Chapter 146: Lily’s Moonstone Amulet
Chapter 146: Lily’s Moonstone Amulet
(Evelyn’s POV)
My eyes remained fixed on Ethan Stone, scrutinizing his every feature. The moment his
Ancestral Moonstone Amulet came into view, my pupils constricted sharply. That amulet… it
looked exactly like Olivia’s.
Having just regained consciousness, my vision was still blurry. I feared I might be mistaken.
“Come here,” I said suddenly, my tone no longer agitated.
Dr. Harrison Fletcher visibly relaxed beside me. He stepped aside to make way for the Alpha
King, clearly assuming his words on Ethan’s behalf had taken effect.
“Mrs. Winters needs to speak with you,” the doctor said, misinterpreting my intentions.
Ethan’s amber eyes remained unreadable as he approached my hospital bed. The fluorescent
lights of the medical den cast shadows across his sharp features, making him look more
intimidating than ever.
He didn’t understand what I wanted, but he still stepped forward. His movements were graceful yet powerful – the walk of an Alpha who commanded respect wherever he went.
As the distance closed between us, I got a clearer look at the moonstone amulet hanging
from his neck. There was no mistaking it now. The unique pattern of blue–white swirls
embedded in the stone was unmistakable.
It was indeed the one Olivia had worn since childhood.
My heart began to race. My mind flooded with memories long buried.
When Olivia and her “Ice–Eyes Alpha” parted ways all those years ago, they had exchanged
tokens. The young boy gave her his amulet, and she gave hers to him.
Why was this amulet now on Ethan? The answer struck me with the force of a physical blow.
Ethan Stone was the young boy I had saved years ago. He was Olivia’s Ice–Eyes Alpha.
A year ago, when I first searched for Ethan Stone online, I found a photo of him with Victoria Frost, both kissing Emma’s cheek under the moonlight. Something about his profile had seemed familiar, but after nearly twenty years, my memory had blurred.
The car that came to pick up Ethan back then was ordinary. The people who came seemed
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ordinary as well. Nothing suggested he would become the powerful Alpha King who now
stood before me.
“Mom?” Olivia’s concerned voice pulled me from my thoughts. “What’s wrong? Why are you looking at him like that?”
I realized I’d been staring at the amulet for too long. My expression must have betrayed the
storm of emotions within me.
“Is there something you need to tell me?” Ethan asked, his deep voice carrying that same cold
tone I remembered from the blind boy years ago.
“No,” I replied, looking away quickly. “I just wanted to see if you were sincere about helping
me.”
Dr. Fletcher nodded approvingly. “As I was explaining, Alpha Stone has gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure your treatment will be successful.”
But I barely heard him. My mind was filled with memories of that summer long ago.
Olivia had been such a wild child then, always running through the forests near our home. Her
laughter would echo through the trees as she played with the other children.
But after we took in the injured boy with ice–colored eyes, everything changed.
To stay with her Ice–Eyes Alpha, she declined her friends‘ invitations to play in the creek.
Instead, she would sit at our doorway, chin in hands, watching her friends play in the distance.
Though the boy couldn’t see, his senses were remarkably acute. After noticing Olivia’s
sacrifice, he took the initiative one day.
“I want to go out,” he had said simply, his voice cutting through the quiet afternoon.
Olivia’s emerald eyes had lit up instantly. She jumped up from her small stool and rushed to him, nearly tripping in her excitement. “Ice–Eyes Alpha, where do you want to go?”
He pointed casually, and it happened to be exactly where Olivia wanted to go. He couldn’t see,
but he could hear her longing in every sigh she made while watching her friends.
That day, Olivia played until she was covered in mud. Carrying her small bucket, she ran to the
boy, chattering excitedly about her accomplishments.
“Ice–Eyes Alpha! I caught three tadpoles and a tiny frog! Do you want to touch them?” she had
asked, thrusting the bucket toward him.
When she was too tired to walk home, he crouched down. “Come on up,” he commanded
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softly.
Olivia hesitated, looking down at her mud–covered clothes. “Ice–Eyes Alpha, no need.” She knew he liked cleanliness and didn’t want to dirty his clothes.
“Come on up,” he repeated, his tone still icy but somehow gentle.
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With a huge grin that showed her missing front tooth, she immediately climbed onto his back. “Ice–Eyes Alpha, I’ll be your eyes from now on,” she declared proudly.
After that day, Olivia often took him out. They’d run wild in the forests together. When tired, she wouldn’t wait for him to speak but would tug at his clothes playfully.
“Ice–Eyes Alpha, hug me,” she would demand, arms outstretched.
“Ice–Eyes Alpha, carry me,” she would plead when her little legs grew tired.
“Ice–Eyes Alpha, Liv loves you the most,” she would whisper when they sat watching the
sunset she described to him in vivid detail.
When the neighborhood children played pretend games, the handsome blind boy became the husband every little girl wanted. Olivia would immediately become protective.
“Ice–Eyes Alpha is Liv’s,” she would declare fiercely, her small hands balled into fists.
When other little girls argued with her, Olivia would look at him with a pleading expression and call out, “Ice–Eyes Alpha.”
Although he couldn’t see, his gaze would somehow accurately meet Olivia’s. A hint of warmth would appear in his eyes as he patted her head and responded softly, “Yes, you are.”
Olivia would immediately raise her little chin proudly, grinning from ear to ear. Her victory over the other children was complete with those three simple words.
Six months was neither long nor short, but Ice–Eyes Alpha held a very important place in Olivia’s heart. In the days after they separated, she lost interest in playing with other children.
Every day after dinner, she would run to the entrance of our neighborhood, sit on the large rock there, chin in hands, and crane her neck to look toward the entrance. She was waiting for her Ice–Eyes Alpha to come find her.
“He promised,” she would tell me, her eyes wide and trusting. “He said he would come back for me when he’s grown up.”
Days turned into weeks. Weeks turned into months. Eventually, Olivia stopped waiting, but the memory remained locked in her heart.
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Until she forgot. Or perhaps she buried it so deep that it seemed like forgetting.
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“Mom, what’s wrong?” Olivia asked again, her voice sharper now with concern. She had noticed my prolonged stare at the amulet on Ethan’s chest, my expression too complex to
hide.
“Nothing,” I said, looking away quickly. I couldn’t bear to meet her eyes, afraid she might see
the truth there.
At this moment, I was grateful that Olivia had forgotten those childhood days. It was better
not to remember. Childhood promises were just childish words.
Before leaving our home all those years ago, the boy had said to me very seriously, “Mrs.
Evelyn, I will wait for Liv to grow up. As long as Liv is willing, I will definitely marry her. I will
love her, protect her, and take care of her.”
I didn’t blame him for breaking that promise, for falling in love with Victoria Frost instead, and
for letting Olivia down. After all, he was only ten years old at the time. How could his words be
taken seriously?
What I couldn’t forgive was that he had indirectly caused Lily’s death for Victoria’s daughter
and inflicted irreparable harm on Olivia. His actions were unforgivable.
It was best for those childhood memories to remain forever sealed. Unearthing them wouldn’t
change anything.
Olivia wouldn’t forgive Ethan because of them; it would only add to her troubles.