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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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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.

and forcing me

to rest," he insisted one evening, his hazel eyes concerned

head stubbornly. "I can't. This is my only

He understood what this

competition, I sat beside

ashes.

my fingers tracing the intricate carvings on the

I'll win this

arrived

configurations I'd created were unlike anything seen before

wise eyes crinkled at the corners as

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my hands in hers. "Your design

leaped with hope.

to

more, but..."

with barely contained

clear - I

through me, so powerful that I had to excuse myself. I hurried

of joy

against the wall. "We

it - the peaceful clearing, the sacred ground, the small

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myself, I dalbed at my eyes and left the refreshment

I walked through the confider, a familiar scent caught my attention pine and interi

paused, peering around the corner. There he stood with Victoria Frost, their bodies close, heads

stomach lightened, but it wasn't their closeness that troubled me most they wSIG speaking with two of the competition officials, their

and persuasive, Ethan

crept into my heart. Something

backed away before they could spot me, hurrying toward one of

ceremony, my phone rang Elder Willow's

the screen

my voice

Elder Willow's tone had changed completely from our

wanted to speak with you

hand froze, mascara wand hovering near

I don't want you to get

vanity. "What do you mean? You said my

impressed everyone."

It truly did." Elder Willow sighed heavily. "But

other factors come into

demanded,

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

to spin around me. "But my

yourself

Everyone knows it was" Another heavy sigh. "I'm sorry, Olivia. There's nothing I

do."

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ended, I remembered seeing Ethan and

hit me like

to steal my

my body trembling with rage and

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