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Two burly male servants immediately grabbed my arms, their grip firm enough to bruise. I struggled against

their hold.

"I didn't push her! She fell in on her own!" I protested, but Eleanor silenced me with a withering glare.

"Take her to the main house," she ordered. "Alpha Stone will deal with this."

As the servants dragged me away, I caught Emma's eye. The little girl was shivering dramatically, but there was something else in her expression-a hint of satisfaction that chilled me more than the evening air.

The sound of running footsteps announced Ethan's arrival. His powerful frame cut through the gathered

crowd, his amber eyes immediately finding Emma.

"What happened?" he demanded, his voice carrying the unmistakable authority of an Alpha.

Emma, seeing him approach, began to tremble more violently. Her small lips quivered as she looked him with wide, tear-filled eyes.

"Daddy..." she whimpered, reaching for him with small, shaking hands.

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Without hesitation, Ethan rushed to her side. He quickly assessed her condition, his movements efficient and

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concerned. With gentle hands, he removed her wet clothes and wrapped his leather jacket around her tiny

frame.

got you, princess," he murmured, scooping her into

Then, slowly, she turned her head to look at me. Our eyes met across the garden, and I saw something in her gaze

calculation.

began, her voice breaking as fresh tears spilled down

cold stone. The accusation in his look was

Hotel.

Once again, he was ready to believe the worst of me without

her inside, Ethan ordered the servants holding me.

warm compared to the evening chill of the gardens. The servants pushed me into the sitting room, forcing me to stand in the center like a criminal awaiting

The child refused to leave his embrace, clinging to him like a lifeline while occasionally shooting me fearful

summoned by Eleanor to examine Emma. The

me see her, Alpha Stone," he requested, his voice carrying the weight of decades of

his hand resting protectively on her shoulder. Dr. Bennett

finally announced. "Some warm moonberry tea

recover quickly."

that made my blood run cold. "However, we must monitor her closely. With her recent kidney transplant, even a minor illness

vulnerable."

at these words, his amber eyes fixing on me with a sharp, accusatory glint. The implication was clear-I had not only pushed Emma

to her medical

softly beside Ethan, suddenly straightened. Her tear-streaked

turned

rising with each word. "This isn't the first time

it? First me, now my

'us,

jealous. You've always been jealous of what Ethan and I

just a child,

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