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Ethan left that very day.
He seemed to have aged several years in just a few hours.
Lily learned what happened from me.
I asked her, “Do you blame Mommy for not letting you see him one last time?”
Lily shook her head, that maturity beyond her years surfacing again.
“Uncle Ethan wasn’t meant to be a father,” she said quietly.
“So, I don’t mind.”
I established a healing crystal business with my sisters, just as I had once done with Ethan.
Over the years, I became the new Alpha of Silver Crescent. Our pack gained reputation for high–quality crystals with excellent
healing properties, never cheating young or old.
Gradually, other packs came to appreciate our goods, opening trade channels with us. Silver Crescent’s economic strength steadily rose, wars decreased, and our fighting abilities improved through constant training.
1 I heard news of Ethan again years later, through pack messengers.
Apparently, after returning to Shadow Moon, he adamantly refused to complete the Mating Ceremony with Victoria. To resist, he
even underwent sterilization surgery.
But this was useless it only increased the value of the child in Victoria’s womb.
In the end, he completed the Mating Ceremony with Victoria under the elders‘ forceful intervention.
Ethan’s grandmother, who prided herself on her judgment of character, never suspected she’d been deceived by someone so
close.
The grandmother and daughter–in–law fought viciously in the household, causing chaos and becoming a source of mockery
among neighboring packs
Ethan remained resentful about being forced to marry Victoria. One day, when she wasn’t looking, he slipped abortion herbs into
her food. The child was lost immediately.
Victoria completely lost her mind,
Without the child, she had no hope of gaining Ethan’s affection.
