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Relief washed over me when Dr. Bennett confirmed that Grandmother wasn't in serious

danger. Her collapse had terrified me more than I cared to admit. Beside me, I noticed Olivia's

shoulders slump as tension drained from her body.

The sudden release of pressure made her sway slightly. Without thinking, I reached out to

steady her, my hand hovering near her elbow.

She flinched away as if burned, her emerald eyes flashing with rejection. "Don't touch me."

Before I could respond, she rushed toward the gurney where the medical staff was wheeling

Grandmother from the emergency room. The elderly woman looked frail against the white

sheets, her usually commanding presence diminished by illness.

Olivia reached Grandmother's side, her steps hurried but careful. She gently took the

Matriarch's hand, whispering words I couldn't hear. The tenderness in her gesture made my

chest tighten with an emotion I couldn't name.

Dr. Fletcher approached me, his expression professional. "We're moving her to the private

wing. You should prepare for a potentially lengthy recovery period."

I nodded, watching as they wheeled my grandmother away, Olivia walking alongside, never

letting go of the elderly woman's hand.

For the first time in years, I felt completely powerless.

Grandmother remained unconscious for a day and a night. I divided my time between her

bedside and handling urgent pack matters, unable to focus fully on either.

Dr. Bennett conducted regular examinations, his experienced hands carefully checking her

revealed nothing as he listened to

unable to bear

into his pocket. "Her condition is stable, but

she will

who sat on the opposite side of the bed. She hadn't

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her system was significant," Dr.

naturally."

clenched my jaw, frustration building. "There must be something more we

constitution is strong," he assured us, "but at her age, we

strong suit, especially when it came to

control.

any longer. "I need to check on some pack business.

didn't even look up as

The emptiness of the house pressed in around me, a

surveillance footage. With a few keystrokes, I extracted all clips related to Lily. My fingers hovered over

suddenly hesitant.

right to these memories now, when I had ignored them

filled with an image of Olivia, her belly swollen with pregnancy. She was sitting in

child.

remembered that time-the period of Olivia's pregnancy with Lily. I

years ago. Misunderstandings that had driven a wedge between us just as we should have been celebrating new

I had been the first to hold Lily after her birth, cradling her tiny

Preoccupied with pack business and... other matters, I rarely returned to Imperial Gardens. I had

beginning.

from when Olivia returned to Imperial Gardens after her

was five years ago.

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the nursery, dark circles under her eyes as she

Night after night, she went without sleep,

needs

a business dinner. Olivia had greeted me with joy, her tired eyes

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