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As we walked away, Lucas deliberately put his arm around my shoulders. I could feel Ethan's intense gaze following us until we

disappeared from sight.

Behind us, I heard Ethan's broken whisper to our daughter: "Lily, tell Daddy what you want in your dreams. As long as it's what

you want, Daddy will fulfill it for you."

"I only ask that you come to see Daddy in a dream, even if it's just once!"

His pain meant nothing to me now. It was two years too late.

Lucas drove me back to my cottage in Maple Grove. The encounter with Ethan

had left me emotionally drained, and Lucas was

considerate enough not to press me about his proposal again.

When we arrived, I didn't immediately get out of the car. I looked at Lucas, struggling to find the right words.

He was everything Ethan wasn't-kind, considerate, patient. But the scars from my first mating ran too deep. Loving Ethan had

cost me everything, including my precious daughter. The thought of risking my heart again terrified me.

"Olivia, don't feel pressured," Lucas said softly. "I was too impatient. As long as you're willing to consider me, I'm willing to wait

long as it

couldn't continue. His kindness only

upstairs and rest early. Don't think too much," he said, leaning

door and got out. Lucas walked me to my

safely

chaos. Was I hesitating because Lily's revenge remained unfulfilled? Or had

the door interrupted my thoughts. Assuming Lucas had returned, I opened it without

my

doorway, his amber eyes intense. I immediately tried

hand while the other hooked around my

Lucas Blackwood propose to you?" he asked, his voice

him, struggling against his

kicked and punched him with all my strength, not holding back. I'd stopped restraining myself around him after Lily died. Every

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him?" he persisted, his eyes never leaving

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harder. “Ethan Stone, can't you understand common tongue? I

hear me, let go!"

Did

the door as I caught my

scent of blood

wounds from our

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