Alice's heart monitor slowed further, the beeping got fainter.
"No, no, no," I sobbed. "Please, Mama. Please don't leave me. Please—"
The monitor flatlined.
"No!" I threw myself across her body. "Mama! Mama, please!"
But she was gone. Her wolf's life force had faded completely.
I don't know how long I stayed there, sobbing over her body, my own wolf releasing a broken howl.
Eventually, the healers came back. They tried to pull me away, but I wouldn't let go.
Guards had to be called to drag me out of the room while I screamed and fought, my wolf thrashing.
James was in the waiting room with Mia. She was crying dramatically, my mother stroking her hair.
When James saw me being dragged past, he didn't even look concerned.
He just turned back to Mia and continued coddling her.
Alice was dead. James had murdered her.
Just like he had murdered my pups.
I pulled out my phone with shaking hands and texted Asher.
— He killed my mother. It's too late.
His response came immediately.
— What happened?
I told him everything.
There was a long pause before his next message.
— I'll make him pay, Olivia. I swear on my wolf's honor.
If James thought he had broken me, he was about to learn how wrong he was.
Olivia's POV