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Chapter 15: Sacred Grounds

Chapter 15: Sacred Grounds

(Olivia's POV)

I felt my stomach lurch violently as Ethan carried me into my bedroom. The moonlight wine I'd consumed rushed back up my throat without warning.

"Ethan-I'm going to-" I couldn't finish my sentence before the contents of my stomach

erupted.

The vomit splattered across his expensive shirt, dripping down onto his pants. Ethan froze, his amber eyes widening with shock before narrowing with disgust.

He set me down on the edge of the bed immediately, stepping back as if I were contagious. The revulsion on his face was unmistakable.

"I'm sorry," I mumbled, mortified and still dizzy.

Without a word, Ethan stalked to my bathroom. I heard water running as he attempted to clean himself up.

When he emerged, his shirt was wet where he'd tried to wash away the mess. His jaw was

clenched tight, his earlier tenderness completely evaporated.

"I'll see myself out," he said coldly, not meeting my eyes.

The door slammed behind him, leaving me alone in the silence of my apartment. I curled up

on my bed, my body still aching from the assault and now from the aftermath of too much

wine.

I fell into a restless sleep, haunted by memories of hands grabbing me in dark alleys and

amber eyes filled with disgust.

The following month passed in a blur of focused determination. I poured every ounce of

energy into my crystal design for the Pack Healer's Crystal Competition.

My fingers ached as I sketched late into the night, the special moonwood pencils moving across the pages of my moonstone-infused sketchbook. Every line was drawn with purpose,

every configuration calculated for maximum healing potential.

"This has to work," I whispered to Lily's portrait as I worked. "This is for you, baby."

The $50,000 prize money would secure the sacred burial ground I'd found for Lily's ashes.

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Sacred Grounds

Located in a peaceful clearing at the edge of pack territory, the ground was said to help

departed wolf spirits find peace in the afterlife.

I barely ate or slept, driven by the desperate need to give my daughter a proper resting place. My design incorporated innovative uses of healing crystals that could revolutionize pack

medicine.

occasionally, bringing food and

to rest," he insisted one evening, his hazel

my only chance to get the money for Lily's

didn't argue further. He understood what this

night before the competition, I sat beside the Moonwood

ashes.

sweetheart," I promised, my fingers tracing the

I'll win this for

of the award ceremony, I arrived at Lunar Tower with my

configurations I'd created were unlike anything seen before in pack healing

Willow. Her wise eyes crinkled at the corners as she smiled

1. me.

she greeted, taking my hands in hers. "Your design has

leaped with hope.

closer, her voice dropping to a whisper. "The judges were

but..." She squeezed my hands meaningfully,

with barely

clear - I had

flooded through me, so powerful that I

refreshment room, tears of joy

"We did it, baby. You'll have

the peaceful clearing, the sacred ground, the small memorial

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and left the refreshment room, planning

confider, a familiar scent caught my

Victoria

most they

persuasive, Ethan stood tall beside her, his Alpha presence impossible

crept into my heart. Something

away before they could spot me, hurrying toward

before the ceremony, my phone rang Elder Willow's name

the screen

voice cheerful despite my earlier

had changed completely from our earlier

sounded troubled. "I wanted to speak with you

hand froze, mascara wand hovering near

you to get

onto the vanity. "What

impressed everyone."

did." Elder

other factors come into

demanded, my

Willow spoke reluctantly. "Politics, Influence. I've just learned the win

spin around me. "But my design was better. You said

yourself

was" Another heavy sigh. "I'm sorry,

do."

Chapter 15 Sacred Grounds

ended, I remembered seeing Ethan and Victoria with the competition

me like a

influence to steal

through Lunar Tower, my body trembling with rage

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