Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

Chapter 23

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Chapter 23: A Slap in the Face

Chapter 23: A Slap in the Face

(Olivia's POV)

I stood frozen, Victoria's mocking voice still echoing in my ear. My fingers

tightened around the phone until my knuckles turned white.

“Emma wants to invite Lily to join us. I'll have Ethan pick you and Lily up now, okay?

The calculated cruelty of her words struck me like a physical blow. Victoria knew Lily was dead. She knew today was my daughter's burial ceremony.

This wasn't a mistake or oversight. This was deliberate.

My gaze fell to the freshly placed urn, Lily's final resting place. The memory of my sweet daughter's face flashed before my eyes - her hopeful smile when she'd asked Ethan to take her to Moonlight Fair, the disappointment in her eyes when he'd broken yet another promise.

Victoria was using my daughter's death as a weapon against me. Even now, she

was

celebrating Emma's third-place win at the Crescent Moon Training Den's running competition - flaunting Ethan's affection for her daughter while highlighting his neglect of mine.

My emerald eyes stung with tears of rage. How many times had Victoria used Ethan's

favoritism to hurt Lily? How many times had my daughter cried because Emma had received

the Crystal-Embroidered Ice Princess Gown she'd begged for, or the trip to Disney she'd

dreamed about?

Even in death, they wouldn't leave her memory in peace.

"Fine," I responded coldly into the phone. "I'll be there."

I ended the call before Victoria could respond. My decision was made in an instant I would

go to that party. I would no longer allow them to disrespect my daughter's memory.

"Lily," I whispered to the urn, my fingers gently tracing the moonwood carvings. "Mommy won't let you suffer any more."

With one last glance at the peaceful resting place, I turned and walked toward my car, purpose filling every step. Victoria Frost had pushed me too far this time.

passed in a blur of determination. I parked in

hands steady despite the rage burning inside

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I could

guests with her perfect smile. When she

expression froze

expected me to actually

her composure momentarily slipping. “What are

commotion behind her drew our attention. Ethan had emerged from the ballroom, likely alerted to my presence by

he approached, scanning the space behind me. I knew what

- or

seeing Ethan approach, seized the opportunity. Her face transformed

innocent concern.

her

every word. "Where's Lily?"

of restraint, of maintaining dignity

think, cracking across

I could muster. The sound echoed through the

head snapped to the side, a perfect red handprint blooming on her pale

you know perfectly well that Lily is dead," I spat, my voice

not at my words, but at my audacity. No one had ever dared to strike her, the

you?" she gasped, one hand cradling

third time, but my wrist was suddenly caught in an iron grip. Ethan had reached

push me any further!" he

Tears streamed

dramatically. "She's cursing

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ban the

Emma's achievemental"

The audacity

I demanded, trying to wrench my wrist from

skin. "Explain yourself," he ordered, his Alpha voice sending shivers down my spine despite my

eyes cold and hard. "Ask your precious Victoria what she said to me on the phone today," I challenged. "Ask her why she invited Lily to

sobbing intensified. "I was just being

might

lunged toward her, stopped only by Ethan's restraining grip. "If you mention my daughter again, I

darted out from behind a nearby table. Emma,

Ice Princess Gown, ran toward us with a

react, she sank her teeth into my

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