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

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

Winters. He left strict instructions not to

body convulsed on

in my arms. "Someone

frantically, but I could see in their eyes what I refused to accept. Lily's

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

with a video someone had sent her. Ethan,

just wanted him to love me,"

final breath a

say goodbye. The funeral home was quiet except for my muffled sobs. I stood alone beside

"Surely the Alpha King..." "He doesn't

healing crystals embedded in a delicate silver setting.

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

staff member shifted uncomfortably. "The Alpha King should be

I said, bitterness seeping into my voice. "Celebrating Emma Frost's birthday with the same party

in shock, but he nodded respectfully. "I understand, Mrs.

the cremation began, I stood alone, watching flames

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

flashed with images-breaking news about

Frost's birthday celebration today," the announcer's cheerful voice boomed. "Sources say he rented the entire

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

ago, she returned to the pack with Emma. My life was changed

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

Princess Gown-the exact dress Lily had begged for, the one Ethan had

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

Lily's presence. I