Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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The video continued playing on my screen, showing Lily's tear-streaked face as she leaned against Olivia. Her small body trembled with each sob, her voice breaking as she insisted on

her innocence.

"I didn't push Sister Emma, Mommy," she cried, her emerald eyes-so like her mother's-wide with distress. "She pushed me first, and then she fell in by herself."

The raw emotion in her voice made my chest tighten. Children could lie, I knew that, but the genuine anguish in Lily's expression was difficult to dismiss. She looked feverish, her cheeks flushed and her forehead damp with sweat as Olivia gently wiped it with a cool cloth.

"I believe you, sweetheart," Olivia murmured, stroking our daughter's hair. "I know you

hurt anyone."

wouldn't

Lily's next words pierced through me like a silver blade. "Then why doesn't Daddy believe me? Why does he love Sister Emma more than me?"

I paused the video, unable to watch more. The question echoed in my mind, an accusation I couldn't defend against. Had I truly been so blind? So quick to assume the worst of my own

daughter?

The thought of Emma deliberately pushing Lily seemed impossible. Emma, who had been so excited to meet her "sister," who had talked about Lily for days before their first meeting.

Emma, who looked at me with such adoration in her eyes.

Yet the surveillance footage showed no clear culprit. One moment, both girls stood by the pool; the next, Emma was in the water, screaming. I had immediately blamed Lily without investigation, without even asking for her side of the story.

My phone rang, interrupting my troubled thoughts. Victoria's name flashed on the

screen.

"Ethan?" Her voice came through, soft and slightly breathless. "Are you coming to pick Emma

den?

washed over me as I realized I'd completely forgotten. “I'll

everything alright? How's

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down my computer. "I'll tell you more when

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still churning with

guilt-keeping her existence a secret from my pack for so long,

entrance, elegant as always in a simple

though

I countered, checking my watch. "Pack

expression softened with concern. "How is Matriarch Evelyn? I heard about

collapse."

Bennett says she'll recover with rest," I replied, my

face. "You look exhausted."

faintly. "Emma had nightmares again

with the

respond, a high-pitched voice called out,

her blonde hair pulled back in a neat ponytail. Turning to her classmates who had followed her outside, she announced proudly, "See? That's

at me with wide, impressed eyes. I was well aware of the effect my presence had-the Alpha King of Silvercrest Pack didn't

at training dens.

lifted her easily, settling

small arms around my

forms, Alpha? Teacher

I missed it," I replied, carrying her toward my

soft smile playing on her lips as she watched our interaction. The envious glances from

the parking lot.