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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

how she would approach me cautiously, always careful not

tiny voice would tremble slightly as she

she would say, standing straight, trying to make

what had I done? I'd barely acknowledged her. I'd been too busy with pack

with Victoria and

a fresh

affection while my own daughter watched from

shadows?

at Imperial Gardens when both girls had been present. Emma

herself into my arms with complete

her around, laughing at her

with longing in her eyes. When

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"would you like to see the drawing

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muttered something about it being nice, and turned

demanding I watch her

could I

myself than to Victoria. "I failed