Chapter 104: Cemetery Confrontation 

Chapter 104: Cemetery Confrontation. 

(Victoria’s POV) 

I wept in Ethan’s arms, my tears soaking through his shirt. To anyone watching, I appeared devastated by grief over Lily’s death. But hidden against his chest, my lips curled into a 

satisfied smile. 

“I’m so sorry,” I sobbed, my voice breaking perfectly. “If only I hadn’t called you that day…” 

My mind drifted back to that pivotal afternoon five years ago. I remembered how I’d deliberately called Ethan away when Lily was critically ill. I knew exactly what I was doing 

when I made that call, claiming Emma needed him urgently. 

I had watched Olivia’s desperate calls light up Ethan’s phone throughout the day. Each time, I’d casually dismissed the notifications before he could see them. I hadn’t deleted them–that would have been too obvious. I simply made sure he was too distracted to notice. 

“Emma needs you,” I had told him, my voice trembling with manufactured concern. “The doctors say her condition is worsening.” 

It wasn’t entirely a lie. Emma had been ill, but not critically so. Nothing that required Ethan’s immediate presence. But it had been enough to pull him away from his promise to Lily. 

While Ethan rushed to Emma’s side at the Silvercrest Pack Medical Den, I had slipped away, claiming to fetch medicine. Instead, I drove to Moonlight Fair, parking at a distance to watch. 

the drama unfold. 

I saw Olivia’s frantic search for Ethan. I witnessed Lily’s collapse, her tiny body crumpling to the ground as her mother screamed for help. The sight had filled me with a dark satisfaction. 

“One less obstacle,” I had thought, watching the ambulance speed away. 

Lily had always been in my way–a constant reminder that Ethan had chosen Olivia first. The child’s emerald eyes, so like her mother’s, seemed to see through my facade. Even at four years old, she had regarded me with suspicion. 

And she had been right to do so. I had never wanted her happiness. I had wanted her gone. 

Now, standing at her grave, I continued my performance, clinging to Ethan as if overcome by 

remorse. 

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“I can’t forgive myself,” I whispered, looking up at him with tear–filled eyes. “If I hadn’t called 

you away…” 

Inside, I felt nothing but triumph. Lily was dead and buried. Olivia was disgraced in Ethan’s eyes. And I was exactly where I wanted to be–in the Alpha King’s arms, positioned as the compassionate friend who would help him heal. 

(Ethan’s POV) 

I held Victoria as she wept, her slender frame trembling against mine. Her grief seemed genuine, though misplaced. The blame for Lily’s death lay with me alone. 

“Victoria,” I said gently, “would you like to visit Lily’s grave with me tomorrow? To pay your 

respects?” 

Her blue eyes widened with surprise, then filled with fresh tears. She nodded, pressing her 

face against my chest. 

“But Olivia mustn’t know,” I added, my voice hardening. “I don’t want another confrontation.” 

The memory of Olivia’s cold eyes as she closed the door, leaving me bleeding on her doorstep, still burned. I couldn’t understand how the woman I’d mated could have changed so 

drastically. 

Victoria nodded again, her expression solemn. “Of course, Ethan. I understand.” 

She wiped her tears, composing herself. “I feel so responsible. If I hadn’t called you that day, begging you to come because Emma was upset… if I hadn’t pulled you away from your 

promise to Lily…” 

I shook my head, cutting off her self–recrimination. “The choice was mine, Victoria. I could have kept my promise to Lily first, then gone to Emma. I made the wrong decision.” 

The next morning, we arrived at Sacred Moonlight Cemetery just as dawn broke over the horizon. The early hour ensured privacy–Olivia typically visited in the afternoons, according to Gregory Tanner, the cemetery guardian. 

Lily’s Moonstone Tombstone gleamed softly in the morning light. I knelt before it, ignoring the pain that shot through my injured body. With gentle hands, I cleaned the stone, brushing away 

fallen leaves and dirt. 

“Hello, Lily,” I whispered, my voice breaking. “It’s Father.” 

The colored photograph embedded in the stone showed my daughter smiling–a smile I had rarely seen in person. Her emerald eyes, so like Olivia’s, seemed to look right through me. 

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I arranged the offerings I’d brought–moonberry cakes, forest fruits, and small carved wooden toys. Beside them, I carefully laid out the Crystal–Embroidered Ice Princess Gown that Lily had wanted so badly. 

“I’m sorry I’m late,” I continued, tears flowing freely now. “I’m sorry for everything, Lily.” 

Behind me, Victoria stood respectfully, her head bowed. I was vaguely aware of her moving around the grave, but my focus remained on my daughter’s photograph. 

“If there’s another life after this one,” I said, my voice barely audible, “I hope you’ll be my daughter again. And I promise, Lily, I’ll make you the happiest child in the world.” 

(Olivia’s POV) 

I froze at the edge of the cemetery path, my blood turning to ice in my veins. Victoria Frost 

stood at my daughter’s grave, her back to me. As I watched, she leaned down and spat- 

actually spat on the offerings laid before Lily’s tombstone. 

Rage exploded within me, a white–hot fury that consumed all rational thought. I surged 

forward, my vision tunneling until all I could see was Victoria’s smug face and Ethan kneeling 

before my daughter’s grave. 

“If there’s another life after this one,” I heard Ethan say, “I hope you’ll be my daughter again. And I promise, Lily, I’ll make you the happiest child in the world.” 

His words ignited something primal within me. How dare he? How dare he speak of another 

chance when he had squandered the one he had? 

“You!” I screamed, my voice shattering the cemetery’s morning stillness. 

Both Ethan and Victoria whirled around, shock evident on their faces. Victoria recovered first, 

her expression shifting to one of practiced innocence. 

“Olivia,” she began, her voice honey–sweet with false concern. “We were just-” 

“Shut up!” I snarled, advancing on them. “How dare you come here? How dare you bring her to my daughter’s grave?” 

kicked over the offerings Ethan had arranged, sending moonberry cakes and toys scattering 

across the ground. The Crystal–Embroidered Ice Princess Gown–the one Lily had begged for 

but never received–landed in the dirt. 

“Olivia, please,” Ethan said, rising to his feet with obvious pain. “I’m just trying to- 

“To what?” I demanded, my voice rising hysterically. “To ease your conscience? To pretend you 

were a father to her when you weren’t?” 

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I turned my fury on Victoria, who had retreated a step, her blue eyes wide with feigned fear. 

“And you,” I hissed, advancing on her. “You have the audacity to come here? To stand at the grave of the child you helped kill?” 

Victoria gasped, pressing a hand to her chest in a perfect display of shocked innocence. “Olivia, how can you say such a thing? I loved Lily!” 

“Liar!” I screamed, lunging toward her. 

Ethan stepped between us, his amber eyes flashing with warning. “Olivia, that’s enough. 

Victoria is not responsible for Lily’s death.” 

His defense of her pushed me over the edge. I turned on him, my entire body trembling with 

rage. 

“How dare you!” I cried out, tears streaming down my face. “You have no right to be a father! You’ve cursed Lily’s spirit by bringing her killer here!” 

I grabbed the thermal food container I’d brought–filled with Lily’s favorite venison stew that I still prepared on her birthday–and hurled it at Ethan with all my strength. 

(Ethan’s POV) 

The container struck me squarely in the chest, the impact sending a shock of pain through my already injured body. I stumbled backward, my hand flying to my mouth as I tasted blood. 

“Ethan!” Victoria cried, rushing to my side as I swayed unsteadily. 

My vision blurred, the world tilting dangerously. The wound on my temple from Olivia’s previous attack had barely begun to heal, and now fresh pain radiated through my chest. 

I coughed, feeling something wet and warm on my lips. When I pulled my hand away, my fingers were stained red. 

Victoria’s arm slipped around my waist, supporting me as my knees threatened to buckle. Her face was a mask of concern, but her eyes–when they turned toward Olivia–gleamed with 

something darker. 

“How could you?” Victoria demanded, her voice trembling with what sounded like righteous anger. “Can’t you see he’s already injured? Do you want to kill him too?” 

Olivia stood frozen, her emerald eyes wide with shock as she stared at the blood on my lips. For a moment, I thought I glimpsed regret in her expression, but it vanished quickly, replaced 

by cold fury. 

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“He deserves worse,” she said, her voice low and dangerous. “For bringing you here–the woman who ensured my daughter died alone.” 

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Victoria’s grip on my waist tightened. She shook her head vehemently, tears streaming down 

her face. 

“Don’t blame Ethan!” she cried, her voice breaking. “Can’t you see? Lily is dead, and Ethan, as her father, is heartbroken! He sincerely wants to make amends to Lily!” 

She stepped forward, placing herself between Olivia and me in a protective gesture. 

Victoria continued, her voice rising with emotion. “It’s all my fault.”