Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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Blood trickled down my face as I knelt before Lily's grave, my designer clothes torn to shreds from Olivia's lashing. The pain was excruciating, but I refused to show weakness.

"I would never harm a pup,” I declared, widening my eyes with practiced innocence. "Where is

your proof of these wild accusations?"

Matriarch Evelyn's withered face contorted with rage. "You dare ask for proof

when you stand at the grave you desecrated?"

I met her gaze steadily. "I loved Lily as if she were my own."

The lie tasted sweet on my tongue. In truth, I had celebrated when that sickly child finally died,

removing the last obstacle between Ethan and me.

"You redirected her kidney donor," Olivia spat, her emerald eyes burning with hatred. "You

the

voice to tremble with feigned outrage. "How

would never-"

raised her walking stick, her

toward my face with surprising strength for

catching her arm before the blow

please," he urged, positioning himself between

inadvertently pushed me closer to Olivia. I saw the opportunity and took

my lips to curl into a subtle smirk only Olivia could

was weak," I whispered, my voice too low for Ethan to hear. "She deserved

die."

control snapped. With a primal scream, she lunged forward, her

chest in a powerful kick. The force sent me tumbling backward

steps.

felt myself falling, the world spinning around me. Then came the