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.

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

Lily, I want to

trembling with her own rage. "I understand your hatred, child. But

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

our Lily back," she said, her voice steadying. "But I will not let that woman escape

in my chest for the first time in months. "How?

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former Luna of this pack. My word still carries weight,

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

for revenge still burning

"I cannot

promise," I

Evelyn nodded, satisfied. "My grandson has proven himself unworthy of you. After years of neglect, after choosing that woman over his own mate and child, he has forfeited

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

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

table. "Hand me my phone,

the phone, watching as she dialed Ethan's number

went straight to voicemail.

answering," she frowned, trying

Evelyn sighed heavily, the emotional toll of our

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

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

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

I promised, settling into the chair beside her

felt a

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