Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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Ethan's amber eyes were wide with shock and denial. "No," he whispered. "No, that can't be

right. The servants said-"

"The servants said what you wanted to hear," | cut in. "That | was making it up. That | was

using Lily to get your attention."

| laughed bitterly. "As if | would ever use our daughter that way."

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Her words triggered a flood of memories | had dismissed as unimportant. Conversations | had

ignored, pleas | had rejected.

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| remembered the servants’ accusations - that Olivia was deliberately making Lily sick to get my attention.

Accusations | had readily believed, blinded by my

prejudice and my concern for

Emma.

| remembered Lily's timid phone call, her small voice filled with pain: "Daddy, can you cbe

with Lily? Lily is sick, and the treatment hurts..."

| had dismissed her plea, believing it to be another manipulative tactic from my mate. "Don't be like your

mother, full of lies," | had told her coldly before hanging up.

The memory of my cruelty madephysically ill. | bent forward, retching, though nothing

cup but bitter bile.

"I didn't know," | gasped, knowing even as | said it how pathetic it sounded. "I thought-"

"You thought what?" Olivia demanded. "That a five-year-old child would lie about being in pain? That she would

pretend to cough up blood just to get your attention?"

| had no answer. There was no justification for what | had done - or rather, what | had failed to

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"Lily... she really had kidney failure?" | stammered, the enormity of my mistake crushing me.

Olivia's cold stare confirmed my worst fear. "Yes," she said simply. "Terminal kidney failure.

The doctors gave her six months without a transplant."

"But why didn't you-"

"Tell you?" Olivia finished for me. "I did. Countless times. | called, | texted, | even cto your

office. But you were always too busy with Victoria and Emma to listen."

Each word was a knife to my heart, cutting deeper because | knew they were true.

"There was a donor," Olivia continued, her voice breaking slightly. "A perfect match. The

surgery was scheduled. But at the last minute, the kidney was redirected to another patient."

"Who?" | asked, though | already suspected the answer.

"Emma," Olivia whispered. "Victoria's daughter needed an emergency transplant,

and somehow, her need was deemed more urgent than Lily's."

The implications of what she was saying hitlike a physical blow. Had Victoria deliberately

sabotaged Lily's treatment to benefit Emma? Had | unknowingly contributed to my

own

daughter's death by prioritizing Victoria's child?

“No,” | said, shaking my head. "Victoria wouldn't do that. She couldn't be that cruel."

Olivia's laugh was hollow, devoid of humor. "You still defend her, even now? After everything?".

| had no response. My mind was reeling, trying to process the unthinkable - that my daughter was gone, and |

had played a part in her death through my neglect and blind trust in Victoria.

"I need to see her," | said suddenly, grasping Olivia's hand. "Which hospital is Lily in?"

Olivia didn't move. | felt her wrist tremble beneath my grip, my own fear mirroring hers.

"I'll get her the best hospital, the best doctors," | promised desperately. "I'll cure her... I..."

My voice broke as | clung to the last shreds of denial. Lily couldn't be dead. She couldn't be. | had just built an

entire amusement park for her. | had plans, so many plans to make up for lost time.

Olivia laughed, a hollow, chilling sound that sent shivers down my spine.

"Ethan Stone, it's too late..." she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "Lily, she's..."

"No!" | interrupted, my voice hoarse with emotion. "It's not too late... There's still time! There

must be!"

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| refused to accept the truth, even as it staredin the face. The surveillance footage had ended, the screen

now black, but the image of Lily collapsing in a pool of blood was seared into my mind.

Olivia shattered my illusions, her emerald eyes swimming with tears. "Lily died a long tago!" she cried, each

word cuttingdeeply.

Each mention of Lily's death was a fresh wound to both of us. | could see Olivia's pain, raw and unhealed,

mirroring my own newfound grief.

"She died that day..." Olivia continued, her voice breaking. "At the Moonlight Fair, waiting for you. She died

believing her father would cfor her."

"Olivia, shut up!" | roared, my eyes bloodshot with unshed tears. "Lily can't be dead, how could

she be dead?"

| was on the verge of collapse, my powerful frtrembling with the force of my emotions. |

couldn't reconcile my guilt and desire to make amends with the devastating reality Olivia was

presenting.

"You're lying to me, aren't you?" | demanded, grasping at straws. "Olivia, tell me, tellyou're

lying!"

Olivia's face hardened. Without a word, she reached into her purse and pulled out

a document,

thrusting it in front of me.

The words "Death Certificate" and the n"Lily Winters" jumped out at me, a final, brutal

confirmation that silenced even my denial.