Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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Chapter 271

(Connor's POV)

"Lily's death was not an accident, Victoria deliberately killed her." The words left my mouth with a finality that seemed to freeze

time itself.

The effect was immediate. Ethan Stone's amber eyes widened in disbelief, his grip on Victoria loosening involuntarily. She

collapsed to the floor with a thud, a small cry escaping her lips.

Despite the pain from her fall, Victoria's focus remained solely on regaining Ethan's attention. I watched as she deliberately

projected distress, whimpering pathetically while clutching at his pant leg.

Her performance was flawless-the trembling lip, the wide, fearful eyes-all calculated to trigger his protective instincts.

“Ethan, please..." she whimpered, her fingers digging desperately into the fabric of his pants. "Don't listen to him. He's lying!"

I'd seen this act countless times before. For years, I'd been the one rushing to comfort her, to shield her from imagined threats.

Not anymore.

"What did you just say?" Ethan's voice was dangerously low, a growl rumbling from deep in his chest.

His attention was fixed entirely on me now, Victoria's pitiful whimpers fading into background noise. The Alpha King's eyes

flashed with barely contained rage at the mere mention of his deceased daughter.

"Repeat that!" he demanded, taking a threatening step toward me, his fists clenched so tightly his knuckles turned white.

"You heard me," I replied, meeting his gaze steadily despite the pain radiating from where he'd thrown me against the wall. "Victoria deliberately sabotaged your daughter's treatment. Lily's death wasn't inevitable-it was engineered."

Victoria remained seated on the floor, her shoulders visibly trembling. Her eyes, when they met mine, were no longer filled with contempt but with something else- fear.

"Connor," she whispered, her voice breaking. "Please... don't do this."

For a moment, I faltered. Despite everything, there was still a part of me that responded to her vulnerability.

someone doesn't disappear overnight, no matter how toxic that

and beautiful, approaching me at a pack gathering. Our

skin glowing

pregnant, her eyes shining with a

remembered holding Emma for the first time, this tiny miracle with Victoria's eyes and

with my life, to be the mate Victoria deserved even without a

ten years, I had kept that promise. I had loved Victoria through her mood swings, her ambitions,

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Ethan Stone as a phase that would pass. I had believed that deep down, she loved me

now, pleading with me to keep her secrets,

deserved better than a mother who would use her as a pawn, who would teach her

I said quietly. "But I can't protect

know what you're saying!" Victoria cried out, her voice

Ethan, whose patience

harmed Lily and, fearing exposure,

killed to silence

grief at the mention of his daughter's name. For a moment, the powerful Alpha looked

broken.

"My Li

whispered, so softly I barely

do you have?" he

the wall. "The evidence is at Blackwood Alpha's Guest Villa. Lucas granted

at driftwood. She turned to Olivia, who

silently from the doorway.

vulnerability dropping to reveal the aggression beneath. "You've been looking for someone to blame for Lily's

she struggled to her feet,

don't see what you're doing?" Victoria continued, her voice rising. "You want revenge

you need someone to

accusing finger at Olivia. "She put him up to this!

a Silver-Edged Hunting Knife that had been left

in the

are you doing?" Ethan

anyone could react, she pressed the

I haven't done!" she declared through gritted teeth, tears streaming down

she slashed the knife across her wrist. The silver