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Each step toward Olivia's door felt heavier than the last. When I finally reached it,

I hesitated before knocking, gathering what little courage I had left.

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My knuckles rapped against the wood, the sound echoing in the quiet morning air.

(Olivia's POV)

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The sudden pounding at my cottage entrance startled me from my grief. I'd spent the night in

tearful vigil, clutching Lily's Moonwood Ceremonial Urn and wondering how I would go on

without the pendant that had kept a part of her close to my heart.

When I opened the door, I found Ethan Stone standing there. The sight of him sent a fresh

wave of anger through me.

He looked terrible-pale and haggard, his usually dominating presence diminished by

exhaustion. His amber eyes, normally so confident, now held a haunted look I'd never seen

before.

of it moved me. This man had thrown

were

nothing.

can you even stand after what you did?" I

of winter.

from behind his boss, his tone

reception.

Winters, Mr. Stone spent the night kneeling at

the Moonlit Reflection Pool

words careful and measured.

with a sharp gesture, his amber eyes never leaving my

a word, he extended his hand, opening

Pendant.

from the pool, but intact. My heart leaped at the

you," he said simply, his

moment my fingers closed around it, tears began streaming down my face. I clutched

time

you," I whispered, the words escaping before I could stop

united in our grief for the daughter we had

in very different

toward my shoulder in

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