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Now, standing at her grave, | continued my performance, clinging to Ethan as if overcby
remorse.
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"I can't forgive myself," | whispered, looking up at him with tear-filled eyes. "If | hadn't called
you away..."
Inside, | felt nothing but triumph. Lily was dead and buried. Olivia was disgraced in Ethan's eyes. And | was
exactly where | wanted to be-in the Alpha King's arms, positioned as the compassionate friend who would help
him heal.
(Ethan's POV)
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| held Victoria as she wept, her slender frtrembling against mine. Her grief seemed genuine, though
misplaced. The blfor Lily's death lay withalone.
"Victoria," | said gently, "would you like to visit Lily's grave withtomorrow? To pay your
respects?"
Her blue eyes widened with surprise, then filled with fresh tears. She nodded, pressing her
face against my chest.
"But Olivia mustn't know," | added, my voice hardening. "I don't want another confrontation."
The memory of Olivia's cold eyes as she closed the door, leavingbleeding on her doorstep, still burned. |
couldn't understand how the woman I'd mated could have changed so
drastically.
Victoria nodded again, her expression solemn. "Of course, Ethan. | understand." She wiped her tears, composing
herself. "| feel so responsible. If | hadn't called you that day, begging you to cbecause Emma was upset... if |
hadn't pulled you away from your
promise to Lily..."
| shook my head, cutting off her self-recrimination. "The choice was mine, Victoria. | could have kept my promise
to Lily first, then gone to Emma. | made the wrong decision."
The next morning, we arrived at Sacred Moonlight Cemetery just as dawn broke over the horizon. The early hour
ensured privacy-Olivia typically visited in the afternoons, according to Gregory Tanner, the cemetery guardian.
Lily's Moonstone Tombstone gleamed softly in the morning light. | knelt before it, ignoring the pain that shot
through my injured body. With gentle hands, | cleaned the stone, brushing away
fallen leaves and dirt.
"Hello, Lily," | whispered, my voice breaking. "It's Father."
The colored photograph embedded in the stone showed my daughter smiling-a smile | had rarely seen in person.
Her emerald eyes, so like Olivia's, seemed to look right through me.
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| arranged the offerings I'd brought-moonberry cakes, forest fruits, and small carved wooden toys. Beside them, |
carefully laid out the Crystal-Embroidered Ice Princess Gown that Lily had wanted so badly.
"I'm sorry I'm late," | continued, tears flowing freely now. "I'm sorry for everything, Lily."
Behind me, Victoria stood respectfully, her head bowed. | was vaguely aware of her moving around the grave,
but my focus remained on my daughter's photograph.
"If there's another life after this one," | said, my voice barely audible, "I hope you'll be my daughter again. And |
promise, Lily, I'll make you the happiest child in the world."
(Olivia's POV)
| froze at the edge of the cemetery path, my blood turning to ice in my veins. Victoria Frost
stood at my daughter's grave, her back to me. As | watched, she leaned down and spat-
actually spat on the offerings laid before Lily's tombstone.
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