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.

Alpha King is unavailable. He's at Disney with Ms. Frost and her daughter for a

my feet. "But today is his daughter's birthday. Lily is waiting for

Winters. He left strict instructions

Lily had collapsed. Her small body convulsed on the cold ground, her breathing shallow and

in my arms. "Someone help

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

fluttering open one last time. "Why does Daddy love Emma

screen lighting up with a video someone had sent her. Ethan, Victoria, and Emma at Disney. Ethan was carrying Emma on his shoulders, all of them

him to love me,"

she was gone, her final breath a

refused to accept. My daughter was dead. And her father wasn't even there to say goodbye. The funeral home was quiet except for my muffled sobs. I stood alone

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

pulled out the Moonstone Hair Clip I'd designed for her birthday-tiny healing crystals embedded in a delicate silver setting. I'd spent

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

Alpha King should be

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

eyes widened in shock, but he

began, I stood alone, watching flames consume the daughter Ethan had

Urn to my chest, Lily's ashes still warm inside. We were stuck

exterior wall flashed with

no expense for young Emma Frost's birthday celebration today," the announcer's cheerful voice boomed. "Sources say he rented the entire park for this special

of Ethan carrying Emma on 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

she returned to the pack

alone, so he always went to take care of them. He treated Emma even better than

exact dress Lily had begged for, the one Ethan had refused to buy

screen, shielding it as if Lily could still see. "Lily, don't look!" I whispered, tears streaming down my

was silent when I returned. Our wing of the massive estate felt empty without Lily's presence.