Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

My fingers trembled as I held up Lily's Amusement Park Family Drawing. The childish strokes depicted the three of us-Lily in the middle, holding both our hands at the Moonlight Fair. Her stick-figure smile stretched across half her face, radiating the pure joy she'd imagined experiencing with her father.

"This was her dream," I whispered, my voice breaking. To spend just one day with both her parents. To feel like a normal family*

Ethan's amber eyes fixed on the drawing. Something shifted in his expression-the hard lines of the Alpha King softening into something I hadn't seen in years

"She drew this the night before her birthday," I continued, watching his reaction carefully. "She was so certain you'd keep your promise this time."

Ethan reached for the drawing with uncharacteristic gentleness. His fingers brushed against mine as he took it, sending an unwelcome shiver up my arm.

"I didn't know," he murmured, staring at the crayon figures. "I didn't realize how much it meant to her."

"How could you?" I replied bitterly. "You were never there to see."

Instead of the anger I expected, Ethan's shoulders slumped slightly. He traced the outline of Lily's figure with his thumb, his expression unguarded for once.

"Not just the Moonlight Fair," he said suddenly, his voice carrying an unusual gentleness. "Anything she wants, anything I can do, I will do it for her."

My breath caught in my throat. Was this genuine remorse? After five years of neglect and months of denial since her death?

"Liv, tell me," he continued, using the nickname only James had ever used, "where is Lily?"

The question hung between us, loaded with meaning. For months, he'd refused to believe Lily was gone, accusing me of hiding her. Now, his eyes held a flicker of acceptance-and with it, pain.

Hope bloomed dangerously in my chest. Could this be the breakthrough I'd been waiting for? The moment Ethan finally accepted our daughter's death and helped me honor her memory?

Tll take you to her," I said quietly.

Ethan nodded, his expression solemn as he carefully folded the drawing and placed it in his pocket. He extended his hand toward me, not demanding but offering.

"Let's go," he said.noveldrama

I hesitated before accepting his hand, allowing him to help me up from Lily's small chair. His touch was gentle as he guided me with a hand at the small of my back, leading me toward the door.

The gesture felt foreign after so many months of coldness between us. Yet something in his demeanor had changed-a c***k in the impenetrable armor of the Alpha King.

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Chapter 17 The Last Cha

We walked in silence to his car, the night air cool against my skin. Ethan opened the passenger door for me,

another small courtesy I'd forgotten he was capable of showing.

As he slid into the driver's seat, I gave him directions to Sacred Moonlight Cemetery. He nodded, starting the

engine without question.

The silence between us felt different now-heavy with unspoken grief rather than anger. I stared out the