Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Chapter 324: The Cure Astrid's POV I stared at the book in my hands, my fingers trembling as I continued to flip through the pages.

I had always known Giselle was manipulative, a liar through and through, but this time... she had been telling the truth.

The truth was here, written in the ancient pages of this book, and no matter how much I wanted to deny it, I couldn't.

My heart raced, each beat thudding heavily in my chest. This book wasn't just about srandom creature. It was about me.

The next passage stoppedcold.

"Relationships between Alphas and Omegas are forbidden. Such unions are immoral, unnatural, and evil. They go against the natural order of the wolf hierarchy. The offspring of such unions are cursed, born with an inherent darkness that cannot be tamed. They are known as Almegas." My blood turned to ice. Immoral. Unnatural. Cursed.

The words echoed in my mind, each one cutting deeper than the last. My parents... they had been forbidden from loving each other.

Their union had never been accepted by the world we lived in. And I... I was the result of that forbidden love. The consequence of their choices. Born with this darkness, this imbalance inside me.

I turned the page, dreading what cnext, but knowing I had to see it through.

"An Almega is the result of the deadly combination of Alpha and Omega blood. The Almega wolf is unstable, caught between the strength and dominance of the Alpha and the submissive, primal instincts of the Omega. This imbalance creates a creature that is feral, uncontrollable, and filled with an insatiable urge to kill. Once the wolf gains control, the human counterpart is lost. Permanently." My breath caught in my throat, and I felt the world tilt beneath me. My mind reeled as I tried to process what I was reading.

This wasn't just about an imbalance. It was about losing myself. Becoming a monster just like what Giselle had said.

I forced myself to keep reading, even though every word tore a little more of my soul apart.

"Once an Almega wolf takes control of the body, the result is catastrophic. The wolf becomes stronger than any Alpha, its killing instincts overpowering any trace of humanity. The transformation is irreversible. There is no cure, no way to stop the wolf once it has fully taken over." My hands began to shake violently, and I dropped the book into my lap. No cure. No way back.

The words stared back at me, cold and final, as if they were sealing my fate.

I wanted to scream, to rip the book apart, to deny everything I had just read - but I couldn't.

Deep down, I had always felt something was wrong. I had always sensed that there was a darkness inside me, something that I couldn't control.

And now, I knew what I was...

An Almega.

Tears blurred my vision, and I blinked them away, my chest tightening as if I were suffocating.

I had always feared the wolf inside me, but this... this was something else entirely. This was a curse. A death sentence.

I picked up the book again, my hands trembling, and continued to read, though every word felt like a blade cutting deeper into my heart.

It's like I couldn't stop once I had started it.

"Almegas cannot coexist with others. The imbalance within them makes them dangerous, violent, and unpredictable. The wolf's violent nature will always overpower the human. Almegas are a threat to everyone around them, especially those they love. If an Almega is discovered, it must be killed before the transformation is complete." I couldn't breathe. The room felt like it was closing in on me, the walls pressing tighter and tighter as the reali of what I was reading I sank in.

This was it. This was my future. My wolf would eventually take control, and once it did... I would be lost forever.

I would beca creature more powerful than an Alpha, a creature that could destroy everything and everyone in my path.

And there was no stopping it. No cure.

I let the book fall from my hands, tears spilling down my cheeks as the weight of it all crashed down on me.

My chest ached, my heart splintering under the unbearable truth.

I was a monster.

This thing insidewas going to destroy me. It was going to destroy everything. Killian. Ryker. Everyone I cared about. And there was nothing I could do to stop it.

Giselle had been right.

You'll never be free, Astrid. You'll never be happy.

weet Her words echoed in my mind, twisting the knife deeper. I had tried so hard to escape my past, to find happiness with Killian, to build a future with Ryker.

But it had all been for nothing. This thing insidewas going to take that all away.

I gripped the edge of the bed, my knuckles turning white as I fought to hold myself together.

But it felt impossible. I wanted to scream, to tear the book apart to run from the truth that was staringin the face. But no matter how much I wanted to run, I couldn't.

The truth was out now. I was an Almega.

My parents' love - what had created- had been forbidden for a reason.

They had brought a curse into this world, a curse that I now carried within me.

A curse that would one day take control and turninto something I couldn't fight. A monster.

I squeezed my eyes shut, willing the tears to stop, but they kept coming, falling silently down my cheeks.

I didn't know how I was going to tell Killian. How could I tell him that I was doomed? That this life we were trying to build together was already crumbling before it even had the chance to truly begin? How could I tell him that I might becthe very thing that could destroy him and our son?

The thought of it toreapart. I felt like death was already at my om doorstep like the darkness was already swallowingwhole. It was that sfeeling like when you're told you have a terminal illness, like cancer - that ssense of helplessness, of inevitability.

That scold dread that told you your twas running out.

I can't let them feel the sway as me, that things are not going to last e long, that we will never have the happy ending. I have to face this alone.

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