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 special

today is his daughter's birthday.

Mrs. Winters. He left strict instructions

back, Lily had collapsed. Her small body convulsed on the cold ground, her

I screamed, gathering her in my arms.

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

open one last time. "Why does Daddy love Emma more than me? Is it because I'm

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, all of them laughing. A giant

him to love me," Lily

her final

its continuous tone announcing what my heart 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

asked gently. "Surely the Alpha King..." "He doesn't know," I said, my voice

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

carefully placing it in her hair. "I'm

shifted uncomfortably. "The Alpha

Frost's birthday with the same party he promised Lily. With the woman he

widened in shock, but he nodded respectfully.

began, I stood alone, watching flames consume

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

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

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

arm. Victoria is Ethan's childhood sweetheart. But she left the pack

pack with Emma. My life was changed

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

Crystal-Embroidered Ice Princess Gown-the exact dress Lily had begged for, the one Ethan had refused to buy because "it's too expensive for

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

estate felt empty without Lily's presence. I carried the urn to her room, still