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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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