, and he had already invested all his time and efforts, these jerks decided to cancel everything.

Without any proof, they immediately believe the rumor that Drystan and Astrid have been having an affair and that Astrid is carrying Drystan's child.

Although Drystan had made Killian and Giselle believe it, it was baffling for me that the others didn't bother to verify the truth of the rumors first.

These traitors don't use their brains at all. As soon as the baseless rumor was out, they went along with the others and cut all the connections they had with us.

I gritted my teeth, and my heart burned in anger. I sat in the middle of the room, surrounded by people who betrayed us.

"Don't mind them, Nova," Drystan spoke to me, breaking the comfortable silence that surrounded us at our secluded table.

I looked at Drystan cluelessly. "What do you mean?" I asked him. I wasn't even doing or saying anything.

"You keep on shooting them daggers with your eyes," Drystan answered me, making me fall silent.

I didn't realize that my thoughts had pierced through my facial expressions.

I sighed and leaned back on my chair. "I couldn't believe that they are deliberately ignoring us like nothing happened," I grumbled beneath my breath.

"Maybe they knocked their head or something and had forgotten about us," Drystan replied, making me chuckle.

"I wish that happened." I sighed wistfully. "I wish we didn't need them. I don't want us to have any connection with them after the misunderstanding is cleared."

As a new Pack, we needed others'

support to grow, especially after the huge losses that we had. This meant we had no choice but to accept their offers back again once Drystar and Astrid's names were cleared

We had to do that to keep the Pack going.

QUMS

Drystan showed me a smile. "As an Alpha, pride is the number one thing we needed to let go for the Pack."

My heart twitched slightly as I suddenly felt bad for Drystan once again. I know how important the Nightsong Pack is to him. It is his and my sister's legacy when she was still alive.

I know he is also hurting by the dire situation that our Pack is in right now.

"Have you seen Astrid yet? What is taking her so long?" Drystan asked me anxiously as he craned his neck and searched among the crowd with just his eyes.

My eyes narrowed slightly as I stared at him. Ever since Astrid had left his line of sight, he had been very anxious and couldn't wait for her to get back.

Only a little bit more, and I will really

think that he already likes her.

Drystan is always worried about Astrid. He treats her especially, and sometimes I'm not sure if his unreasonable kindness is out of guilt because Killian was his nephew or not anymore.

The only thing that is keeping me from thinking that Drystan is secretly in love with Astrid is the fact that I know how much Drystan really loves my sister.

For Drystan, my sister was not just his mate. She was more than that to him. I could say that he loved her fully for who she was. He loved her as his mate and as the woman that she was.

With that knowledge, I know he would never love anyone else the same way he loved my older sister.

My eyes narrowed when I saw Killian coming towards me. "Drystan, Killian is coming," I whispered to him since his back had turned on him.

Killian seemed to be in a rush as he jogged towards us.

"Where is Astrid?" Killian asked us instantly after he arrived.

Drystan was silent for a moment as he looked at Killian with anger in his eyes. "She went to talk to Giselle and then you. Haven't you seen her?” he asked him back, choosing to push aside his anger.

 

Chapter 82: Truth Exposed

Nova's POV

"No, I haven't seen her. I just saw Giselle earlier, and she wasn't with her," Killian answered us, his brows furrowed as well.

Drystan turned alarmed when he heard Killian's answer. "What do you mean? Astrid had left for almost an hour ago. We were waiting for her to come back. She said she's going to talk to Giselle first before meeting you." I glanced at Drystan and Killian back and forth as worry etched itself across their face.

"Astrid will be fine. She used to live in this Pack. She's not going to get lost," I joined into their conversation to ease their worries.

We are inside the Silvermoon Pack, which is one of the most secure Packs in the world. What bad thing could happen to Astrid inside this Pack?

However, Drystan didn't listen to me. He stood up with an alarmed expression on his face.

"Nova, stay here. I'm going to look for Astrid," Drystan excused himself as he stood up and left before I could say anything.

Killian also followed Drystan as he also felt worried about her. I was left alone at our table without any say about it.

Astrid did say that we were allowed to come and look for her if she didn't come back early.

I sat back on my chair as I fought the urge to chase after Drystan and join him in the search.

I clenched and unclenched my fists as my heart started to race anxiously, not sure if I should continue with my plans or not.

Astrid said she has a plan on how she could fix everything and restore Drystan's reputation, but I don't feel confident about that.

I know that there's no way Giselle would go in front and announce to everyone that she was wrong.

There's no way Giselle would take back everything that she said since it was her goal to ruin Astrid's reputation and destroy our Pack.

I looked around to see who else was around. Drystan and Killian had just left, and Giselle was nowhere to be found.

All I could see were the guests and the Pack guards. Everyone important has left.

I took a deep breath as I stood up to gather myself. I believe this is a sign. With everybody gone, it's the perfect time for me to go to the stage and take everything into my own hands.

My sister and I only had each other in our entire lives. Since our parents died young, my sister and I only relied on each other, but it was I who mostly relied on her.

Before, it used to be just my sister and me until Drystan came along.

Drystan became my sister's pillar. He provided her every support that she needed, the same way my sister had provided for me.

Just like how my sister and I always watched out for each other. It is also my duty to watch out for Drystan, especially since he took it as his role to watch over me ever since my sister died. Astrid is my friend, and she is important to me, but Drystan is important to me too.

I couldn't stand to see him getting wronged like this. Drystan is getting all the hate just so he can protect Astrid.

Astrid is my friend, and I wanted to protect her too, but I can't let Drystan suffer like this just for her

I need to do this for Drystan and our Pack. I'm sure Astrid will understand my decision.

"E-excuse me," I stammered as I walked to the stage, grabbed the microphone in the middle, and spoke in front.

My grip on the microphone tightened when the whole room fell silent, and all heads turned to look at me.

Everyone had a look of surprise on their faces, not expecting to see me.

Gathering the bit of courage that I had, I cleared my throat and continued to go on.

I need to do this for Drystan.

"I'm sure you all have heard about the rumor that Drystan, the Alpha of the Nightsong Pack, had an affair with Astrid, who is the newest member of our Pack." Everyone's attention heightened as they waited for what I was about to say

regarding the topic.

"I just want everyone to know that Drystan and Astrid never had an affair with each other. It's not true that Drystan impregnated Astrid. The father of the child that Astrid is carrying right now is none other than Killian." That's it, the truth is out.

Astrid will get angry at me for exposing the truth, I know. She doesn't want anyone to know the real father of her child because she doesn't want to be connected in any way with Killian.

I'm sorry that I didn't wait for her and trusted her enough when she said that she had a plan and she was going to fix anything.

I believe that letting the truth out is the best way to handle this situation. The truth is something that we cannot all avoid.

"Since you are all here to attend this

engagement party, I'm sure that it's because you support Killian's wedding with the woman that he cheated with," I continued to talk on stage since no one was there to make me stop.

"Astrid is pregnant, and Killian is the father. Astrid never cheated, but Killian did the fake news about Astrid and Drystan's affair must have also come from them. I think I have nothing more else to say. It's alkup to you to judge and decide Who to support."

 

Chapter 83: Whose child is mine?

Killian's POV

Drystan and I left the venue in haste to look for Astrid. Coincidentally, Giselle was walking towards our path, about to enter the venue.

"Killian, where are you going?" She asked me curiously as she stopped in front of me and glanced at Drystan, who was walking beside me. "Giselle, have you seen Astrid?" Drystan asked her instantly.

Giselle's brows furrowed. "I haven't. The last time I've seen her was during the Werewolf Assembly."

"Astrid left the venue to see you. Are you sure you haven't seen her?" I asked her again, leaving her more confused.

"I really didn't. I was in my bedroom the whole time. I'm just about to enter the venue because the event is about to start."

"Bullshit!" Drystan yelled, cutting Giselle off from her statement. "She said she's going to talk to you. She's been gone for almost an hour already. Where could she possibly be?"

Giselle flinched back in fear when Drystan yelled at her. "If I really saw her, I would have told you already," she countered.

Drystan clenched his jaw as he glared at Giselle without saying a word. He looked like he wasn't convinced by Giselle's words, but he had no proof that she was lying.

"Don't worry, I already tasked all our men to search for her," I muttered to assure Drystan.

Giselle's brows furrowed together. "I'm sure she just went somewhere to be alone. She grew up in our Pack; there's nothing wrong that could happen to her here."

"Astrid promised us that she would come back as soon as she could. She told us that she's just going to talk to you," Drystan insisted.

"Maybe she was just in the Packhouse still looking for me," Giselle replied.

"It doesn't matter. Astrid told me to look for her if it took her a long time to come back," Drystan replied.

"If she had said that, then I would join you and look for her," I told Drystan.

Drystan's jaw tightened even more when he heard my words. He didn't even bother to glance at me like he didn't hear me say a thing.

Despite the dislike in his facial expression, he didn't refuse me. He knows that he would need me to have a better chance of finding Astrid.

He is willing to put Astrid first and set aside our past differences just for her. Seeing his attitude, I realize that I won't have to worry about Astrid anymore as long as she is with Drystan.

A nervous expression crossed Giselle's face when she heard our words. As Drystan and I were about to leave, Giselle suddenly grabbed my hand, stopping me.

"You can't leave," Giselle told me. "The event is about to start. You need to be there with me."

"I'll be back as soon as we find Astrid. Don't worry, I will try t. latch up. Just tell the guests that something came up, and I will be back soon," I assured her.

I pulled my hand away from her tight hold, but she grabbed my hand back again, forcing me to stop.

"Drystan is already looking for her, and all our Pack Warriors are searching for her. Why shall you go and look for her?" Giselle spoke, trying to convince me to stay.

I was about to answer her when a voice suddenly spoke through the speakers. It was an unfamiliar voice, and she had no right to take the stage and speak in front of the audience. "Nova," Drystan uttered in a whisper, with his eyes widened in shock.

"Who is that person?!" Giselle demanded angrily since the affair of Drystan and Astrid was mentioned.

"Since you are all here to attend this engagement party, I'm sure that it's because you supported Killian's wedding with the woman with whom he cheated. Let me expose to you the truth behind that affair," the woman continued to speak through the speakers, catching my interest in an instant.

Giselle walked forward about to enter the venue and stop the woman on stage, but I grabbed her hand to stop her this time.

Giselle looked up at me with wide eyes. She struggled to free herself from my hold, but I held her down tight.

"Killian, what are you doing? I need to stop that stranger talking on stage. She's from the Nightsong Pack; she's there to ruin us," Giselle expressed alarmingly.

Seeing that I stopped Giselle, Drystan rushed forward to stop the person on stage from speaking the truth.

"Where are you going?" Drystan stopped in his tracks when he heard my words. Seeing his reaction, I knew this was something that I needed to hear.

"You've hidden a lot of secrets from me. I know I've made a mistake for cheating on Astrid, but shouldn't I know what the truth is?" I asked him. "Guards! Make sure he doesn't enter the venue. Don't let anyone stop the speaker from speaking," I ordered as I glanced towards them.

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Even though was outside and I had no idea who the person speaking inside was, I wanted to hear the truth that she was about to tell us only to find out that the truth was something I never thought I would hear.

"Astrid is pregnant, and Killian is the father." The voice rang repeatedly in my head like a broken record.

My eyes jumped back and forth between Giselle and Drystan. It seems that all the people around me have bene fooling me all along.

 

Chapter 84: Confirmation

Killian's POV

My eyes narrowed into slits as I stared at Giselle, who was looking anywhere else but me. I pulled her arm and raised it as I gripped her arm tightly until her skin had turned red.

This successfully caught her attention. She finally looked at me with fear in her eyes.

"Are her words true?" I asked her with menace laced in my voice.

Giselle swallowed hard as her face turned pale in fear.

"K-Killian, it hurts," she winced as she stared at her arm, which was slowly turning red.

"Answer me!" I demanded as I tugged her arm without any care that she was in pain.

Giselle bit her lower lip as she looked at me with tears misting her eyes. "Are you seriously choosing to believe her words over mine?" She asked me, trying her best to act strong in front of me, but her voice still croaked because of the tears that she was trying to hold back.

My brows furrowed, and my lips parted slightly as I stared at her.

Honestly, I really don't know who and what to believe anymore.

That night when I slept with Giselle, I couldn't remember anything. I don't even know what I did, and I'm not even sure if she was the person I slept with.

My memories that night were foggy. All I could remember was feeling inexplicable heat in my body and wanting some release. I was also drugged that night, which is why I lost control of myself and had lapses of hazy memories of that night.

When I woke up, I just found myself sharing a bed with Giselle, and both of us were naked.

Giselle explained everything that happened to us, and I believed her since the small memories that I have matched her story.

When I found out what I had done, I was so angry with myself for not being able to control myself and touched her. I felt remorse for what I had done, but just a few days after, Giselle found out that she was pregnant, and she told me that I was the only man that she ever slept with.

As I thought it back, I realized I was only taking all of her words for truth. I don't even know anything myself.

"I only slept with one person that night," I bristled as I stared into her eyes without loosening my hold on her arm. "Was it really you?" I questioned her. Giselle's tears finally fell as she pursed her lips together. "I am carrying your son, Killian. How can you doubt your own child?" she spoke tearfully. "Drystan, answer me honestly!" I demanded as I glanced at him over my shoulder. "Did you and Astrid really have an affair?" Drystan averted his gaze from me. I waited for him to speak, but he seemed lost for words without knowing what to tell me.

My jaw fell open, and a small bitter laugh escaped my lips as I realized how I had been being played all along.

"Astrid never cheated on me, did she?" I asked Drystan again, but he remained silent.

He couldn't even deny my words because their lies were already exposed.

I should have known that Astrid would never cheat on me. Astrid has been a dutiful wife to me and a dutiful daughter-in-law to my mother.

Despite her lack of knowledge and experience, she worked extra hard to do her best as the Pack's Luna.

In the years we have been married, I have never once heard any

complaints from her. She never even retaliated whenever my mom would bully her and force her to leave and whenever I treated her rudely just

because I never wanted her to be my

mate.

How could a kind person like that be secretly cheating? She couldn't even speak a word against us, so why would she do something like this?

"Killian, this child is yours. Don't believe them. They are just doing this to restore their ruined reputation," Giselle pleaded with me.

Hearing her voice, I pushed her away from me, making her fall to the ground.

"Aaaah!" Giselle shouted as she fell to the ground. She instantly held a protective hand around her belly to protect her baby.

"That's not my child!" I yelled at her in anger. Hearing her voice infuriated me, so I pushed her away from me.

"Giselle!" Someone shouted behind me.

I was about to turn around to see who it was, but the person bumped me by my shoulder, pushing me forward.

I stared at Alpha Damien strangely as he rushed toward Giselle with a worried look on his face. I watched as she helped him shift into a comfortable position on the ground.

"K-Killian, please," Giselle cried out to

me. "I am the one wronged here. These people are trying to turn

things against me." Giselle didn't e

even pay Alpha Damien any

attention. She is just so focused on convincing me to believe her.

I shook my head. I have no idea who is telling the truth anymore. I can't just listen to their words anymore. I need facts.

"How will I know that you are telling

the truth?" I questioned her. "I need my certainty, Giselle. I'm not going to consider this child as mine anymore unless a DNA test proves it. Without that confirmation, can't marry you and make you the Pack's Luna.

 

Chapter 85: Danger

Killian's POV

Giselle took in a sharp breath when she heard my words. She blinked her eyes and shook her head, not wanting to accept this.

"N-No," Giselle voiced out weakly as she looked at me pleadingly.

She tried to crawl her way towards me, but Damien held her back.

I felt embarrassed in front of Drystan and Damien, especially because he had to see us in such a state.

Alpha Damien had told me once before that even though Giselle was just an adopted member in his Pack, he used to see her often because she used to serve as an omega in their Packhouse. Because of these, they knew each other and had gotten close. It's only normal for him to feel bad for Giselle after seeing her lying poorly on the ground.

"If you want a DNA test, we will have to wait until the child is born. Do you really want to put our newly born child in danger just to confirm that you are the father?" Giselle questioned me.

I looked at her emptily. I know that to have the confirmation that I wanted, we would need to wait, but I think that waiting is better than making a decision without the confirmation.

Drystan stood in silence beside us the whole time, just watching the scene unfold. He looked so puzzled as if he was trying to piece things together within his thoughts.

"Alpha!" As I was about to answer Giselle's question, a Pack Warrior suddenly arrived in a hurry and chased his breath.

"We found a bracelet just outside the Pack borders, and it has traces of Astrid's scent. I brought it here for you to see and confirm if it is hers." The Pack Warrior spoke after bowing his head. I was about to take the bracelet from his hand when Drystan grabbed it first.

"This is Astrid's bracelet!" Drystan exclaimed instantly, right after taking a look at the bracelet.

I stole the bracelet from his hand to personally take a look, and indeed, it was Astrid's bracelet.

It was the bracelet that my mother tried to take from her before she left the Pack.

"I think Astrid is in danger since we found her bracelet outside our Pack borders.

Drystan's eyes widened. "That can't be. Why would she leave without us?"

"Tell all the Pack members to stop searching inside our Pack and focus their search outside instead.

"Yes, Alpha!" The Pack Warrior answered before shifting back to his wolf to relay my message.

"You had something to do with this, do you?" Drystan hissed as he slowly approached Giselle like a predator.

Giselle looked up at Drystan with fear in her eyes, unable to say anything. Before Drystan could corner Giselle, Damien blocked Drystan's path, separating him from Giselle.

"Alpha Killian, are you not going to

look for Astrid?" Damien shifted the attention to me as if he didn't notice anything wrong with Drystan. "You can leave Giselle to me. I'll take care of her," Damien volunteered, giving Giselle a way to escape the tension.

I averted my gaze from them. "Bring her back to her room and call the Pack Doctor to check the health of the baby."

Alpha Damien nodded his head before he stood up and carried Giselle in his arms.

Drystan continued to walk forward, attempting to chase after them, but I raised my hand to block his path.

Drystan glared at me angrily. "She's clearly lying. I think she is hiding something from us."

"We should just focus on looking for Astrid. We will gain nothing by staying here and chasing after empty leads," I replied sternly before running forward and shifting into my wolf in the middle of my run.

I understand where Drystan's anger and suspicions stem from, but it is still not right for him to accuse someone of something evil without any evidence.

Giselle could be a liar, but I don't believe she would dare to try to harm Astrid. In the past, it was always Astrid who tried to harm Giselle, and she never retaliated.

Astrid's POV

My eyes fluttered open when I felt a sharp pain straining my arms. I groaned weakly as I tried to move my arms, which only amplified the pain that I felt.

My eyes fluttered open as I slowly

regained consciousness. Blinking

elnet

away the haze, my eyes instantly widened and dread crept up my spine when I found myself suspended high above the ground

with my wrists bound tightly over my

head.

My heart raced in panic as the terrifying realization set in - I was trapped, dangling precariously at least 50 feet in the air.

"H-Help!"A strangled cry escaped my lips as I strained against the ropes binding me.

Fear overwhelmed me as I stared at the danger below me. I have no idea how long I've been hanging here unconscious. I'm feeling numbing pain across both of my arms. I also don't know how long the rope that is keeping me from falling could hold me up.

I took deep breaths to calm myself down. Every frantic movement only intensified the pain in my arms, and even if I freed myself from the ropes, I would only fall to my death. "Help me!" I cried out once again, hoping that someone would hear me.

I don't know where I am, but I'm sure I'm no longer in the Silvermoon Pack.