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Blood immediately soaked his white shirt, spreading like a crimson flower blooming in the

moonlight. The metallic scent filled my nostrils, but I felt no remorse-only a hollow

ache

where my heart used to be.

Tears streamed down my face as I twisted the knife deeper. "She was your daughter! Your own

flesh and blood!"

Ethan's amber eyes widened with shock and pain. His mouth opened, but only a

choked gasp

escaped.

"What would Lily think?" I sobbed, my entire body trembling with grief and rage. "How would

she feel knowing her beloved daddy was responsible for her death?"

The memory of Victoria's manipulative call flashed through my mind. Her honeyed voice luring

me to Sacred Moonlight Cemetery with promises of returning Lily's urn. The way she dangled

the Moonwood Ceremonial Urn before me, forcing me to kowtow until my forehead bled.

"You redirected Lily's kidney donor to Emma," I hissed, twisting the knife again. "Our daughter.

died while you were comforting another woman's child!"

I knew Victoria had orchestrated this confrontation, hoping I would kill Ethan and then myself." She wanted me broken beyond repair, driven to suicide by the weight of my actions.

But something in me refused to surrender completely to despair. The empty urn I still clutched

in my left hand reminded me of what I had lost-what had been taken from me.

"Tell me it's not true," I pleaded, my emerald eyes searching his face for any sign of denial.

"Tell me Victoria lied."

him to deny it, to tell me it was all a cruel manipulation. My wolf, though weakened by grief, still

leaving

fingers tightening

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the truth. The guilt that flashed across his face confirmed everything Victoria had

he whispered, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. "I

die."

like a physical blow. My legs nearly gave out beneath

hope died in

chose Emma over Lily," I whispered, my voice hollow with

die."

for me with blood-stained hands. "Olivia, please...

violently, the sudden movement dislodging the

his abdomen.

hands and clothes. The warm,

the knife into his heart again and again until he felt a fraction

myself to strike again.

Ethan gasped, pressing his hand against the

wished I could

meant nothing against the enormity of his betrayal. Five years of

to die while Emma thrived. Five years of watching him shower Victoria's daughter with the love

empty urn. Sobs wracked my

and the silver's burning effect on his werewolf healing, slid down the wall until he was sitting on

blood to gush from

as he collapsed completely, sprawling

whispered, his amber eyes filled with remorse. "I'm

tears streaming down my face

I had once

itself. The father who

way.

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wolf, driven by maternal instinct and the primal need for vengeance, howled within

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