chapter 181: Sacred Bonds and Silver Lies
(Grace's POV)
The cool morning air caressed my face as I stood before my mother's grave. Catherine Silver's tombstone gleamed in the early sunlight, now restored to its former beauty. Every trace of Victoria's desecration had been erased, as if it never happened.
I knelt down, careful not to strain myself in my pregnant state. My hand gently touched the smooth stone bearing my mother's image. Her violet eyes, so like mine, seemed to stare back at me with a mixture of love and sorrow.
"I'm sorry, Mom," I whispered, my voice breaking slightly. "This happened because of me."
Guilt weighed heavy on my heart. If I hadn't mated with Alexander, if I hadn't become part of the pack hierarchy, Victoria and Rachel would never have targeted you. Your
