Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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My eyes fluttered open, a splitting headache pounding against my skull. The sedative hadn't

kept me under for long. I found myself lying on the large bed in the master bedroom of

Imperial Gardens, the familiar ceiling coming into focus above me.

Memories of the previous night crashed through my mind like violent waves. Victoria at Lily's

grave. The black dog blood splashing across my daughter's tombstone. The ancient

talismans meant to curse my baby's spirit.

White-hot hatred surged through my veins. I was about to sit up when Ethan's voice drifted in from the balcony.

"Don't be afraid," he said softly into his phone. "Last night was an accident. It won't happen

again."

My body froze. I knew exactly who he was talking to.

"I've arranged for bodyguards to protect you," he continued, his voice gentle in a way it never was with me anymore. "She won't have a chance to hurt you and Emma again."

His voice dropped lower, and I couldn't make out his next words. But I'd heard enough.

Bodyguards. For Victoria. The woman who had killed my daughter and desecrated her grave.

A crushing sense of powerlessness washed over me. The boulder pressing on my heart grew heavier, almost suffocating me. I couldn't touch Victoria now. I couldn't make her pay for what

she'd done to Lily.

Tears welled up in my eyes and silently slid down my cheeks. I was truly helpless against

Victoria Frost.

I heard Ethan end his call and step back into the bedroom. Just as his footsteps approached

the bed, his phone rang again.

"Maxwell," he answered. "What is it?"

"Alpha King, it's all arranged," Maxwell Chen's voice came through clearly. "Luna

Winters will be very touched when she sees it."

"Good," Ethan replied, his tone softening slightly.

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pretending to be asleep. Through

Lily isn't just empty words," he murmured,

for Lily's

the call and left the room

Lily? What was he planning? Whatever it was, it wouldn't bring

woman who had stolen her chance at life. My phone rang, startling me from my thoughts. I reached for

movements sluggish.

through the

today?"

my psychiatrist, Dr. Rebecca Winters-no

emotional

finished

scheduled appointment, and I'm

suddenly remembering. Without

Grief was difficult enough to manage

prone to negative emotions could spiral

replied, my voice hoarse. "I'll come

body felt heavy, as if gravity had

examined me with concern in her eyes. "You're not in good

at the prescription she handed me. More pills to numb the

me

functioning.

an outlet for venting," she suggested

more. Don't carry

my mind. Friends? Family? Who did I have

been depressed for too long," she continued. "You're like a tightly

its limit. If you don't

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taking the medicine. "Thank

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returning home, I drove to the Silvercrest Pack Medical Den. There was only

Victoria killing Lily? I had no relatives; my adoptive mother had passed away years ago. My only

daughter. If he knew Victoria had deliberately killed

if he harmed

next year's championship; he might

dream. I couldn't implicate

relationship was merely a pretense. We weren't close enough

such confidences.

The remorse for failing Lily, the burning need for