Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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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)

Pierce, the most influential she-wolf. in Shadow Creek. The

Olivia instead.

Ethan-my Ethan-couldn't take his eyes off

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

as he slowly opened his heart

to destroy

to Ethan's side, placing a trembling hand on his

into my voice. "I'm feeling tired. Could we go

take you." The dismissal stung like a slap. I

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could respond, I noticed Tiffany

had always been jealous of more successful artists. I watched eagerly

herself into Olivia's

Tiffany's voice carried clearly. "Everyone

Alpha King Stone now? Are you still pursuing him despite his commitment to

Frost?"

inwardly. Gwendolyn Pierce was known to despise infidelity and

feelings for Ethan, the

began.

distaste evident. She turned

her response.

was clear and cold. "A dead man

rose

former husband who betrayed his own

to his wife?"

emerald eyes flashing

Ethan flinch beside me.

face relaxed into approval. She turned

your question. Now, if

attempt at sabotage having backfired

(Olivia's POV)

a quieter corner of the gathering. "The way you've incorporated

never seen anything like

was about to respond when a commotion caught my attention. Jeremy Collins, a server carrying a tray of crystal

I stepped forward, shielding Gwendolyn from the falling debris. Sharp pain. lanced through my leg as

Winters!" Gwendolyn exclaimed, steadying

blood seeping through my dress. The

was

bleeding freely.

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eye, I saw Ethan moving toward me, concern etched on

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

Then Victoria cried out.

had attempted to stand from her wheelchair and

her face contorted

voice breaking.

watched as Ethan hesitated, torn between coming to me and returning to Victoria. His sense of

enough for everyone to hear. "I thought I could stand for

against

"I've got you."

neck. "Can we go home now? Please? I

nodded, his expression conflicted. As he carried her away, Victoria glanced

clear: she still

(Olivia's POV)

treated," Gwendolyn

Pavilion has a first-aid

her to guide me to the elegant pavilion at the edge of the gathering. Once inside, I sat

death, I'd been consumed by despair and rage. The knowledge that

out the emotional agony. I'd nearly succeeded in joining Lily that night, bleeding out in a

my mother had 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. She had nursed me back to health when nothing else could reach me through

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me from my dark

pine-announced Ethan's presence before I saw

me help you," he said, kneeling before

warned,

leg anyway. I kicked

sending him stumbling backward.

said stay away from me," I

eyes sad but determined.

enough to quell