Reclaiming My Broken Luna (Astrid and Killian) novel Chapter 52

Giselle’s POV

“Killian, what’s going on? Why are you here?” Killian’s mother bombarded us with questions as soon as we arrived at the Pack.

We have just arrived at the entrance to the Packhouse, yet she’s already here to confront us already.

“Mother,” I flashed Victoria a sweet smile as I welcomed her with a warm hug, knowing that Killian would be highly sensitive right now.

“What happened, dear?” Victoria asked me instead when she noticed the cold and indifferent look on her son’s face.

I glanced quietly at Killian and watched as he helped with the omegas, putting out the things we packed but never had the chance to use.

Killian has been deadly silent during the whole ride. He’s been silent and angry ever since we left the Nightsong Pack.

The tension in the car was unbearable. I could feel the anger radiating off him the whole time that I was with him. Astrid’s confession of cheating really affected him so much.

“Something bad happened while we were at the Nightsong Pack, Mother,” I answered Victoria with a fearful look in my eyes.

Victoria’s eyes narrowed in anger when she heard my answer. “What? Did Drystan drag you out of their Pack? We have always welcomed Drystan to our Pack and treated him with kindness. Can’t he show some respect to his own nephew?!” She trembled in anger as she spoke.

“I don’t think we should hate Drystan, mother—“

“And why not?” Victoria cuts off my statement. “First, he ruined our alliance with the Frostbite Pack, and now he pushed you out of his Pack, losing our chance to develop connections in the Werewolf Assembly! He is purposefully doing this to ruin us! What have we done against him for him to target us like this?!”

My eyes squinted in guilt as I caressed her arm to calm her down.

“We cannot blame Drystan, mother. His mind is poisoned by someone, which is why he is doing this. Someone is saying negative things about us,” I spoke as I started to get into her head.

“And who is it?!” My mother demanded in anger.

“It’s Astrid, Mother,” I spoke with a fake sadness in my voice.

Blood drained Victoria’s face as she looked at me with wide eyes. That was my reaction, too, the first time I found out that Astrid was alive.

Now that Killian already knows that she’s alive. There’s no point hiding that as a secret anymore. All I could do now was to make them hate Astrid even more so they wouldn’t want anything to do with her.

“A-Astrid? B-but isn’t she dead already?” Victoria asked fearfully. All of her anger vanished instantly.