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.

is unavailable. He's at Disney with Ms. Frost and her daughter

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

sorry, Mrs. Winters. He left strict instructions not

small body convulsed on the cold

screamed, gathering her in my arms.

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

time. "Why does Daddy

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 banner read: "Happy Birthday,

him to love me," Lily

was gone, her final

monitor flatlined, its continuous tone announcing what my heart refused to accept. My daughter was dead. And her father wasn't even there to say

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

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

to help you get better," I whispered, carefully placing it in her hair. "I'm so sorry it wasn't

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 he promised Lily. With the woman he always loved more

shock, but he nodded respectfully. "I understand,

the cremation began, I stood alone, watching

at a standstill. I clutched the Moonwood Ceremonial Urn to my chest, Lily's ashes still warm inside.

on the park's exterior wall flashed with

young Emma Frost's birthday celebration today," the announcer's cheerful voice boomed. "Sources say he rented the entire park for this

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 ago. After she left

she returned to the pack with Emma. My

felt that it was hard and pitiful for Victoria to raise a child alone, so he always went

one Ethan had refused to buy because "it's too expensive for a

from the screen, shielding it as if Lily could still see. "Lily, don't

wing of the massive estate felt empty without Lily's presence.