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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."

wearing thin. "This isn't about the past. I want to see

emotion I couldn't quite place-rage

deeper, more painful.

she whispered,

done."

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

to fix things. I've seen

incident."

eyes widened slightly, the first c***k in her

Emma,” I continued,

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her chest rising and falling rapidly

make it up to her-whatever she wants.

anything."

perhaps even gratitude that I was finally

morphing into one of absolute horror. "Make it up to her?" she repeated, her voice barely audible. "With toys and trips?" Her mind seemed

different place.

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

pool incident?"

to recall. "What

Reflection Pool,"

streaming down her

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