Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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I knelt before Lily's tombstone, my heart shattered into a thousand pieces. Though

I'd managed to clean away Victoria's vile desecration, the weight of what had happened pressed

down on me like a physical force.

My fingers traced the engraved letters of my daughter's name. The moonstone was clean now,

but I couldn't shake the feeling that something had been irreparably damaged.

"Lily, it's Mom's fault," I whispered, tears streaming down my face. "Mom is sorry for you!"

The cool night air carried my words away, offering no comfort in return. Five years of grief had

not dulled the pain of losing her. If anything, each new cruelty from Victoria only reopened the

wound, making it bleed afresh.

"I should have protected you better," I continued, my voice breaking. "I should have seen what

Victoria was doing."

The knowledge that Victoria had played a role in Lily's death burned inside me like acid. Even

worse was Ethan's continued blindness to her true nature, his willingness to believe her lies

over the truth that stood right before him.

I pressed my forehead against the cold stone, seeking some connection to my daughter. "Lily,"

you haven't come to Mom's dreams for so long. Are you blaming Mom?" Only silence answered me.

"Are you blaming Mom for knowing who killed you, but not avenging you?"

The thought struck me with terrible clarity. I had known-or at least strongly suspected-

Victoria's involvement in redirecting the kidney donor that might have saved Lily's life. Yet

what had I done about it? Made accusations without proof, thrown tantrums that only made

me look unstable.

had failed my daughter in life. I would not fail

with Mom," I whispered, a

avenge you, okay?"

the small photograph that captured her sweet smile

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the light that had shone from within

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tears with the back of my bloodied hand.

recognized-hair wild, clothes stained with blood and dirt, eyes burning with a

would need it for what

from Lily's grave, my mind made up. Victoria Frost would pay for what she had done-not just with her reputation or her standing in the pack,

the cemetery

creased with concern:

checked the surveillance footage," he said, falling into step

this knew how to avoid the cameras. There's

calculating to leave such

for trying, Gregory," I said, my voice steadier than I expected.

tonight."

at my injured hand, frowning. "You should get that

lied, already

say more, but something in my expression

into my car and started the engine, my destination

home-was where

from Sacred Moonlight Cemetery, I caught a final glimpse

mirror. The white moonstone gleamed in the darkness, a

justice.

Lily," I whispered.

(Victoria's POV)

slipped away from the cemetery, carefully avoiding the surveillance cameras I'd

against my ribs as I hurried to

way she'd attacked me, slammed my head against the tombstone-I touched my forehead gingerly, wincing at the

93. Blood and

blood had begun

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to get away quickly. If Olivia alerted the security guard,

on camera