Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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(Olivia's POV)

After leaving the Silvercrest Pack Medical Den, I took a taxi

My phone rang, disrupting my thoughts. Eleanor Stone's name flashed across the

screen.

I considered ignoring it but knew that would only make things worse. With a deep breath, I answered.

"Olivia, you need to come to the Stone Estate immediately. We're hosting a pack banquet tonight and we're short-staffed," Eleanor said without preamble, her voice sharp with command.

I gritted my teeth. Despite being Ethan's mate and technically the Luna of the pack, I was treated like a servant by his family.

Im not feeling well," I began, but Eleanor cut me off.

"That's not my problem. Just be here in thirty minutes."

In the background, I heard a familiar voice-Victoria's honeyed tones asking Eleanor something about table settings. My blood ran cold.

"T1l be there," I said, my voice hardening with resolve.

If Victoria was at the pack house, then that's exactly where I needed to be. Roland Warner's dying words echoed in my mind: "Victoria didn't want to save her own daughter... She wanted Lily dead!"

I flagged down another taxi, my hands shaking with anger and determination. This was my chance to observe Victoria up close after learning what she'd done to Lily.

the Stone Estate felt both too long and too short. I rehearsed what I might say, how I might act, trying to prepare myself for seeing the woman

into view, its imposing structure looming against the darkening sky.

hurried about, preparing for the

contrast between my plain appearance and the grandeur around me

through the grand entrance of the Silvercrest Pack House. The manor was bustling with activity as servants prepared

in the scene before me. Ethan sat in his

playing with toys, while Eleanor and Isabelle Stone watched her with doting expressions.

My place. My

them together sent a wave of nausea through me. How many times had I wished for such a scene with

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faltering slightly before returning with calculated

you are," she called, as if we were old friends: "We were just wondering

could see the triumph in her eyes. She thought she'd

chosen companion.

turned, her expression souring at the sight of me "Finally. The kitchen staff

made my wolf bristle. I was Luna, not a

I stood being ordered

about by Ethan's aunt.

met mine briefly before sliding away.

to stroke Emma's hair. "Emma has been

girl nodded, looking up at Ethan with adoring eyes. "Daddy promised to take

week!"

the same treat flooding my mind. Ethan had always been too