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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back to him, pretending to be asleep. Through

should understand that my compensation to Lily isn't just empty words," he

for Lily's sake

and left the room without

was he planning?

at life. My phone rang, startling me from my thoughts. I reached for it on the bedside table,

movements sluggish.

Winters?" A soft female voice came through the speaker. "Do you

today?"

my psychiatrist, Dr. Rebecca Winters-no relation, despite the shared

in emotional

have finished your

missed your scheduled appointment, and

closed my eyes, suddenly remembering. Without those pills,

unstable. Grief was difficult enough to manage

prone to negative

I replied, my voice hoarse. "I'll come in

body felt heavy, as if gravity had doubled overnight. I washed quickly,

with concern in her eyes. "You're

handed me. More

me

functioning.

outlet for venting," she suggested gently. "Find friends or

to them more. Don't carry everything

echoed in my mind. Friends?

too long," she continued. "You're like a tightly stretched

its limit. If you

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murmured, taking the medicine.

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was only one

ago. My

daughter. If

if he harmed Victoria, Ethan would destroy

next year's championship; he might

was James's dream. I couldn't

for Lucas Blackwood, our relationship was merely a pretense. We weren't close enough

such confidences.

remorse for