Reclaiming My Broken Luna (Astrid and Killian) novel Chapter 5

Astrid’s POV

My heart was heavy with grief and my body was fully exhausted when I returned to the packhouse.

Being pregnant made me become more emotional, and it also made me tire more easily. With everything that had happened to me lately, being pregnant made things more difficult for me.

Returning to the packhouse was the last thing that I wanted, but I had to. I had left all my things behind when I suddenly decided not to come back anymore.

Right now, I just don’t want to meet anyone who would ruin my mood even further. I came to the packhouse to pack my things and that’s it. I have no intention of meeting Killian or even seeing his face.

I also do not have any intention of telling him about our unborn child anymore.

I instinctively touched my bump as I had that thought. I bit my lower lip as I felt sorry for my child.

As someone who grew up without a father, I do not want my baby to experience that also. However, I couldn’t also let him grow up with a father who doesn’t want him either.

Since Killian already has a child with Giselle, it’s clear he wouldn’t want a child with me anymore.

It doesn’t matter anymore. My mother managed to raise me on her own before. I will make sure that I will be a better mother to my child than my mother was.

“You’re back,” someone spoke from behind me while I was stuffing all my things in my luggage so I could finally leave this place for good. “You were gone for three days. What kind of Luna leaves the Pack for such a long time without notice?”

I gritted my teeth as I closed my filled luggage and zipped it up before turning around to face Killian’s mother.

Killian’s mother had always disliked me. She had always thought that I was too weak to become a Luna and that I did not deserve her son.

For years, I’ve tried my best to live up to her expectations and live in peace with her as my mother-in-law. However, no matter what I did, she never liked me.

She just hated me for who I was and had always tried to force me to leave his son and denounce my position in the Pack.

Killian’s mother glared at me as she stood at the doorway with her arms crossed.

Every time that I made mistakes, she was always there to point them out and shame me. She must have been waiting for me to come back so she could rub it in my face on how bad of a Luna I was and force me to denounce my Luna title once again.

“I thought you did not want me here. Don’t you used to force me to leave this Pack and denounce my title? Why are you angry that I was gone for three days?” I shot back at her.

Before, I used to let her insult me, yell at me, and vent her anger on me even at the cost of my own dignity.

I never talked back to her since she is my mother-in-law and I had to respect her.

Now that Killian and I are getting a divorce. There’s no need for me to suck it all up when she and I will no longer be related to each other.

Her eyes widened when she heard my disrespectful response. “You!” she raised her voice as she pointed an angry finger at me. “Is that how you are supposed to talk to your own mother-in-law, huh?!”

“Don’t worry, you are not going to be my mother-in-law anymore. Killian and I are getting a divorce and I’ll be leaving this Pack for good. You wouldn’t have to see my face just as you wanted!” I yelled back at her.

Finally, after so many years of just being silent whenever she disrespected me, I could finally yell back at her and defend myself against her.

It feels good to be able to stand up for myself again instead of just accepting insults and keeping everything in.

“Really?!” Her face which was contorted with anger suddenly brightened up when she heard my words. “You are leaving?” She asks again, not quite believing it.

“Yes! I’m finally leaving this place and I’m also so happy about it!” I yelled back at her angrily when I saw how happy she was to find out that I was leaving.