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"No, Lily has long been buried." My voice was hoarse, barely recognizable even to my own

ears.

The words hung in the sterile air of the Silvercrest Pack Medical Den. Each syllable felt like

broken glass in my throat.

Victoria's hand tightened around mine. Her blue eyes widened with what appeared to be

shock.

"Five years," I continued, the admission tearing at my soul. "She's been gone for five years, and

I didn't know."

The weight of this truth crushed me. My daughter had died, and I hadn't been there. Hadn't

known. Hadn't mourned.

Memories flooded my mind-painful, sharp-edged fragments of a life I'd barely acknowledged.

Lily's small face looking up at me, her emerald eyes-so like her mother's-filled with hope

I entered a

remembered how she would approach me cautiously, always careful not to displease

tiny voice would tremble slightly as she greeted

Father," she would say, standing straight, trying to make

acknowledged her. I'd been too busy with pack business,

with Victoria

daughter sent a fresh wave of

I showered Emma with affection

shadows?

day at Imperial Gardens when both

arms with complete confidence that I would catch

swung her around, laughing at

Lily? My own daughter had stood apart, watching with longing in

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had glanced at it briefly, muttered something about it

was demanding I watch her

me physically ill. How could I

her," I whispered, more to myself than to Victoria. "I failed my daughter in every

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