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.

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

at nineteen, bold and beautiful, approaching me at a pack gathering. Our first

skin glowing in

day she told me she was pregnant, her eyes shining with a mixture of fear and

this tiny miracle with Victoria's eyes and my chin. I had vowed then

life, to be the mate Victoria deserved even without a formal

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

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phase that would pass. I had believed that deep

keep her secrets, I realized that my love for Emma had

would use her as a pawn, who would teach her to lie and manipulate, who would risk her safety for

sorry, Victoria," I said quietly. "But I can't protect you anymore. Not after what you've

cried out, her voice

Ethan, whose patience was clearly wearing thin.

and, fearing exposure,

Roland Wamer killed to silence

mention of his

broken.

"My Li

I barely

have?" he demanded,

evidence is at Blackwood Alpha's Guest

grasping at driftwood. She turned to Olivia,

silently from the doorway.

Connor to frame me!" she snarled, her mask of vulnerability dropping to reveal the aggression beneath. "You've been looking for someone to blame for Lily's death, and now

as she struggled to her feet, her movements no longer hampered by

Victoria continued, her voice rising. "You

and you need someone

at Olivia. "She put him up to this! She's

grabbing a Silver-Edged Hunting Knife that had been

in the

doing?" Ethan demanded,

anyone could react, she pressed the blade against

to something I haven't done!" she declared through

her wrist. The silver