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    Silvercrest Pack, on her knees before me."


    I swallowed hard, forcing down my pride. "Victoria, I''ll do anything. Just don''t harm her ashes."


    Victoria looked down at me, savoring the moment of triumph. I could see the memory of her own humiliation at this very cemetery burning in her eyes-where I had forced her to kowtow to Lily''s grave after discovering she had desecrated it.


    "Anything?" Victoria''s eyes gleamed with malicious delight. "Then bow to me. Not just kneel. Kowtow. Touch your forehead to the ground."


    Without hesitation, I bent forward, pressing my forehead against the cold earth. My wolf, driven by maternal instinct, epted the humiliation without protest. "Again," Victoriamanded, her voice cruel with pleasure. "Lower this time."


    Iplied, bending until my face pressed harder against the rough ground. "Again!"


    Each time I rose, she demanded another bow. Again and again, I kowtowed, my forehead scraping against small stones and twigs. I felt my skin break, but I didn''t stop. Warm blood


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    trickled down my face, crimson droplets staining the sacred ground as my wolf surrenderedpletely to maternal instinct.


    "How does it feel, Olivia?" Victoria taunted. "To be nothing. To have nothing. Not even your


    dignity."


    I remained silent, focusing only on the urn in her hands. Nothing else mattered.


    "Your precious daughter is dead, your mate prefers me, and now you''re bleeding at my feet."


    Herughter echoed through the cemetery. "This is exactly where you belong."


    Victoria finally told me to stop, her lips curved in a satisfied smile. She ced Lily''s


    Moonwood Ceremonial Urn on the ground between us.


    "Thank you," I whispered, reaching for it.


    Before my fingers could touch the sacred vessel, Victoria deliberately stepped on


    it with her designer heel. The sound of cracking wood echoed through the night like a gunshot.


    “No!" I screamed, lunging forward.


    Victoria pressed harder, the delicate wood splintering under her weight.


    "You couldn''t protect Lily in life, and you can''t protect her in death," Victoria taunted cruelly.


    My hands hovered helplessly as she ground her heel against the precious urn. My wolf howled in anguish, the sound trapped in my chest.


    Victoria''s voice dropped to a venomous whisper. "Did you know your husband wasplicit in Lily''s death?"


    I froze, my blood turning to ice. "What?"


    "Oh yes," she continued, her eyes glittering with malice. "That kidney donor that was supposed to save Lily? Ethan redirected it to Emma."


    The world seemed to tilt beneath me. "You''re lying."


    "Am I?" Victoria smirked. "Why do you think Emma recovered so quickly from her illness while Lily withered away? Why do you think the donor suddenly became ''unavable'' for Lily''s


    surgery?"


    My mind raced back to those desperate days, the frantic calls to Ethan that went unanswered,


    the mysterious disappearance of the donor we had waited months to find.


    "Your husband ignored your frantic calls during Lily''s surgery while he wasforting Emma,"


    she gloated, her words designed to shatter what remained of my will to live. "Even now, he


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    recognizes Emma as his true daughter, not your pathetic child who couldn''t survive."


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    Each word was a dagger to my heart. I remembered how Ethan had been absent during Lily''s final hours, how he had imed to be caught in an important meeting. The pieces were falling into ce with devastating rity.


    “No,” I whispered, but the denial sounded hollow even to my own ears.


    "Yes," Victoria insisted. "Ask him yourself if you don''t believe me. Watch his face when you do. You''ll see the truth."


    Driven to despair by Victoria''s revtion about Ethan''s role in Lily''s death and her relentless taunts, I momentarily lost my will to fight. My wolf retreated deep within, curling into itself as if mortally wounded.


    I copsed to the ground, my body shaking with silent sobs as the full weight of betrayal crushed me. The man I had loved, the father of my child, had chosen another woman''s daughter over our own. Had actively contributed to our daughter''s death.


    Victoria, believing her work was done, turned to leave. "Goodbye, Olivia. Enjoy what''s left of your pathetic life."


    As Victoria walked away, something shifted inside me. A sudden surge of rage ignited within my chest, burning away the despair. My wolf, driven by maternal fury and the primal need to avenge my pup,unched forward.


    I pushed Victoria with unexpected strength, catching herpletely off guard. She stumbled backward, her high heels unsuited for the uneven cemetery ground.


    "You b***h!" she screamed, arms iling as she tried to regain her bnce.


    In her desperate attempt to stay upright, her foot identally kicked Lily''s damaged Moonwood Ceremonial Urn. The sacred vessel tumbled, its cracked lid breaking open


    Horror flooded through me as I watched the urn roll toward the edge of a rocky outcrop. Victoria, still struggling for bnce, followed it, her eyes wide with fear as she realized how


    close she was to the steep drop.


    "Help me!" she shrieked, reaching out.


    But I was frozen, watching as the urn tipped over the edge, spilling Lily''s ashes


    into the night air. Victoria''s scream echoed through the cemetery as she fell over the edge after them.


    "Lily!" I cried out, rushing to the edge.


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    I could see Victoria below, moaning and clutching her ankle, but my eyes were fixed on the


    scattered ashes being carried away by the gentle night breeze. My hands trembled as I tried desperately to gather what remained, but it was futile.


    My wolf howled in distress as I watched thest physical remnants of my daughter disappear


    into the darkness. I clutched the empty, damaged urn to my chest, tears streaming down my


    face and mixing with the blood from my wounded forehead.


    Heartbroken and consumed by grief, I pulled out my phone and called Ethan. My voice was


    hollow as I told him I needed to see him.


    "Olivia?" His voice sounded slurred. "What''s wrong?"


    "I need to see you," I repeated, my voice devoid of emotion. "Now."


    Ethan, clearly drunk at Moonlight Manor, sighed heavily. "I''ll send Maxwell to pick you up."


    When Maxwell Chen arrived, he found me standing by the cemetery gates, my clothes stained


    with blood from my forehead and tears streaking my pale cheeks. I was still clutching the


    empty Moonwood Ceremonial Urn to my chest.


    "Mrs. Stone," he said gently, his eyes widening at my appearance. "Let me help


    you."


    My wolf''s energy was so diminished that I could barely stand as he helped me into the


    vehicle. The drive to Moonlight Manor passed in a blur of grief and rage.


    At Moonlight Manor, Ethan Stone was waiting in the entrance hall. His amber eyes widened


    with concern when he saw my condition.


    "Olivia, you''re bleeding,” he said, reaching for me. "What happened?"


    I pulled away from his touch, my body rigid with revulsion. "Don''t touch me."


    Confusion flickered across his face. "Let me help you. You''re hurt."


    "How can you live with yourself after causing Lily''s death?" I whispered, my voice


    barely


    audible.


    Ethan froze, his hand suspended in mid-air. The shock and guilt that shed across his face


    confirmed Victoria''s words. In that moment, I knew she had told the truth.


    "Olivia, I-" he began, but I didn''t let him finish.


    In a fit of rage and grief, my wolf surged forward with onest burst of protective


    fury. I


    spotted a Silver-Edged Hunting Knife on the nearby table-the same one that had been used to


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    Without conscious thought, I grabbed it and plunged it into Ethan''s abdomen. His


    eyes widened in shock and pain as the silver edge prated his flesh.


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    "Ethan Stone, you deserve to die!" I cried out, my emerald eyes wild with pain as I


    watched


    crimson blood bloom across his white shirt.
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