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Chapter 290

1 clutched the Ancestral Moonstone Amulet tightly and attempted to move past her toward the stairwell door. My heart pounded

painfully in my chest, still weakened from my earlier collapse.

"I'm taking this to my daughter," I said firmly. "She deserves to know the truth."

Victoria's eyes narrowed, something feral and desperate flashing in their depths. Without warning, she propelled her wheelchair

forward with vicious force.

The heavy metal frame slammed into me, knocking the breath from my lungs. I felt myself falling backward, tumbling down the

concrete stairs.

Pain exploded through my body as I hit each step. My wolf whimpered, trying desperately to protect me, but my aging body couldn't respond quickly enough.

As I fell, my gaze locked with Victoria's. In that moment of terrible clarity, I understood everything

it to deceive Ethan,

She had manipulated him, twisted his memories, and torn apart what should have been

but my mind suddenly, painfully clear. With trembling fingers, I fumbled for my phone, managing

voice weakening as blood trickled from the corner of my mouth.

say more, Victoria was beside me, snatching the phone from my hand. She ended the call, her eyes cold and calculating as she watched my wolf struggle to heal injuries too severe for

have minded your own business, old woman," she said

to tell her that the truth would come out eventually, but no words came. Darkness crept in at the edges of my

of Olivia, I prayed to the Moon Goddess that my daughter would understand the fragmented warning I'd managed to give her. (Olivia's

was reviewing my latest healing crystal designs at my desk in Canis Enterprises when my phone rang. Seeing my mother's caller ID, I

How are

of her usual warm greeting, I heard labored breathing that sent a chill down

her voice weak and strained "Victoria.

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call disconnected abruptly,

surged beneath my skin, howling with protective instinct. Something was

"Mom?"

the dead line,

wave of primal fear washed over me as I jumped to my feet, knocking over my

his expression

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