(Victoria's POV)

I could see the murderous rage in Ethan's eyes, but I refused to give up. I had spent too many years building this life to let it slip

away now.

"I found the jade pendant when I was seven," I said, forcing tears into my eyes. "I didn't know what it meant at first."

My wolf projected distress pheromones, a trick that had always worked on Ethan before.

"When you saw me wearing it and called me Little Orange, I was confused," I continued, my voice breaking strategically. "But

you were so kind to me, so protective."

I reached for his hand, but he jerked away as if my touch burned him.

"I wanted to tell you the truth," I pleaded. "But I was afraid. And then, as time

passed, it became harder and harder to confess."

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I glanced at Olivia, then back to Ethan. "I was always going to return the identity if the real Little Orange appeared. I swear it!"

A cold laugh cut through my performance. Evelyn Winters was staring at me with contempt.

"Did you really mean to return the identity?" she asked, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "When you found out the truth from my

mouth, you tried to kill me by pushing me down the Moonlit Hospital Stairwell!"

My wolf retreated deeper within me, sensing the danger of exposure. I hadn't expected Evelyn to recover, let alone remember

that incident.

desperately. "I would never do such a

Ethan, whose amber eyes had

begged. "You know me.

going to believe

your

wheelchair to his feet, sobbing and clutching at his trouser leg. After so many years together, surely he

half-year connection

to him. "Everything I did, I did for

pulled myself up, intending to throw myself into his arms-to remind him of

protected me.

(Ethan's POV)

my leg. The touch sent revulsion

thinking, I lifted my foot and kicked her hard. My amber eyes blazed

mate and the mother who had saved

parking lot pavement. Her

an undignified

turned against the she-wolf I had protected for so long. The pack bonds hummed with the shock of this dramatic

even to my

she was seeing me as I truly was not as the Alpha she could manipulate, but as the enemy she had

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within her in submission and despair, unable to face the finality of my

pack was reduced to a broken shell at

clouds. The weather seemed to mirror the turbulent emotions swirling through the

lot.

Winters' side, his medical instincts taking over as he assessed

practiced efficiency.

glancing at the threatening sky. "You've

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