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(Ethan's POV)

"I want to see Lily!" I demanded, my amber eyes fixed intensely on Olivia.

My voice carried the unmistakable authority of an Alpha King-I wasn't asking, but stating my intent. The command reverberated through the small confines of her cottage at Maple Grove,

my Alpha aura filling the space.

Olivia's slender frame went rigid. Her emerald eyes, once soft with love, hardened

into glittering stones as she stared back at me.

"Ethan Stone, how dare you ask to see Lily?" Her voice was ice, each word precisely delivered

like the strike of a blade.

I took a step forward, confused by her vehemence. "She's my daughter too, Olivia."

"Your daughter?" Olivia laughed, a hollow sound devoid of humor. "The same daughter you neglected for years? The same daughter whose birthday you missed to attend Emma's school

event?"

Her words stung, but I pressed on. "I have the right-"

"You have no rights!" she snapped, her voice rising. "You forfeited any rights to Lily when you

chose Victoria and Emma over us time and again."

felt my patience wearing thin. "This isn't about the

I couldn't quite place-rage mixed with

deeper, more painful.

to see her," she whispered, her voice trembling. "Not after everything

done."

hand through my hair in frustration. Why was she being so difficult? Why couldn't she understand that I needed to

fix things. I've seen the security footage from the Moonlit Reflection

incident."

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that Lily didn't push Emma,” I

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chest rising and falling rapidly

another cautious step forward. "I'll make it up to her-whatever she wants.

anything."

expected relief, perhaps even gratitude that

her?" she repeated, her voice barely audible. "With toys and trips?" Her mind

different place.

Ethan?" she asked suddenly, her voice hollow. "The

pool incident?"

to recall. "What

by the Moonlit Reflection Pool," Olivia said, her

with fever, tears streaming down

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