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I couldn't breathe. Couldn't move. Couldn't think.

Olivia was alive.

My mate-the woman I'd mourned for two years, whose absence had left a gaping

hole in my

chest-stood before me, more beautiful than my tortured memories had preserved.

"Olivia," I whispered, the name falling from my lips like a prayer.

My wolf howled inside me, desperate to reach her, to touch her, to confirm she was real and

not another cruel dream. Joy surged through me, so powerful it nearly brought me

to my

knees.

Victoria's hand gripped my arm, her nails digging into my flesh. I barely noticed. “Ethan,” she hissed, her voice tight with fury. "Everyone is staring."

I couldn't tear my eyes away from Olivia. The chestnut hair I'd run my fingers through

countless times. The emerald eyes that had once looked at me with love, now cold and

distant.

Victoria's grip tightened painfully. Her thoughts were practically screaming in my head through our pack bond.

This she-wolf, she's actually still alive. The moment she returns, she starts trying to reclaim

her mate. How dare she!

(Olivia's POV)

I felt Ethan's eyes on me like a physical touch, but I refused to acknowledge him.

Instead, I walked with deliberate confidence toward Gwendolyn Pierce, aware that every eye in

the gathering was fixed on me. The whispers followed in my wake-the dead Luna, returned

from the grave.

I stopped directly in front of Victoria's wheelchair. Her face had gone pale, her eyes wide with

shock and fear. She seemed to shrink in her paralyzed body, no doubt remembering our last

confrontation.

"Victoria," I greeted her with cold politeness. "I see you've survived."

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She flinched at my words, her hands gripping the armrests of her wheelchair.

"As have you," she managed, her voice barely above a whisper.

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I smiled, a sharp, dangerous thing with no warmth. "Who would have known that there is still justice in the world?"

My eyes deliberately lingered on her useless legs. The irony wasn't lost on me- the woman. who had stolen my mate, who had contributed to my daughter's death, now trapped in a

broken body.

"Do you remember what you said to me at Lily's grave two years ago?" I asked softly, for her

ears alone. "You said you didn't believe in karma.”

Victoria's face drained of what little color remained.

"This," I gestured to her wheelchair, "is just the beginning of what you deserve."

I turned away from her, dismissing her as she had once dismissed me, and approached Gwendolyn Pierce.

"Thank you for this opportunity," I said warmly, accepting the champagne flute she offered. "To new beginnings."

Gwendolyn raised her glass in response. "To exceptional talent, Ms. Winters." (Victoria's POV)

Gwendolyn Pierce, the most influential she-wolf. in Shadow Creek. The woman I'd spent months cultivating as

Olivia instead.

Ethan-my Ethan-couldn't take his

years, I'd been by his side. I'd supported him

slowly opened his heart to me and Emma. And

to destroy everything I'd

placing a trembling hand on

said softly, injecting weakness into my voice. "I'm feeling tired. Could we go

barely glanced at me, his attention still fixed on Olivia. "Maxwell will take you." The dismissal stung like a slap. I swallowed my rage, forcing tears to my eyes. "Please, Ethan.

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he could respond, I noticed Tiffany Reynolds

been jealous of more successful artists.

Olivia's conversation

Winters," Tiffany's voice carried clearly. "Everyone

Stone now? Are you still pursuing him despite his

Frost?"

Gwendolyn Pierce was known to despise infidelity and home- wreckers.

admitted to any lingering feelings for Ethan, the partnership

began.

her distaste evident. She turned to Olivia, clearly waiting

her response.

voice was clear and cold. "A dead man to

eyebrows rose

former husband who betrayed his

to his wife?"

emerald eyes

Ethan flinch beside me. The words had

approval. She turned to Tiffany with a

answers your question. Now, if

designer slunk away, her attempt at sabotage having

(Olivia's POV)

said, guiding me toward a quieter corner of the gathering. "The way you've incorporated

never seen anything like

to respond when a commotion caught my attention. Jeremy Collins, a server carrying a tray of crystal glasses, had tripped on the edge of a rug. The tray tilted, sending

Sharp pain. lanced through my

Gwendolyn exclaimed, steadying me.

down to see blood seeping through my dress. The cut wasn't deep,

was

bleeding freely.

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my eye, I saw Ethan moving

eyes met, and I saw the Alpha's protective instinct flare in

Then Victoria cried out.

had attempted to stand from her wheelchair and deliberately fallen to

her face contorted in apparent

she called, her voice breaking. "Please, help

Ethan hesitated, torn between coming to me and returning to Victoria. His sense of responsibility won out. He turned back,

loudly enough for everyone to hear. "I thought I could stand for a moment. I just

lifted her gently, cradling her against his chest. "It's alright," he

"I've got you."

burying her face against his neck. "Can we go home

her away, Victoria glanced over his shoulder at me, her eyes gleaming

message was clear: she

(Olivia's POV)

have that treated," Gwendolyn said, gesturing to

Glade Refreshment Pavilion

me to the elegant pavilion at the edge of the gathering. Once inside, I sat on a plush sofa, examining the cut on my leg while waiting for

after Lily's death, I'd been consumed by despair and rage. The knowledge that Ethan and Victoria were happy

of the blade against my skin, the momentary relief as physical pain drowned out the emotional agony. I'd nearly succeeded in joining Lily that night, bleeding out in a bathtub

found me. Evelyn Winters, the woman who had spent years searching for the daughter taken from her, had recognized me from news reports about the Luna of Silvercrest Pack.

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footsteps pulled me from my dark

and pine-announced Ethan's presence before

you," he said, kneeling before me with

touch me," I warned, my voice low and

for my leg anyway. I kicked out, my foot connecting

sending him stumbling backward.

stay away from me,"

his amber eyes sad but

enough to quell