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

what she did to Lily, I want to tear her apart with my bare

Evelyn soothed, though I could feel her body trembling with her own rage. "I understand your

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

she said, her voice steadying. "But I

first time in months. "How? Ethan protects her. He's assigned bodyguards to keep me away from

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"I may be old, but I am still the former Luna of this pack. My word still carries weight, especially with the elders who remember when I ruled alongside

promise me something, Olivia. Promise you won't take matters into

revenge still burning in

me," she insisted. "I cannot

I whispered

proven himself unworthy of you. After years of neglect, after choosing that woman over his own mate and child, he has forfeited any right to your

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

truth about Lily's death from me, and he will be forced to face what

for her mobile phone on the bedside table. "Hand

phone, watching as she dialed Ethan's number with shaking fingers. The

went straight to voicemail.

answering," she frowned,

Matriarch Evelyn sighed heavily, the

best," she murmured, her eyelids drooping with exhaustion. “I need to

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

"Don't leave me,

will," I promised, settling into the chair

I felt a strange calm settle over me. For the

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