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

daughter's birthday. Lily is waiting for him

left strict instructions

body convulsed on the cold

in my arms. "Someone

could see in their eyes what I refused to accept. Lily's organs were shutting

eyes fluttering open one last time. "Why does Daddy love Emma more than me? Is it because

sent her. Ethan, Victoria, and Emma at Disney. Ethan was carrying Emma on his shoulders, all of them laughing. A giant

him to love

she was gone, her final breath a

My daughter was dead. And her father wasn't even there to say goodbye. The funeral home was

"He doesn't know," I said, my voice hollow. "He doesn't

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 sorry it

shifted uncomfortably. "The Alpha King should be

into my voice. "Celebrating Emma Frost's birthday with the same party

but he

began, I stood alone, watching flames consume

the Moonwood Ceremonial Urn to my chest, Lily's ashes still warm inside.

park's exterior wall flashed with images-breaking news about the Alpha King's extravagant

young Emma Frost's birthday celebration today," the announcer's

Ethan's childhood sweetheart. But she left the pack five years ago. After she left the pack, she mated to another wolf

to the pack with Emma. My life

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

had begged for, the one Ethan had refused to buy because "it's

still

I returned. Our wing of the massive estate felt empty without Lily's presence. I carried the urn to