Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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Chapter 97: Reunion and Revenge

(Olivia's POV)*

Matriarch Evelyn's words broke the dam I'd built around my emotions. Tears streamed down

my face as I collapsed against her frail shoulder.

"I hate her so much," I sobbed, my body shaking uncontrollably. "Victoria took everything from me. She stole Lily's chance at life, and now she's trying to curse her spirit. How could anyone

be so cruel?"

Matriarch Evelyn's weathered hand stroked my hair, her touch gentle yet firm. Her own tears fell silently as she held me.

"My poor child," she whispered, her voice breaking. "My poor, sweet Olivia."

I clung to her like a drowning woman to a lifeline. This was the woman who had protected me

when I first came to the Silvercrest Pack as a frightened child. She had stood between me and

those who would have cast me out for being an orphan with no pack connections.

"I've tried everything," I choked out between sobs. "I've begged Ethan to listen, to understand

that our daughter is gone. But he refuses to believe me. He thinks I'm hiding her."

Matriarch Evelyn's grip tightened around me. "My grandson has failed you both terribly."

Her words only made me cry harder. The validation of my pain, after years of being dismissed and gaslighted, was overwhelming.

the dark confession spilling

to Lily, I want to tear her apart

feel her body trembling with her own rage.

my tear-stained face. Her eyes, though clouded with age, burned with fierce

said, her voice steadying. "But I will not let that woman escape justice for

chest for the first time in months. "How? Ethan protects her. He's assigned bodyguards to

+15 Points >

"I may be old, but I am still the former Luna of this pack. My

promise me something, Olivia. Promise you won't take matters into your own hands. Let me handle

for revenge still burning in

me," she insisted. "I cannot bear to lose you

I

of neglect, after choosing that woman over his own mate and child, he has forfeited any right to your

words struck a chord within me. For so long, I had clung to the hope that Ethan would remember what we once meant to each other, that he would return to being the man I had fallen in love

Matriarch Evelyn continued. "He will hear the truth about Lily's death from me, and he will be forced to face what his

for her mobile phone on the bedside table. "Hand

as she dialed

went straight to voicemail.

answering," she frowned,

the emotional

it's for the best," she murmured, her eyelids drooping with exhaustion. “I need

her hand. "Rest now, Grandmother. We'll try again when you've had

already closing. "Don't leave me, Olivia. Stay until I

promised, settling into the chair beside

a strange calm settle over

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