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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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