Reclaiming My Broken Luna (Astrid and Killian)

Killian's POV

My fingers instinctively curled into a fist when I saw Giselle coming.

What the hell is she doing here? Why did she follow me?

My gaze instantly turned across me to where Astrid was standing. However, instead of seeing her, I saw Nova instead.

I was surprised to see Nova holding the ladle and giving soup. I had no idea when Nova and Astrid had switched places.

While I was working earlier, I could feel Astrid's gaze boring into me from time to time. It's as if she's trying to read me, scrutinizing every detail.

It took me a lot of effort to resist her gaze and to stop the urge to stare back at her.

I purposefully ignored her to grant her wish that I would never bother her again. I was afraid that if our gazes met, everything would be over for me.

I was afraid that the only resistance I had left, the little thing that I had left for myself to keep myself together without her, would suddenly vanish, and I would be left with nothing.

I've done a lot of bad things. I have hurt her, and I will only continue to hurt her if I continue to keep her by my side.

To make up for everything that I have done, I could only protect her behind the shadows.

"Alpha," one of my men rushed behind me, but I strode forward towards Giselle, letting him follow behind.

I know what he is going to say. He is just going to inform me that Giselle has arrived, and I have already seen it.

I have to rush there and meet with Giselle before Astrid sees her first. I was lucky that Nova switched places with Astrid. If not, she would have seen Giselle already.

I have to make her leave before Astrid sees her.

She shouldn't have come here. I know she would get angry if she found out that Astrid was here, and I told her nothing about it, but I was more worried that her presence would only rile up Astrid's anger and hurt her.

Astrid had just lost her child, and she might have blamed Giselle for it. If Giselle were out of the picture, Astrid and I would still be married right now, and Astrid would be safe and still pregnant with our baby.

Giselle smiled excitedly when she saw me coming. She rushed towards me, oblivious to my anger. As soon as she came face to face with me, she instantly wrapped her arms around me, showing how much she's been yearning for me. However, instead of relieving all the tension and frustration I'd been feeling with the warmth of her embrace, I only turned tense within her arms.

"Killian, I've missed you so much," Giselle murmured, her voice soft and tremulous. couldn't stop thinking about you, cooped up in that house day after day. I had to come find you, to be by your side," Giselle

spoke with her head softly placed on

my shoulder.

My jaw tightened as I held her by her arms and pushed her off me. Giselle looked at me with wide eyes. A hurt expression flashed in her features, but I wasn't affected by it. "What are you doing here? This is not a place where you should be," I snapped at her as I stared her down with a sharp gaze.

Giselle blinked. "I'm just worried

about you, Killian. All day, I do nothing but sit around back at home. I came here to help you with your task. You can let me do anything. Maybe I can help distribute food, Giselle suggested with a hopeful gaze when they saw what we were doing back at the camp.

"You should go back home, Giselle. We don't need any more help around here," I pushed her back.

Giselle's brows bent downwards. "Come on, Killian. I had just arrived here. We came all the way to help you. Are you not going to let us stay even for today?" Giselle pleaded.

I took a deep breath and exhaled out all the air in my lungs as I faced her. "Go back, Giselle," I spoke coldly, making her gulp in fear. "Don't let me ask you twice. Giselle's jaw clenched when she saw that I was not going to let her have what she wanted.

Suddenly, her soft, pleading expression changed into a smug one. "You want me to leave for what?!" Giselle suddenly snapped. "So that you and Astrid could play house here?"

My eyes widened when I heard her words. How did she find out?

"See? I was right. If I hadn't come all the way here, you would have continued cheating with your ex-wife behind my back!" Giselle's voice croaked at the end.

Hot tears welled Giselle's eyes as her pregnancy hormones made her more sensitive.

"Is that why you came all the way here?" I shot back when I finally learned the truth.

She dared to lie that she came all the way here because she missed me and wanted to help, while the truth was she only came all the way here because she found out that Astrid was also here. "Killian, just what am I to you?" Giselle asked with a pained voice as she poked a finger to her chest. "What am I to you?" she repeated with a firm voice.

"You haven't given me your love. You

couldn't make me your Luna. At least give me some dignity, Killian. What do you think the other people would think of me if they had found out about it?" The tears that Giselle had been holding back finally trickled down the end of her eyes.

"Giselle "As I was about to answer her, something strange happened.