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.

no matter how toxic

and beautiful, approaching me at a pack gathering.

skin glowing in

was pregnant, her eyes shining with a mixture of

Emma for the first time, this tiny miracle with Victoria's eyes and my chin. I had vowed

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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Ethan Stone as a phase that would

her now, pleading with me to keep her secrets, I realized that my love for Emma had to

her as a pawn, who would teach her to lie and manipulate, who would

quietly. "But I can't protect you

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

whose patience was clearly wearing thin.

Lily and, fearing exposure,

Wamer killed

face contorted with grief at the mention of his daughter's

broken.

"My Li

softly I barely caught it.

do you have?" he demanded, his voice

with me," I admitted, wincing as I shifted position against the wall. "The evidence is at Blackwood Alpha's Guest Villa. Lucas granted me sanctuary there after

like a drowning woman grasping at driftwood. She turned to Olivia, who

silently from the doorway.

colluding with 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,

her feet, her

see what you're doing?" Victoria continued, her voice rising.

died, and you need

at Olivia. "She put him up to this!

toward a nearby table, grabbing a Silver-Edged Hunting Knife that had been

menacingly in the

Ethan demanded, alarm evident in his

react, she pressed the

die than admit to something I haven't done!" she declared through gritted teeth, tears streaming

across her wrist. The silver edge