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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 me to

evening, his hazel eyes concerned as he took

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

argue further. He understood what this meant to

sat beside the Moonwood

ashes.

fingers tracing the intricate carvings on the

win

ceremony, I arrived at Lunar Tower

I'd created were unlike anything seen before in pack

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

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greeted, taking my hands

leaped with

Willow leaned closer, her voice dropping to a whisper. "The

but..." She squeezed my

barely

clear - I had

so powerful that I had to excuse myself. I

refreshment room, tears of joy

"We

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

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my eyes and left the refreshment room, planning to

walked through the confider, a familiar scent

the corner. There he stood with Victoria Frost, their

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

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

into my heart. Something

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

my phone

the screen

voice cheerful despite my earlier

tone had changed completely from our earlier

sounded troubled. "I wanted to

hovering near my eye.

just... I don't want you to get your hopes up about the

the vanity. "What do you mean? You said

impressed everyone."

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

factors come into

factors?" I demanded, my

a long pause, Elder Willow spoke reluctantly. "Politics, Influence. I've

me. "But my design was

yourself

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

do."

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Ethan and Victoria with

like

used his influence to steal my victory and give

stormed through Lunar Tower, my body trembling with rage and

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