Reclaiming My Broken Luna (Astrid and Killian)

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."

QUMS

"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.