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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.

visited occasionally, bringing food and forcing me

he insisted one evening, his hazel eyes concerned as he took

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

argue further. He understood what this meant to

before the competition, I sat beside the

ashes.

I promised, my fingers tracing the intricate

I'll win this for

ceremony, I arrived at Lunar Tower

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

Her wise eyes crinkled at the

1. me.

dear," she greeted, taking my hands in hers. "Your

heart leaped with

dropping to a whisper. "The judges were

innovation. I shouldn't say more, but..." She squeezed

barely

was clear - I had

me, so powerful that I had

of joy streaming down my

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

ground, the small memorial marker I would

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campesing myself, I dalbed at my eyes and left the refreshment room,

through the confider, a familiar scent caught my attention pine and interi Ethan's distinctive

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

their closeness that troubled me most they wSIG speaking

and persuasive, Ethan stood tall beside her, his Alpha

crept into my heart.

before they could spot me, hurrying

ceremony, my

the screen

I answered, my voice cheerful

Willow's tone had changed completely from our earlier

sounded troubled. "I wanted to speak with you before

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

you to

mascara wand clattered onto the vanity. "What do you mean? You said

impressed everyone."

truly did." Elder Willow sighed

other factors come

factors?" I demanded, my

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

room seemed to spin around me. "But my design was

yourself

Another heavy sigh. "I'm sorry, Olivia. There's

do."

Chapter 15 Sacred Grounds

Ethan and Victoria with the competition

like

had used his influence to steal my

stormed through Lunar Tower, my body trembling with rage and grief.

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