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The heartbreaking plea from beyond the grave seemed to penetrate where nothing else had. Olivia's body

suddenly tensed, her fingers twitching in my hand.

Her eyes flew open, emerald green and filled with desperate longing. "Lily!" she cried, reaching toward the tablet

as if to grasp her daughter's image.

| quickly took her hand. "She's with you, Olivia. She's always with you," | assured

her, squeezing

her fingers gently.

(Olivia's POV)

Darkness had been my refuge. In that peaceful void, there was no pain, no grief, no betrayal-

just blessed nothingness.

Then | heard her voice-my sweet Lily-cutting through the darkness like a beam of

light.

"Mommy, please don't be sad anymore. Lily loves you the most!"

The words pulledback to consciousness against my will. My eyes opened to a world | had tried to leave

behind, the pain rushing back with brutal force.

"Lily!" I cried out, reaching desperately toward her voice.

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A warm hand caught mine, strong fingers wrapping around my own. Not Lily's tiny hand, but

someone else's-someone unexpected.

Lucas Blackwood sat beside my bed, his powerful frseeming too large for the hospital chair. His gray eyes,

usually so intimidating, now held genuine concern.

"She's with you, Olivia," he said softly. "She's always with you."

| blinked, trying to make sense of his presence. "Why are you here?" My voice was hoarse, my

throat raw from river water.

"| pulled you from the river," he explained simply. "I've been here since they brought you in."

Memories flooded back-Matriarch Evelyn's funeral, the bridge, the cold embrace of

Silvermoon River. | had wanted to die, to join Lily in whatever cafter this life.

“I couldn't save her,” | whispered brokenly, tears filling my eyes. “I couldn't protect her from

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Victoria... | couldn't avenge her death."

My fingers clutched at Lucas's hand with surprising strength. “I'm her mother, but | failed her

completely."

Lucas's gray eyes held mine steadily, his powerful presence a strange comfort rather than a

threat.

"Then fight for her now," he urged, his voice low and intense. "Giving up would be the greater

betrayal, Olivia. Your daughter loved you enough to want you to live, even knowing she couldn't

stay. Find the strength in being Lily's mother to seek justice for her."

He squeezed my hand gently. "I will help you," he promised. "You don't have to face this alone."

His words penetrated the fog of grief that had surroundedfor so long. Could | find the

strength to continue? To fight for Lily's memory when everything seemed hopeless?

"Why would you help me?" | asked, searching his face for ulterior motives. "We barely know

each other."

Lucas was silent for a moment, his expression thoughtful. "Because no one should have to

face such pain alone," he finally said. "And because | admire your strength, even when you

don't see it in yourself."

| studied his face, looking for deceit but finding only sincerity in his gray eyes.

"Thank you," | whispered, allowing myself, for the first tsince Lily's death, to accept

comfort from another.

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Lucas maintained his gentle hold on my hand, his thumb tracing soothing patterns across my skin.

"I should be honest with you, Olivia," he said after a moment of comfortable silence. "My claim about needing a

fake girlfriend for business reasons was a lie." His admission drew my full attention.

"I've been drawn to you since | first saw you at the Crystal Design Competition. Your strength, your dignity

despite everything you've endured..." He paused, seeming almost vulnerable despite his confident demeanor. "I

care for you, Olivia Winters. More than | should, given our circumstances."

My eyes widened in shock. This powerful Alpha, leader of the Moonstone Pack, cared for me? After everything I'd

been through, after my failed attempt to end my life, he still saw something inworth caring about?

Seeing my reaction, Lucas quickly continued, "I'm not asking for anything in return. There's no pressure to

reciprocate. | only want to stand beside you through your grief and your quest for justice for Lily."

His words, spoken with such quiet conviction, soothed something broken inside me. For the first tin months, |

felt a tiny spark of hope.

Exhausted by emotion and the ordeal my body had endured, | finally allowed my eyes to close, falling into the

first peaceful sleep I'd had since losing Lily.

(Ethan's POV)

The walls of my private office seemed to close in aroundas | paced restlessly. | hadn't slept for a full day and

night, my mind consumed with thoughts of Olivia.

The image of her car abandoned on Moonstone Bridge haunted me. If Lucas Blackwood

hadn't been there...

| ran a hand through my disheveled hair, my amber eyes bloodshot from lack of sleep. Though

our relationship was strained, the thought of losing Olivia forever had shakenmore deeply

than | cared to admit.

My phone rang, Maxwell Chen's nflashing on the screen.

"Any update?" | demanded without preamble.

"Sir," Maxwell's voice cthrough, uncharacteristically hesitant. "I've discovered

something

about Emma's spleen treatment that you need to know."

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My attention sharpened immediately. "What is it?"

"I've been investigating the medical records as you requested," Maxwell continued. "There's

something concerning about the timing of Emma's kidney transplant."

"Get to the point, Maxwell," | growled, my patience wearing thin.

"Sir, the kidney that saved Emma Frost had originally been intended for Lily Winters."

The words hitlike a physical blow. | gripped the edge of my desk to steady myself.

"What did you say?" My voice was barely audible.

"The compatibility match was rare and perfect for Lily's condition," Maxwell explained, his

tone carefully neutral. "But through Victoria's manipulation, it was redirected to Emma

instead."

"How?" | demanded, my wolf stirring with growing rage. "How could this happen?"

"Victoria approached Nathan Blackwood," Maxwell replied. "She convinced him that Emma's

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need was more urgent than Lily's. He used his influence to have the donor redirected."

The room seemed to spin around me. Nathan Blackwood-my trusted ally, my friend-had

helped Victoria steal my daughter's chance at life?

"And I..." I couldn't finish the sentence.

"You signed the authorization, sir," Maxwell confirmed quietly. "Victoria presented

it as routine

paperwork for Emma's treatment. The document was deliberately vague about the source of

the donor organ."

The realization that | had unknowingly played a role in my own daughter's death

by securing

preferential treatment for Victoria's daughter hitwith devastating force.

Blood rose in my throat, and | collapsed to my knees, coughing crimson onto the polished

floor as the full weight of my betrayal crashed down.

"Sir? Sir, are you alright?" Maxwell's voice called from the phone I'd dropped.

| couldn't answer. The truth was too horrific to bear. While | had been doting on

Emma,

attending her school events and celebrating her achievements, my own daughter had been dying, waiting for a

kidney that Victoria had stolen for her child.

And | had signed the papers that sealed Lily's fate.

Blood continued to spill from my mouth as my wolf howled in anguish within me,

the physical

manifestation of my soul being torn apart by guilt and grief.

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"Sir, I'm sending medical help," Maxwell's voice said distantly.

But no healer could fix what was broken inside me. No medicine could wash away

the blood

of my daughter from my hands.

Blood rose in my throat, and I collapsed to my knees, coughing crimson onto the

polished

floor as the full weight of my betrayal crashed down.