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Chapter 97: Reunion and Revenge

(Olivia's POV)*

Matriarch Evelyn's words broke the dam I'd built around my emotions. Tears streamed down

my face as | collapsed against her frail shoulder.

"I hate her so much," | sobbed, my body shaking uncontrollably. "Victoria took everything from me. She stole

Lily's chance at life, and now she's trying to curse her spirit. How could anyone

be so cruel?"

Matriarch Evelyn's weathered hand stroked my hair, her touch gentle yet firm. Her own tears fell silently as she

held me.

"My poor child," she whispered, her voice breaking. "My poor, sweet Olivia."

| clung to her like a drowning woman to a lifeline. This was the woman who had protected me

when | first cto the Silvercrest Pack as a frightened child. She had stood betweenand

those who would have castout for being an orphan with no pack connections.

"I've tried everything," | choked out between sobs. "I've begged Ethan to listen, to understand

that our daughter is gone. But he refuses to believe me. He thinks I'm hiding her."

Matriarch Evelyn's grip tightened around me. "My grandson has failed you both terribly."

Her words only madecry harder. The validation of my pain, after years of being dismissed and gaslighted,

was overwhelming.

"I want to kill her," | admitted, the dark confession spilling from my lips. "Every time

| see Victoria smiling, knowing what she did to Lily, | want to tear her apart with my bare hands."

"Shhh," Matriarch Evelyn soothed, though I could feel her body trembling with her own rage. "I understand your

hatred, child. But | cannot lose you too."

She pulled back slightly, her aged hands cupping my tear-stained face. Her eyes, though clouded with age,

burned with fierce determination.

"I cannot bring our Lily back," she said, her voice steadying. "But | will not let that woman escape justice for

what she's done."

Hope flickered in my chest for the first tin months. "How? Ethan protects her. He's assigned bodyguards to

keepaway from her."

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Matriarch Evelyn's expression hardened. "I may be old, but | am still the former Luna of this pack. My word still

carries weight, especially with the elders who remember when | ruled alongside my mate."

She wiped away my tears with her thumbs. "You must promisesomething, Olivia. Promise you won't take

matters into your own hands. Lethandle Victoria."

| hesitated, the thirst for revenge still burning in my veins.

"Promise me," she insisted. "I cannot bear to lose you too."

"I promise," | whispered finally.

Matriarch Evelyn nodded, satisfied. "My grandson has proven himself unworthy of you. After years of neglect,

after choosing that woman over his own mate and child, he has forfeited any right to your loyalty."

Her words struck a chord within me. For so long, I had clung to the hope that Ethan would remember what we

once meant to each other, that he would return to being the man | had fallen in love with.

"I will speak with him," Matriarch Evelyn continued. "He will hear the truth about Lily's death from me, and he

will be forced to face what his blindness has cost."

She reached for her mobile phone on the bedside table. "Handmy phone, child. It's tEthan answered for

his failures."

| passed her the phone, watching as she dialed Ethan's number with shaking fingers. The call

went straight to voicemail.

"He's not answering," she frowned, trying again. Still nothing.

After the fifth attempt, Matriarch Evelyn sighed heavily, the emotional toll of our conversation clearly weighing

on her.

"Perhaps it's for the best," she murmured, her eyelids drooping with exhaustion. “I need to gather my strength

before confronting him."

| gently took the phone from her hand. "Rest now, Grandmother. We'll try again when you've had ssleep."

She nodded, her eyes already closing. "Don't leave me, Olivia. Stay until | wake."

"I will," I promised, settling into the chair beside her bed.

As Matriarch Evelyn drifted into sleep, | felt a strange calm settle over me. For the first time

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since Lily's death, | wasn't alone in my fight for justice. Someone believed me. Someone with power and

influence was on my side.

| watched the rise and fall of the matriarch's chest, hope and determination replacing the despair that had been

my constant companion for so long.

(Ethan's POV)

The newly constructed Moonlight Fair stretched before me, a testament to my determination. to make things

right with my daughter. Colorful rides towered against the clear blue sky, and the scent of venison skewers and

cotton candy filled the air.

"Is everything ready?" | asked Maxwell Chen, who stood besidewith a clipboard.

"Yes, Alpha King," he confirmed. "The fair is complete down to the last detail, exactly as you specified."

| nodded, satisfaction mingling with the guilt that had driven this project. Three months ago, | had found a stack

of Lily's drawings hidden in Olivia's desk drawer. Simple childish sketches of the three of us at an amusement

park-Lily on my shoulders, Olivia holding my hand, all of

us smiling.

The date on the drawings had strucklike a physical blow. They were from the day Lily had

waited forat the old Moonlight Fair, the day | had promised to meet her but never showed

1. up.

"She wanted this so badly," | murmured, more to myself than to Maxwell. "To ride

on my

shoulders like other children with their fathers."