Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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told me repeatedly, but I hadn't believed her.

"She tried to tell me," I said, my amber eyes darkening with self-loathing. "Olivia tried to tell me

Lily was dead, but I accused her of hiding our daughter.”

I remembered the day I took Emma to Enchanted Kingdom Theme Park. My phone had buzzed

repeatedly with calls from Olivia, but I'd ignored them, assuming they were accusations about

my favoritism toward Emma.

"I didn't know," I whispered, my powerful frame seeming to shrink with each word. "I didn't

know that Lily had been waiting for me at Moonlight Fair, and had died that same day."

Victoria's eyes filled with tears. "Oh, Ethan, how terrible for you."

actions, though I knew

I explained. "I arranged that birthday celebration because I feared it might be her last. I never

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wouldn't get another birthday."

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I had devoted so much attention to

daughter had been

broke through my thoughts. "I feel so guilty," she

I hadn't called you that day, begging you

away from your promise to

shook my head, absolving her of blame that was

worried about Emma," I said. "I can't blame you for that. The fault

break my promise to

embrace, weeping against my chest.

waiting for her father to keep his word. The next morning, despite my injuries and lingering fever from Olivia's

wooden toys. Things I'd noticed she liked in the Imperial