Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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My fingers trembled as I held up Lily's Amusement Park Family Drawing. The childish strokes depicted the three of us-Lily in the middle, holding both our hands at the Moonlight Fair. Her stick-figure smile stretched across half her face, radiating the pure joy she'd imagined experiencing with her father.

"This was her dream," I whispered, my voice breaking. To spend just one day with both her parents. To feel like a normal family*

Ethan's amber eyes fixed on the drawing. Something shifted in his expression-the hard lines of the Alpha King softening into something I hadn't seen in years

"She drew this the night before her birthday," I continued, watching his reaction carefully. "She was so certain you'd keep your promise this time."

Ethan reached for the drawing with uncharacteristic gentleness. His fingers brushed against mine as he took it, sending an unwelcome shiver up my arm.

"I didn't know," he murmured, staring at the crayon figures. "I didn't realize how much it meant to her."

"How could you?" I replied bitterly. "You were never there to see."

of the anger I expected, Ethan's shoulders slumped slightly. He traced the outline of Lily's figure with his thumb, his expression unguarded

just the Moonlight Fair," he said suddenly, his voice carrying an unusual gentleness. "Anything she

throat. Was this genuine remorse? After five years of neglect and months of denial since

tell me," he continued, using the nickname only James had ever used,

meaning. For months, he'd refused to believe Lily was gone, accusing me of hiding her. Now,

chest. Could this be the breakthrough I'd been waiting for? The moment Ethan finally accepted our daughter's death and helped me honor her

you to her,"

nodded, his expression solemn as he carefully folded the drawing and placed it in his pocket. He extended his hand toward me, not

"Let's go," he said.

accepting his hand, allowing him to help me up from Lily's small chair. His touch was gentle as he guided me with a hand at the small

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