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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."

cruel manipulation. My wolf, though weakened by grief, still clung to the faintest

face contorted with pain as he slumped against the wall, leaving a smear of

fingers tightening

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eyes met mine, and in that moment, I saw the truth. The guilt that flashed across his face confirmed everything Victoria had

trickling from the corner of

die."

like a physical blow. My legs nearly gave out beneath me

of hope died in

my voice hollow with

die."

blood-stained hands. "Olivia, please...

I recoiled violently, the sudden movement dislodging the

his abdomen.

the wound, splattering across my hands and clothes. The warm, sticky sensation made me freeze,

wanted to kill him. Had imagined plunging the knife into his heart again and again until he felt a fraction of

myself to strike again.

Ethan gasped, pressing his hand against the wound. "Every

wished I could

the enormity of his

Five years of watching him shower Victoria's daughter with the love and attention

legs finally gave out, and I collapsed to my knees, still clutching the empty urn. Sobs

weakened by blood loss and the silver's burning effect on his werewolf healing, slid down the wall until he

more blood to gush

groaned in pain, his face ashen as he collapsed completely,

eyes filled

remained motionless, tears streaming down my face as I stared

I had once

who had betrayed our daughter in the worst

way.

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