Reclaiming My Broken Luna Novel by Selene Souchon

Chapter 119: Judgement

Astrid’s POV

The room felt thick with tension. The air is practically crackling with unspoken conflict. After Asha and I were caught in a fight, we were brought to Alpha Theron’s office to make his judgment on us and think of what punishment he should give us.

Luckily for us, we are his daughters. We weren’t directly subjected to the law. The Pack guards brought us directly to him instead of bringing us to the Pack’s tribunal, the one in charge of things like this.

“This is embarrassing,” Alpha Theron spoke in a disappointed voice. – “I didn’t even believe it when one of our Pack guards rushed to my office and reported that you two were fighting.”

I lowered my gaze in shame, unable to meet anyone’s gaze. Meanwhile, Asha is still giving me that smoldering glare across from me while pressing an ice Pack on her bruised cheek.

“You two are behaving like an uneducated rabble out there,” Alpha Theron said, his voice dripping with disdain. “Even the weakest omega in our Pack has more restraint than the both of you.”

Alpha Theron shook his head, the disappointment evident on every syllable. “You’ve brought shame upon yourselves with this violent act you have displayed. What do you think people will say when they hear of this? They’ll think you’re nothing more than unruly savages, unfit to bear our family name.”

I turned my head to the side. It sounded more like Alpha Theron was pinning all the blame on Asha.

“Father, it was Astrid who attacked me first,” Asha spoke up as soon as her father was done speaking. “Look at what she had done to me,” she showed her injuries.

“Asha, I expected more from you,” Alpha Theron pinned her with an accusatory glare, his lips pressed into a thin, disapproving line. “It’s not just yourself you’ve embarrassed, but me as well. I had thought raised you well to carry both dignity and grace, but clearly, I was mistaken.”

Asha’s eyes widened when her father just ignored her words. “It wasn’t who started the fight, father Astrid attacked me first. Look at her and then look at me,” Asha apore, desperately trying to convince her father. “She attacked the brutally,” she showed her injuries once again. “I could win against her in a fight, but I didn’t fight back.”

I fell silent and didn’t bother to argue with her words. On our way here, Nova explained everything that had happened to me. She said I was so swift and strong that Asha was never able to block my attacks and defend herself.

She tried her best to land a punch on me, but she never succeeded. Instead, I had beaten her up rapidly

“Astrid, is this true?” Alpha Theron turned his gaze on me.

The evidence was already clearly there, but he still asked me. Asha sharply looked at me, waiting for me to answer her father’s question.

Hlet out a deep breath, knowing that what I was going to say to them next would be hard to explain and hard to believe, but since Alpha Theron had asked me this question, I should answer him with the truth.

“It’s true that I attacked her, Alpha, but I didn’t mean to do that. Something had triggered me, making me lose control of myself. It was too late when I had recovered,” I answered him truthfully.

Asha scoffed when she heard my explanation. “What do you mean? It was your fist that connected to my body. It was you who tried to kill me!”

“Asha, no one was asking you to speak,” Theron snapped at her, making her fall quiet.

Asha’s lips thinned in anger. Once again, she pointed her anger at me.

“What really happened here?” Alpha Theron demanded, his tone brooking no argument.

My shoulders were hunched as Lavoided his piercing gaze. Instead, Asha answered the question for me

“It is what I said, Father. She attacked me first! She tried to kill me, and I didn’t fight back against her,” Asha spoke up.

Alpha Theron looked conflicted as his gaze went back and forth between me and then his daughter.

Alpha Theron raised Asha. He knew her all her life. He must find it more hard to believe that Asha didn’t fight against Astrid than to believe that Astrid had lost control of herself.

Finally, Nova, who was also summoned as a witness to the fight, finally spoke. “Astrid is not crazy that she would attack you for no reason. If you didn’t insult her, she wouldn’t have done what she did.”

Asha took in a sharp breath and clenched her fist as she glared at Nova.

“Astrid attacked me first, and she tried to kill me. You also saw that! She was about to use a rock to kill me!” Asha yelled back to silence Nova. “She should be punished for attempting to kill me.”

“Well, you’re here, so she obviously didn’t attempt to kill you,” Nova Tetorted.

“Enough!” Alpha Theron silenced them before everything could turn into a petty fight. “Asha, what did you tell Astrid?”

Asha fell silent, unable to answer her father’s question,

“We were about to pay you a visit in your office, Alpa, when we suddenly encountered Asha in the hallway. She was asking for a fight when she accused us of coming here just to use you for your power to fix our Pack’s reputation.”

“Shut your damn mouth!” Asha snapped, trying to intervene.

“One more word from you, Asha, and I will no longer seek the truth, and I will consider you guilty beyond doubt,” Alpha Theron spoke in a cold, hard voice, silencing Asha.

“She said more mean things, Alpha,” Nova continued. “She called Astrid a slut and a gold–digger just like her own mother.”

I swallowed hard when I heard those words again. I can accept all kinds of insults, but I cannot hear anyone insulting people who are close to me.

“It’s no wonder why Astrid suddenly lost control of herself, Alpha. Astrid is battling with trauma. That must be the reason why she suddenly lost control of herself.”