Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

Chapter 1

(Olivia's POV)

The beeping of the hospital monitors had become the soundtrack to our lives. My daughter Lily lay in the sterile bed, her small frame dwarfed by the medical equipment surrounding her. Kidney failure. Those two words had shattered our world.

"Mommy," Lily whispered, her voice barely audible over the machines. "Do you think Daddy will come tomorrow?"

I brushed her thin hair back from her forehead. "Of course, sweetheart. It's your birthday."

"And we'll go to the Moonlight Fair? All three of us?" Hope flickered in her emerald eyes-eyes just like mine.

"Yes, Lily. I already asked him, and he promised." I forced a smile, ignoring the doubt gnawing at my heart.

Lily's face lit up with a joy I hadn't seen in months. "Really? Daddy promised?"

I nodded, squeezing her fragile hand. The doctors had given her days, maybe hours. This birthday might be her last, and her only wish was to spend it with her father.

The next morning, I dressed Lily in her warmest clothes. The weather had turned unexpectedly cold, but nothing would stop us. We waited at the Moonlight Fair entrance, the colorful lights and cheerful music a stark contrast to the heaviness in my chest.

One hour passed. Then two.

"He's just running late from work, right Mommy?" Lily asked, her lips turning slightly blue despite the heavy coat.

"I'm sure he is, sweetheart." I dialed Ethan's number for the twentieth time. Straight to voicemail.

Three hours. Lily refused to sit in the wheelchair I'd brought, insisting on standing so her father would see her right away.

"Maybe he forgot," she whispered, her voice breaking. "Maybe he's with Emma again."

My heart cracked at her words. "Let me try once more."

This time, someone answered. Not Ethan, but his assistant.

King is unavailable. He's at Disney with Ms. Frost

tilted beneath my feet. "But today is his daughter's birthday.

left strict instructions

body convulsed on the cold ground, her breathing shallow

I screamed, gathering her in my arms. "Someone help

the doctors worked frantically, but I could see in their eyes what I refused to

last time. "Why does Daddy love Emma more

couldn't answer through my tears. Lily's phone slipped from her pocket, the screen lighting up with a video someone had sent her. Ethan, Victoria, and Emma at Disney. Ethan was carrying Emma on his shoulders,

him to love me,"

final breath a question I

to say goodbye. The funeral home was

the staff member asked gently. "Surely the Alpha King..." "He doesn't know,"

Moonstone Hair Clip I'd designed for her birthday-tiny healing crystals embedded in a delicate silver setting. I'd spent months crafting it,

help you get better," I whispered, carefully placing it in her hair. "I'm so

staff member shifted uncomfortably. "The Alpha King should be informed

said, bitterness seeping into my voice. "Celebrating Emma Frost's birthday with the same party he promised Lily. With

man's eyes widened in shock, but he nodded

alone, watching flames consume the daughter

to my chest,

wall flashed with images-breaking news

expense for young Emma Frost's birthday celebration today," the announcer's cheerful voice

his shoulders, both laughing. Victoria stood beside them, her hand possessively on Ethan's arm. Victoria is Ethan's childhood sweetheart. But she left the pack five years ago. After she left the pack, she mated to another wolf and gave birth to a daughter,

to the pack with Emma. My life

it was hard and pitiful for Victoria to raise a child alone, so he always went to take care of them. He treated Emma even better

the one Ethan had refused

could still see. "Lily, don't look!" I whispered, tears

the massive estate felt empty without Lily's presence. I