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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.

want to kill her," I admitted, the dark confession spilling from my lips. "Every

smiling, knowing what she did to Lily,

though I could feel her body trembling with her own rage.

pulled back slightly, her aged hands cupping my tear-stained face. Her eyes, though clouded with

"But I will not let that woman escape justice for what

"How? Ethan protects her. He's assigned bodyguards to keep me away

+15 Points >

"I may be old, but I am still the former Luna of this pack. My word still carries weight, especially with the

must promise me something, Olivia. Promise you won't

hesitated, the thirst for revenge still burning in my

"I cannot bear to

promise," I

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

to the hope that Ethan would remember what we once meant to each other, that he would return to being the man I

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

table. "Hand me my

she

went straight to voicemail.

frowned, trying again.

Matriarch Evelyn sighed heavily, the emotional toll of our conversation clearly weighing

she murmured, her eyelids drooping with exhaustion. “I need to gather my

from her hand. "Rest now, Grandmother. We'll try again

nodded, her eyes already closing. "Don't leave me, Olivia.

will," I promised, settling into

felt a strange calm

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