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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.
This man had thrown away
were
nothing.
you did?" I asked coldly, my voice carrying
of winter.
his boss, his tone respectful
reception.
the night kneeling at
hours in the Moonlit Reflection Pool retrieving the pendant,"
words careful and measured.
gesture, his
a word, he extended his hand, opening his palm
Pendant.
damp from the pool, but intact.
back to you," he said simply, his voice
my fingers closed around it, tears began streaming down my face. I clutched it to my chest, feeling as though I
the first time since learning it was
the words escaping before
in our grief for the daughter we had
in very
shoulder in what appeared to be a
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