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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.

visited occasionally, bringing food and forcing

insisted one evening, his hazel

"I can't. This is my only chance to get the money

further. He understood what this

night before the competition, I sat

ashes.

tracing the intricate carvings on

I'll win

ceremony, I arrived at Lunar Tower with my

created were unlike anything seen before in pack

wise eyes crinkled

1. me.

my dear," she greeted, taking my hands in

leaped with hope.

closer, her voice dropping to a whisper. "The

say more, but..." She squeezed my

with barely contained

implication was clear

that I

tears of joy streaming

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

to imagine it - the peaceful clearing, the sacred ground, the small memorial marker I would place there. Lily's spirit would finally have a

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at my eyes and left the refreshment room, planning to gor something to eat before

I walked through the confider, a familiar scent caught my

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

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

smile sweet and persuasive, Ethan stood tall beside her, his

my heart.

spot me, hurrying

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

the screen

voice cheerful

Willow's tone had changed completely from our

sounded troubled. "I wanted to speak with you

froze, mascara wand hovering near my eye. "What's

want you to get

wand clattered onto the vanity. "What do

impressed everyone."

It truly did." Elder Willow sighed heavily.

other factors come

I demanded, my

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

me. "But my design was

yourself

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

do."

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the call ended, I remembered seeing Ethan and Victoria with the competition

me like

had used his influence to steal my victory and give it to

Tower, my body trembling with rage and

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