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Chapter 27: Denied Truth and Hidden Secrets

Chapter 27: Denied Truth and Hidden Secrets

(Olivia's POV)

His body went rigid. The muscles in his jaw tightened as he turned to face me.

"Don't you dare curse our daughter," he growled, his amber eyes flashing with fury.

My heart shattered into a thousand pieces. Even now, faced with the emptiness of Lily's room, he refused to

accept the truth.

"Look," I said, gesturing weakly toward Lily's Memorial Portrait on the nightstand. "Look at her eyes, Ethan

The portrait captured our daughter's sweet face, her innocent smile forever frozen in time. But it was her eyes that spoke volumes gazing directly at where her father should have been.

"Her last wish was for you to be there," I continued, tears streaming down my face. "She wanted her daddy at

her side for her final journey."

Ethan's gaze flickered to the portrait, then quickly away. Something passed across his face – pain, perhaps, or the briefest moment of recognition - before hardening into cold denial.

"Stop manipulating me," he snarled. "This is just another one of your pathetic attempts to get my attention."

I stared at him in disbelief. How could he twist my grief into something so selfish?

"Our daughter is dead, Ethan," I said, my voice breaking. "She died alone in that hospital bed while you were

with Victoria and Emma. The least you could do is acknowledge her now."

His nostrils flared. "You're lying."

"The funeral home has her body," I pressed on, desperate to break through his denial. "They're waiting for your signature to proceed with the burial arrangements."

"Enough!" he roared, his Alpha voice reverberating through the small room.

I flinched but stood my ground. "She was your daughter too," I whispered. "Don't let her memory fade without

honoring her properly"

Something dangerous flashed in his eyes. His control snapped.

"I said ENOUGH!" Ethan bellowed, shoving me away with such force that I stumbled backward.

Moonstone Amulet, the jade pendant he always wore. The

pendant arced toward me. It struck my temple with surprising force,

A fleeting, incomplete memory flickered through my mind a child's laughter, a flash of amber

the pendant now lying on the floor between us. The memory faded as quickly

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from the ground. His movements were frantic as he examined it for damage before slipping it back around

of the room. The door

bed, my body shaking with sobs. The sheets still held the faintest trace of her scent - the gentle lavender soap she had loved so

curled into myself, clutching her pillow to my chest. The physical pain from my injuries was nothing compared

acknowledge what was right in

this way?

as exhaustion claimed me. The emotional toll of the confrontation,

still-healing injuries, pulled me

a child who looked remarkably like I had at that age. She wore

her, his face blurred and indistinct. He placed an identical pendant in her small

whispered, his voice achingly familiar

the pendant to

a gasp, my nightgown drenched in sweat. The dream clung to me, its details already

much like me? And why had she

It felt like a memory, yet I had no recollection of such an encounter from

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to my discomfort. I reached for the bottle of sleeping pills on Lily's nightstand left there from the many nights I'd spent at her bedside during

one dry, desperate for dreamless sleep. As the medication began to take effect, my mind continued to circle around

(Victoria's POV)

as I sat in the Silvercrest Pack Medical Den's garden. My discharge papers had been processed, and I was

from the champagne fountain incident were healing nicely, though I'd made sure the medical staff documented every scratch. Evidence of Olivia's violence would serve me

the sunshine,

Roland Warner stood before me, his

sour smell of alcohol told me

hissed, glancing around nervously. "This

curved into an unpleasant smile. "I need another hundred thousand," he said bluntly.

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Chapter 27 Bened Truths

tomorrow."

"We had an agreement. You've

price has gone up," he replied, running a hand

"Our business is concluded. I suggest you leave

breath hot against my ear. "What would the Alpha King say if he knew the