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The morning sun cast long shadows across Sacred Moonlight Cemetery as I knelt before

Lily's tombstone. My weathered fingers traced the engraved name, the cold stone a stark

contrast to the warmth of my tears.

"My great-granddaughter," I whispered, memories flooding back like a broken dam.

Bernard stood respectfully behind me, his silence heavy with shared grief. I

closed my eyes,

remembering a conversation I'd overheard between Ethan and Olivia just before my spiritual

retreat.

"How is Lily?" Ethan had asked casually, as if inquiring about the weather. "I was thinking we

could have dinner together this weekend."

Olivia's face had remained carefully neutral. "She's fine. Just busy with school projects."

The memory twisted like a knife in my chest. Lily had been dead for months, yet Ethan spoke

as if she were alive. And Olivia had maintained the charade.

"She protected me from the truth," I realized aloud, my voice breaking. "Because of my

memory issues, she didn't want to cause me pain by telling me repeatedly that Lily was gone."

Bernard shifted uncomfortably. "Matriarch, perhaps we should return to the estate. This shock

isn't good for your health."

I ignored his concern, another memory surfacing-Olivia's haunted eyes whenever Lily was

mentioned, the careful way she redirected conversations. She had carried this burden alone.

to my feet. "How

could he ask about her

were too terrible to contemplate. Had

that he hadn't even noticed his daughter's

father doesn't know his child is dead?"

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Chapter 86 Lily's Death

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its authority. "I will confront him here, at Lily's grave,

(Matriarch Evelyn's POV)

gates, a wave of dizziness

colors blurring

voice seemed to come from far

way beneath me, the emotional shock

arms caught me before I hit the

Bernard ordered someone

was carefully lifted into a

Olivia's face, so brave despite her pain, and my grandson's betrayal of everything I

him about pack

Imperial Gardens, Ethan knelt among the

piece seemed to

large hands, capable of commanding an entire pack, trembled as he gathered the

nothing compared to what Lily must have

time he broke his promises

eyes scanned the room, searching for a photograph, any

was nothing-no pictures, no mementos, no

in his

I?" he whispered

(Ethan's POV)

edges cutting into my skin. I