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The heartbreaking plea from beyond the grave seemed to penetrate where nothing else had. Olivia's body suddenly tensed, her fingers twitching in my hand.

Her eyes flew open, emerald green and filled with desperate longing. "Lily!" she cried, reaching toward the tablet as if to grasp her daughter's image.

I quickly took her hand. "She's with you, Olivia. She's always with you," I assured

her, squeezing

her fingers gently.

(Olivia's POV)

Darkness had been my refuge. In that peaceful void, there was no pain, no grief, no betrayal-

just blessed nothingness.

Then I heard her voice-my sweet Lily-cutting through the darkness like a beam of

light.

"Mommy, please don't be sad anymore. Lily loves you the most!"

The words pulled me back to consciousness against my will. My eyes opened to a world I had tried to leave behind, the pain rushing back with brutal force.

"Lily!" I cried out, reaching desperately toward her voice.

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A warm hand caught mine, strong fingers wrapping around my own. Not Lily's tiny hand, but

someone else's-someone unexpected.

Lucas Blackwood sat beside my bed, his powerful frame seeming too large for the hospital chair. His gray eyes, usually so intimidating, now held genuine concern.

"She's with you, Olivia," he said softly. "She's always with you."

I blinked, trying to make sense of his presence. "Why are you here?" My voice was hoarse, my

throat raw from river water.

"I pulled you from the river," he explained simply. "I've been here since they brought you in."

Memories flooded back-Matriarch Evelyn's funeral, the bridge, the cold embrace of

Silvermoon River. I had wanted to die, to join Lily in whatever came after this life.

“I couldn't save her,” I whispered brokenly, tears filling my eyes. “I couldn't protect her from

Victoria... I couldn't avenge her death."

My fingers clutched at Lucas's hand with surprising strength. “I'm her mother, but I failed her

completely."

steadily, his powerful

threat.

urged, his voice low and intense. "Giving up would be

you enough to want you to live, even

Lily's

you," he promised. "You don't have to

of grief that had surrounded me

for Lily's memory

would you help me?" I asked, searching his face for ulterior motives. "We

each other."

moment, his expression

alone," he finally said. "And because I admire

it in

face, looking for deceit but finding only

myself, for the first time since Lily's

comfort from another.

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my hand,

should be honest with you, Olivia," he said after a moment of comfortable silence. "My claim about needing a fake girlfriend for business reasons was a lie."

to you since I first saw you at the Crystal Design Competition. Your strength, your dignity despite everything you've endured..." He paused, seeming almost vulnerable despite his confident demeanor. "I care for you, Olivia Winters. More

widened in shock. This powerful Alpha, leader of the Moonstone Pack, cared for me? After everything I'd been through, after my failed attempt

my reaction, Lucas quickly continued, "I'm not asking for anything in return. There's no pressure to reciprocate. I only want to stand beside

conviction, soothed something broken inside me. For the first time in

my body had endured, I finally allowed my eyes to close,

(Ethan's POV)

private office seemed to close in around me as I paced restlessly. I hadn't slept for a

on Moonstone

hadn't been there...

hair, my amber eyes bloodshot from lack

was strained, the thought of losing Olivia

cared to

Maxwell Chen's name flashing on the

update?" I

Maxwell's voice came through, uncharacteristically hesitant.

something

that you need

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sharpened immediately. "What

records as

concerning about the timing

the point, Maxwell," I

that saved Emma Frost had originally been

hit me like a physical blow. I gripped the

say?" My voice

was rare and perfect for Lily's condition," Maxwell

through Victoria's manipulation, it was redirected