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.

failed my daughter in life. I would not fail her in

with Mom," I whispered, a

avenge you, okay?"

her image on the tombstone, the small photograph that captured

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never convey the light that had shone from

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the back of my bloodied hand. The cut Victoria had inflicted throbbed painfully, but I barely

the polished stone showed a woman I barely recognized-hair wild, clothes stained with blood and dirt, eyes burning with

Let that fire burn. I would need it for

mind made up. Victoria Frost would pay for what she had done-not just with

back toward the cemetery gates, Gregory Tanner

creased with concern:

checked the surveillance footage," he

did this knew how to avoid the cameras. There's no

nodded, unsurprised. Victoria was too calculating to leave such

I said, my voice steadier

tonight."

frowning. "You should get that looked at. It

will," I lied, already walking toward

say more, but something in my expression must have warned him against it. He simply

car and started the engine, my destination clear in my mind.

where I would

away from Sacred Moonlight Cemetery, I caught a

The white moonstone gleamed

justice.

promise, Lily," I whispered.

(Victoria's POV)

avoiding the surveillance cameras I'd noted on

my ribs as I hurried to my

mind. The way she'd attacked me, slammed my head against

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blood had

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

on camera