Our eyes locked.
I froze.
I expected to see anger. Hatred. Disgust.
But I was wrong.
There was none of that.
Just… pain.
“Everyone out,” Lennox said, his voice hoarse but authoritative.
The room went still.
Sir Damon hesitated, but Lennox repeated, “Please leave. All of you. Except Olivia.”
Lady Fiona glanced at me, then at her sons, before giving a silent nod to the healers. One by one, everyone filed out of the room, leaving just me… and them.
The door clicked shut behind the last person.
The silence that followed felt heavy.
Lennox sat up slightly, wincing. “Is this what you felt that night?” he asked, his eyes fixed on me, pain evident in them.
I couldn’t speak.
So I didn’t.
I just stood there.
Levi rubbed a hand over his face. “I’ve heard that when a wolf’s mate is with someone else… they feel it. The pain. But I never thought it was this bad.”
He looked up at me, his voice full of regret now.
“That night… when we were with Anita… we didn’t know. We didn’t know it would hurt. this much.” 2
A sharp laugh slipped from my lips-but it wasn’t from happiness.
“Really?” I snapped. “You didn’t think it would hurt? I passed out from the pain.”
They all looked at me, their eyes full of regret.
“And what did you do?” I went on, my voice shaking. “You threw me outside like I was nothing.”
Louis’s brows furrowed in confusion. “Threw you out? What are you talking about?”
There was none of that.
Just… pain.
“Everyone out,” Lennox said, his voice hoarse but authoritative.
The room went still.
Sir Damon hesitated, but Lennox repeated, “Please leave. All of you. Except Olivia.”
Lady Fiona glanced at me, then at her sons, before giving a silent nod to the healers. One by one, everyone filed out of the room, leaving just me… and them.
The door clicked shut behind the last person.
The silence that followed felt heavy.
Lennox sat up slightly, wincing. “Is this what you felt that night?” he asked, his eyes fixed on me, pain evident in them.
I couldn’t speak.
So I didn’t.
I just stood there.
Levi rubbed a hand over his face. “I’ve heard that when a wolf’s mate is with someone else… they feel it. The pain. But I never thought it was this bad.”
He looked up at me, his voice full of regret now.
“That night… when we were with Anita… we didn’t know. We didn’t know it would hurt this much.” 2
A sharp laugh slipped from my lips-but it wasn’t from happiness.
“Really?” I snapped. “You didn’t think it would hurt? I passed out from the pain.”
They all looked at me, their eyes full of regret.
“And what did you do?” I went on, my voice shaking. “You threw me outside like I was nothing.”
Louis’s brows furrowed in confusion. “Threw you out? What are you talking about?”
I stared at him, cold and bitter. “Don’t act clueless.”
“No,” he said, shaking his head. “When we noticed you weren’t responding, we panicked. We called a guard. Told him to take you back to your room.”
I let out a short breath and crossed my arms.
“Liar.”
His head jerked back like I slapped him.
“When I woke up,” I paused and took a deep breath, stopping myself from crying, “my mother told me the guards said they found me lying outside the door. Alone.”
All three men blinked, clearly confused. “What?”
“I was unconscious in the hallway,” I said. “Like trash someone just dumped outside.”
The room fell silent again before Lennox spoke. “Olivia, that’s not true… we didn’t throw you out…” felt now? you I frowned and cut him off. “I don’t care… it doesn’t matter whether you threw me out or not, but the fact remains that you three did what you did. And what That was just a glimpse of what I went through. Just making out with another man knocked you unconscious. So imagine if I had fucked him! Just imagine the pain, that was what I felt, and even worse.”
Lennox’s POY
I managed to force myself out of bed. My whole body ached and throbbed, but I pushed through the pain and approached Olivia.
My heart was breaking-not just because she made out with someone else, but because of what my brothers and I made her go through. Right now, I would do anything… anything to turn back the hands of time and make things right. But that was just a wish.
Getting closer to Olivia, I perceived the smell of the wolf on her, and immediately I knew it was Gabriel. My weakened wolf howled possessively inside me, but I shoved the feelings down.
“Olivia…” I reached for her hand, but she yanked it away and frowned even deeper.
“Don’t touch me!” she spat.
I nodded and let my hand drop to my side.
“We’re sorry, Olivia… we’re so sorry,” I said, apologizing from the depths of my heart. I wished she could see it-my heart, the hearts of my brothers. We were truly sorry. Sorry for all the miserable things we did. But deep down, I knew that being sorry would never be enough.
Olivia’s frown deepened, clearly not moved by my apology.
“I don’t fucking need your apology. It’s too late for that. All that’s left is the meeting. Once we get there, I’ll tell the council I no longer want the bond. I’ll tell them what the three of you did to me. And once I’m set free, I will leave you three and this godforsaken pack,” she spat, so much hate and anger for us in her eyes.
My heart ached at her words, and my wolf whimpered inside me. I couldn’t speak. So Levi stepped forward.
“Liv… you once loved us, didn’t you?” he asked, struggling to leave the bed as he approached us.
Olivia’s gaze snapped to him, her jaw clenched tight. “Don’t,” she warned coldly.
“You don’t get to bring that up,” she hissed, her voice trembling-not with fear, but anger. “You three killed that love. You destroyed it with your own hands.
Then her shoulders slumped slightly. “You think saying sorry will fix this?” she asked, her voice softer but filled with pain. “You think one apology erases what you did?”
“No,” I said quietly. “We know it doesn’t. But we’ll keep saying it anyway.”
Levi stepped closer, ignoring the ache in his limbs. “We don’t want to lose you, Liv. Not like this. Not because we were fools.”
She stared at him for a long, heavy moment, then shook her head.
“You already lost me,” she whispered.
And with that, she turned and walked away, leaving the three of us in silence, surrounded by our shame, our regret, and the heavy truth we could no longer escape.
An awkward silence hung in the air as neither I nor my brothers said a word to each other.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.