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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.

and

evening, his hazel eyes concerned as he

This is my

further. He

sat beside the Moonwood

ashes.

my fingers tracing

I'll win

day of the award ceremony, I arrived at

I'd created were unlike anything

wise eyes crinkled at

1. me.

taking my hands

leaped with hope.

her voice dropping to a whisper.

I shouldn't say more, but..."

barely

clear - I had

I had to excuse

room, tears of

wall. "We did it, baby. You'll have your resting

sacred ground, the small memorial marker I would place there. Lily's spirit would finally

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the refreshment

familiar scent caught my attention pine

he stood with Victoria Frost, their bodies close, heads bent together in

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

sweet and persuasive, Ethan stood tall beside her,

crept into my heart. Something

could spot me, hurrying toward one of the private

ceremony, my phone

the screen

my voice cheerful

tone had changed completely from our

wanted to speak with you

mascara wand hovering near

don't want you to get

the vanity. "What do you mean? You

impressed everyone."

my dear. It truly did." Elder Willow sighed heavily. "But sometimes

factors come into

demanded, my

reluctantly. "Politics, Influence. I've just learned

around me. "But my design was better.

yourself

heavy

do."

Chapter 15 Sacred Grounds

Ethan

me like

used his influence to steal my

through Lunar Tower, my body trembling with

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