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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.
it moved me. This man had
were
nothing.
what you did?" I asked coldly, my voice carrying the
of winter.
his boss, his tone respectful
reception.
Mr. Stone spent the night kneeling at Lily's grave at Sacred
he spent hours in the Moonlit Reflection Pool
words careful and measured.
with a sharp gesture, his amber
hand, opening his palm to reveal Lily's
Pendant.
still damp from the pool, but intact. My heart leaped at the sight of
Lily back to you," he said simply, his voice rough
trembled as I reached for the pendant. The moment my fingers closed around it, tears began streaming down my face. I clutched
again for the first time since learning
the words escaping before
in our grief for the
in very different
his hand moving toward my shoulder in what appeared to
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