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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to be asleep. Through barely-open eyes, I saw him glance at me

should understand that my compensation to Lily isn't just empty words," he murmured, more to himself than to Maxwell. "In the future,

Lily's sake

left the

Lily? What was he planning? Whatever it was,

stolen her chance at life. My phone rang, startling me from my thoughts. I reached for it on the

movements sluggish.

through the speaker. "Do you have time

today?"

Winters-no relation, despite the shared

in emotional trauma

should have finished

scheduled appointment, and I'm

my eyes, suddenly remembering. Without those pills, my

increasingly unstable. Grief was difficult enough

patients prone to negative emotions could spiral

my voice

of bed. My body felt heavy, as if gravity had

with concern in her eyes. "You're not

prescription she handed me. More

me

functioning.

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

more. Don't

in my mind. Friends? Family? Who did I

she continued. "You're

If you

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murmured, taking the

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to the Silvercrest Pack Medical Den. There was only one person I could think of who might listen without judgment-even if she couldn't

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

Lily like his own daughter. If he knew Victoria had deliberately killed her,

certainly go after her. And if he harmed Victoria, Ethan would destroy him.

just lose his chance at next year's

dream. I couldn't

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

such confidences.

for failing Lily, the burning need for justice,