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 woman I'd spent months cultivating as a potential

Olivia instead.

Ethan-my Ethan-couldn't take his

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

opened his heart to

appearance, Olivia threatened to destroy everything

placing a trembling

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

The dismissal stung like a slap.

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he could respond, I noticed Tiffany Reynolds approaching Olivia. The minor

had always been jealous of more successful artists.

Olivia's

clearly. "Everyone is curious-what is your

now? Are you still pursuing

Frost?"

known

admitted to any lingering feelings for Ethan, the

began.

evident. She

her response.

clear and cold. "A dead man

rose in

betrayed

to his wife?"

eyes flashing with

me. The

turned to Tiffany with a dismissive

that answers your question. Now,

her attempt at sabotage having

(Olivia's POV)

truly revolutionary," Gwendolyn said, guiding me toward a quieter

elements-I've never seen anything like

tray of crystal glasses, had

shielding Gwendolyn from the falling debris. Sharp pain. lanced through my leg

Winters!" Gwendolyn exclaimed, steadying me.

blood seeping through my dress.

was

bleeding freely.

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corner of my eye, I saw Ethan moving

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

Then Victoria cried out.

stand from her wheelchair and deliberately fallen to

contorted in apparent

voice breaking. "Please, help

to Victoria. His

sorry," she whimpered loudly enough for everyone to hear. "I thought I could

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

"I've got you."

burying her face against his neck. "Can we go home now? Please? I

Victoria glanced

was clear: she

(Olivia's POV)

to have that treated," Gwendolyn

Moonlit Glade Refreshment Pavilion has

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 the first-aid

Two years ago, after Lily's death, I'd been consumed by despair and rage. The knowledge that Ethan and Victoria were happy together while my daughter lay cold in the ground had driven

blade against my skin, the momentary relief as physical pain drowned out the emotional agony.

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

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pulled me from my dark memories.

pine-announced Ethan's presence before I saw

said, kneeling before me with

me," I warned, my voice low

anyway. I kicked out, my

sending him stumbling backward.

stay away from me,"

his amber eyes sad

enough to quell