The Broken Luna, Now His Regret novel Chapter 19

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Astrid Sinclair sat in the apartment Kieran had bought her–the penthouse

overlooking Oakwood that she was now being “requested” to vacate within thirty days –and watched Kieran’s public confession on repeat.

“Astrid and I are no longer involved.”

Said so casually. So easily. Like three years of her life meant absolutely nothing.

“Whatever relationship we had is over.”

Spoken with such finality, as if she was just a chapter in his story that could be closed and forgotten.

“The only woman I’ve ever truly loved is Mira.”

That was the line that made something inside Astrid’s chest turn ice–cold and viciously sharp.

Her phone rang, cutting through her spiraling thoughts. Selene Ravencrest’s name

flashed on the screen.

“Have you seen it?” Selene’s voice was sharp with barely contained fury. “Have you watched my idiot son prostrate himself before that ungrateful bitch on national

television?”

“I’m watching it now. For the third time.”

“He’s destroyed everything. Our reputation, our standing in the pack, our business relationships–everything I spent forty years building, gone because he couldn’t keep his obsession with that woman under control.” Selene’s voice dropped to something dangerous, calculating. “He chose her. Again. After everything we did, after everything you sacrificed, after all the time you invested in being perfect for him–he still chose

her.”

“What do you want me to do about it?” Astrid asked tiredly, though she could already sense where this conversation was heading. Selene never called without an agenda.

“I want you to fight for what’s yours.” Selene’s voice turned silky, persuasive. “You’ve invested three years in that relationship. You’ve cared for his daughter like she was your own. You’ve been the perfect partner while that woman paraded around with other men. You deserve better than to be cast aside the moment she decides to come

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crawling back.”

“Stop.” Astrid’s voice was sharp enough to cut. “I’m done, Mrs. Ravencrest. I’m done being the other woman. I’m done being blamed for destroying a marriage that was already dead when I entered the picture. I’m done being your pawn in whatever twisted game you’re playing with your son and his wife.”

“Astrid-”

“No. Kieran made his choice. And honestly?” Astrid laughed, the sound bitter and brittle. “I think he made the right one. Mira loved him in a way I never could. She’d die for him. She almost did die for him. What was I to him? A distraction? A rebellion? A

way to avoid dealing with his real feelings?”

“You were the woman who deserved him,” Selene insisted. “The woman who could give

him the future he needed-”

“I was the woman who was convenient.” Astrid’s voice was cold now, the truth finally settling into her bones after three years of denial. “The woman who didn’t demand too much, who didn’t challenge him, who let him compartmentalize his life into neat little boxes. Mira terrified him because she wanted all of him, and I was safe because I only wanted the parts he was willing to give.”

She hung up before Selene could launch into another manipulative tirade.

But as Astrid sat there, surrounded by the expensive furniture and designer clothes and all the trappings of being an Alpha’s mistress, she felt something crystallize inside her chest.

Anger. Pure, cold, calculating anger.

Because the truth was, she had loved Kieran. Maybe not the all–consuming, world–ending love that Mira felt, but she had loved him in her own way. And he’d used her. Let her believe she meant something, that she mattered, that someday-

Someday never came when you were the other woman.

Astrid pulled out her phone and scrolled through her contacts until she found the number she’d saved months ago. Just in case.

Julian Brooks.

She’d done her research on Mira’s “friend” after the photos surfaced. Handsome, kind, clearly interested in Mira despite her complicated situation. The perfect candidate for

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what Astrid had in mind.

She typed quickly: We should talk. About Kieran. About Mira. About the truth they’re both too blind to see.

The response came within three minutes: What truth?

Astrid smiled, cold and sharp. The truth about why Kieran really married Mira. The truth about what happened at their wedding. The truth about the pack laws they’re both violating by even considering divorce.

A longer pause this time. Then: When and where?

Tomorrow. Millbrook Café. 2 PM. Come alone, and don’t tell Mira. She deserves to know what she’s walking back into before it’s too late.

Another pause. This better not be a trick.

No trick. Just truth. The kind that might save Mira from making the biggest mistake of

her life.

Fine. I’ll be there.

Astrid set her phone down and pulled out her laptop. She had files to gather, evidence to compile, secrets to weaponize.

Because if Kieran thought he could just discard her and ride off into the sunset with his precious mate, he had another thing coming.

If she couldn’t have him, she’d at least make sure Mira knew exactly what kind of man she was fighting to co–parent with.

The secrets about Caspian Ravencrest’s illegal pack dealings. The truth about how Kieran’s grandfather had forced the marriage through an ancient pack law loophole. The documents showing that Kieran couldn’t actually divorce Mira without losing his Alpha position entirely–something he’d conveniently never mentioned.

Mira thought she was free. Thought she’d won her independence.

But pack law was older and more binding than any human divorce decree.

And once Astrid was done sharing what she knew, Mira would understand that escaping the Ravencrests wasn’t just difficult.

It might be impossible.

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Astrid began downloading files onto a secure drive, her smile growing wider with each damning document.

The war wasn’t over.

It was just beginning.

And this time, everyone was going to bleed.

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