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.

in a blur of determination.

steady despite the rage burning

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entrance gleamed with crystal chandeliers and polished marble. I could hear children's

the entrance, greeting guests with her perfect smile. When she

expression froze in genuine

expected me to actually

stammered, her composure momentarily

Ethan had emerged from the ballroom, likely alerted to

eyes narrowed as he approached, scanning the space behind me. I

looking for - or rather,

approach, seized the opportunity.

innocent concern.

asked, her voice carrying just enough

every word. "Where's Lily?"

inside me snapped. Five years of restraint, of maintaining dignity

hand moved before I could think, cracking across Victoria's perfect

force I could muster. The sound echoed through the entrance hall, silencing nearby

the side, a perfect red handprint blooming on

you know perfectly well that Lily is dead," I

at my words, but at my audacity. No

one

caught in an iron grip. Ethan had reached us,

me any further!" he growled, his

arm. Tears streamed down

mad, Victoria sobbed dramatically. "She's

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ban

Emma's achievemental"

disbelief. The audacity of her lies knew

me," I demanded, trying

my skin. "Explain yourself," he ordered, his Alpha

she said to me on the phone today,"

intensified. "I was just being kind," she wailed.

might

her, stopped only by Ethan's restraining grip. "If you

darted out from behind a nearby table. Emma, dressed

Gown, ran toward us with a

react, she sank her teeth into my

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