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Victoria's eyes darted frantically around the cemetery, searching for escape or assistance.

Finding none, her desperation grew.

"I will destroy you for this," she threatened, her voice low and venomous. "When Ethan hears-"

| slapped her again, cutting off her words. "Say it!"

Victoria's gaze locked on something near the grave-a broken piece of ceramic from a

shattered offering vase. Before | could react, her hand shot out, fingers closing around the jagged shard.

In one swift motion, she slashed at my hand, the sharp edge cutting deep into my flesh.

Pain exploded through my palm, hot and immediate. | instinctively loosened my grip, giving

Victoria the opening she needed.

She twisted away from me, scrambling backward on her hands and knees. Blood dripped from

my wounded hand onto Lily's grave, dark droplets staining the white moonstone.

"You cut me," | said, staring at my bleeding palm in disbelief.

Victoria's lips curved into a triumphant smile as she rose to her feet. "And I'll do worse if you

touchagain."

| lunged toward her, but my injured hand threwoff balance. | stumbled, giving Victoria

precious seconds to reach into her designer bag.

"Stay back," she warned, pulling out a small dark bottle-the sone she'd been about to

empty on Lily's grave when | arrived.

My heart froze. "Victoria, don't."

Her eyes gleamed with malicious intent. "You should have letleave."

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"Please," | begged, my anger giving way to desperation. "Whatever that is, don't pour it on my

daughter's grave."

Victoria's smile widened, cruel and satisfied. "You want to know what this is? It's a curse,

Olivia. An ancient one that ensures restless spirits."

Horror washed over me. "You can't believe in such things."

"Can't I?" Victoria uncapped the bottle. "The old wolves have their ways. Ways to ensure a

spirit never finds peace."

| scrambled to my feet, ignoring the throbbing pain in my hand. "Don't!"

But | was too late. Victoria upended the bottle over Lily's tombstone, the dark liquid spilling

across the engraved nand dates.

"Don't..." | had just gotten up from the ground, but before | could stand steady, | witnessed this

heartbreaking scene.

The viscous substance oozed down the face of the stone, seeping into the engraved letters of my daughter's

name. The moonlight caught it, giving it an oily, iridescent sheen.

"No!" | cried, rushing forward.

Victoria stepped back, tossing the empty bottle aside. "Now she'll never rest. Just like you'll

never know peace."

| fell to my knees before Lily's desecrated grave, frantically trying to wipe away the

dark liquid with my sleeve. It clung stubbornly to the stone, thick and resistant.

"What have you done?" | sobbed, my tears mixing with the substance as | desperately tried to

clean it away. "What have you done to my baby?"

Victoria's laughter echoed through the cemetery as she backed away. "Give Ethan my regards. Tell him I'll be

waiting when he's ready to admit his mistake."

| barely registered her departure, all my focus on removing the foul substance from Lily's grave. My sleeve was

quickly saturated, the dark liquid staining the fabric but still clinging to

the stone.

"I'm sorry, Lily," | wept, using my bare hands now. "I'm so sorry | couldn't protect you."

The substance felt warm against my skin, unnaturally so in the cool night air. It smelled of something ancient

and wrong-herbs and blood and things that shouldn't be combined.

Was it truly a curse? Could Victoria really condemn my daughter's spirit to eternal unrest?

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| didn't know, but I couldn't take the chance. | had to clean every trace of it from

Lily's grave.

My injured hand throbbed painfully as | worked, blood mixing with the dark substance. | didn't care. Physical pain

was nothing compared to the thought of Lily's spirit suffering.

"Ms. Winters?" A gentle voice broke through my frantic efforts.

| looked up to see Gregory Tanner, the night guardian of Sacred Moonlight

Cemetery, standing

a few feet away. His weathered face was creased with concern.

"Are you alright? | heard shouting."

| shook my head, unable to speak through my tears. | gestured helplessly at the desecrated

grave.

Gregory's expression darkened as he took in the scene. "Wait here," he said, his voice gentle

but firm. "I'll be right back."

He disappeared into the darkness, returning minutes later with a bucket of hot water and

clean cloths.

“Here,” he said, kneeling beside me. "This will work better."

| accepted the cloths gratefully, dipping one into the steaming water. "Thank you."

Gregory watched as | resumed my cleaning efforts, the hot water helping to dissolve the

stubborn substance.

"Who did this?" he asked quietly.

"Victoria Frost," | replied, my voice breaking. "She... she said it was a curse. To keep Lily's spirit

from resting."

Gregory's face hardened. "I'll check the surveillance footage. We have cameras at all the main

entrances."

| nodded absently, focused entirely on my task. The hot water was working, the dark substance gradually lifting

from the stone.