(Matthew’s POV)

    I had lost controlpletely.

    I held her small face in my hands, my kisses falling desperately on her lips, her face, her soft skin. Myrge hands rested on her back, pulling her into my embrace, fitting her perfectly against me.

    I had never held her so tightly, as if trying to merge her into my very bones and blood.

    With my reason stretched to its limit, I looked at her flushed face and asked in a breathless voice, “You feel it, don’t you? Is it okay?”

    I was a man on fire, ignited by her initiative and softness.

    Touched by my gentle gaze, tears instantly welled up in Olivia’s eyes. She turned off the light in the bathroom.

    She straightened up, pressing her body close to mine, her lips nearing mine as she whispered, “Mmm.”

    My heart fluttered in chaos as I kissed her, passionately and tenderly, losing controlpletely.

    As our intimacy deepened in the darkness, our senses were magnified, and the love buried deep in our hearts had nowhere to hide.

    I whispered words of love and concern against her skin. “Little wolf,” I breathed, “promise me you won’t risk your life alone again.”

    I was thinking of how she had jumped into theke without hesitation. My hands found her ankle, gently massaging where she had injured it in that incident.

    “You scared me tonight,” I murmured, my voice thick with emotion.

    Overwhelmed by my tenderness, she shyly called out, “Matt…”

    Those words filled me with immense joy and made my wolf Logan purr with satisfaction deep within me.

    Just as I was about to take things further, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open.

    In an instant, I wrapped her in the quilt, my cold, furious gaze fixed on the doorway. My Alpha aura red dangerously.

    “Get out!” I roared.

    It was Seraphina, sobbing and begging. “Brother… Brother… I want to stay with Livvy for a while…”

    She cried hysterically but obediently closed the door behind her.

    The intimate atmosphere was shatteredpletely.

    Olivia,ing to her senses, remembered it was Seraphina’s birthday and she hadn’t given her a gift yet.

    She also asked me about the surprise I had nned for her.

    I simply asked, “What do you want?”

    “A wish,” she said softly, “you have to grant it for me when I think of it.”

    I asked if it was something I could do.

    “Yes, you can do it,” Olivia praised without hesitation. “My mate… is all–powerful…”

    I pulled her into my arms, unwilling to let go. But Seraphina’s continuous crying outside forced us to get dressed and leave the room.

    (God’s POV)

    In the small hall of the pavilion, Olivia sat beside a weeping Seraphina, wiping away her tears.

    Seraphina was devastated, unable to believe that Theodore would hire a hitman to kill someone.

    “He wouldn’t do that,” she cried, her voice breaking.

    Olivia calmly exined her analysis. j.o.b.n.i.b.c.o.m has theplete version of this novel “He might have wanted to kill your brother, or it might have been a self–directed ploy, a flesh–and–blood scheme to make me take him back. Thetter is more likely.”

    She revealed that she had hacked into the pack enforcement system and examined the case files.

    “The silver knife’s target location was far too precise and cleverly avoided the heart, instead being much closer to the stomach, which was no coincidence. They had nned it.”

    Seraphina stared in shock, her heart aching for Theodore.

    She saw the love marks on Olivia’s neck and realized how happy she was with Matthew, while Theodore was still struggling so desperately, even willing to use his own life to win her back.

    When they returned to the party, Can Mooncrest intercepted her in front of Victoria Kane and Barrett Kane.

    “Lady Victoria, when are Matthew and Olivia’s mating ceremony going to be held? I need to prepare a dowry for Olivia.”

    When Victoria looked confused, he dered, “Lady Victoria, Olivia is my aunt’s daughter, my cousin. Since my aunt is gone, it’s my duty as her cousin to prepare the dowry.”

    Victoria and Barrett turned to Olivia in astonishment.

    “Olivia, your mother’s name is…” Victoria began.

    Olivia replied quietly, “Lyra ckwood or Mooncrest.”

    The name brought a flood of painful memories to both Victoria and Barrett.

    “We know her,” Victoria said, taking Olivia’s hand. “The Kane and Mooncrest families were close. Your mother was a few years younger than us; we watched her grow up.”

    Her voice grew heavy with sorrow. “She suddenly disappeared over thirty years ago… We thought she had died.”

    Learning that the woman she knew as Lyra had gone to Stonehaven City and had a daughter, and recalling her tragic history of being betrayed by her mate, filled Victoria with renewed anger.

    She turned on Can, her voice sharp with fury. “After what you did to Olivia, what face do you have to im her? Even if Olivia is Lyra’s daughter, she will not be a Mooncrest!”

    She ordered him to be thrown out immediately.

    Barrett, mindful of an old debt his father owed to the Mooncrest pack, intervened. “Can, please leave quietly.”

    Ethan Moonstone watched all of this from the shadows, Audrey’s words from earlier echoing in his ears.

    When I arrived, Olivia had just left the vi.

    After Olivia left, theputer expert Theodore hired, that foreigner, was wailing over his

    burntputer, saying: Cipher or something, destroyed everything…

    At that time, only Theodore, Isadora, Eleonora, that foreigner, and Olivia were in the vi…

    Ethan’s gold–rimmed sses shed with a dark light.

    Found you! Cipher!

    He never imagined that his sister and Cipher would be the same person!

    Ethan walked towards Olivia, his hands clenched into fists, his eyes filled with deep malevolence.

    But another dark shadow suddenly shed in front of him, blocking his way.