I closed my eyes and reached for the connection.
“Mrs. Parker… is Olivia with you?” I asked, trying to stay calm. “Please, just tell us the truth. We just want to be sure she’s safe.”
There was a pause.
Then her voice came-shaky and confused. “No, she’s not here. I thought she was still in Forest Pack…”
My heart dropped.
“You mean… Olivia is not with you?” I asked again, louder this time.
“No,” she said again, panic creeping into her voice. “She’s not here. What’s going on? Is Olivia missing?”
I didn’t reply. I couldn’t.
My heart thudded wildly in my chest.
Then-just as I opened my mouth to speak again I got a new mind-link.
One of our border guards.
“Alpha! You need to come quickly. Please. It’s… it’s Luna Olivia.”
My blood turned cold.
“What about her?!” I shouted through the link.
“We can’t say it over link,” the guard said, voice cracking. “You need to see it for yourself.”
“Louis, drive faster!” I snapped.
His foot slammed down on the pedal.
None of us spoke.
We didn’t breathe.
The drive felt like hours even though it was just minutes.
When we reached the border, I saw them.
Guards gathered in a circle… silent.
Too silent.
My heart pounded as I jumped out of the car and ran toward them.
Then I saw it.
A body.
Lying in the grass.
Covered.
No one moved.
No one spoke.
“Move!” I shouted, my voice cracking.
The guards stepped aside slowly, their eyes filled with sorrow and fear.
I dropped to my knees and pulled the cover back.
And my world stopped.
My soul left my body.
It was Olivia.
Her chopped head… was placed beside her.
Her body… cold and still.
Headless.
Lifeless.
Her blood soaked into the grass, dark and already drying. The scent was unmistakable -hers.
“No…” I whispered.
Then louder. “NO!”
I screamed so loud it shook the trees.
Louis collapsed beside me, his hands over his mouth, tears streaming.
Levi let out a broken roar and punched the ground until his knuckles bled. This couldn’t be real.
This wasn’t real.
Lennox’s POV
“No!” I-growled, my voice breaking, pain pouring out from my chest. My wolf’s cry mixed with mine, echoing through the trees in pure agony.
I dropped to my knees and pulled her headless body into my arms. Blood was still dripping from her neck, soaking into the earth beneath us-but I didn’t care. I held her tightly, rocking back and forth, refusing to let go. dream…just
“This can’t be real…” I whispered. “It’s a dream… just a nightmare. I’ll wake up. I have to wake up.”
But her scent filled my nose.
It was her.
Olivia.
That soft, warm scent of nutmeg mixed with honey I knew better than my own. It elung to her dress, to her skin… even now. in…e
I looked down at the body again, and my eyes moved to the head lying next to it.
My chest squeezed painfully.
It was her face.
Olivia’s face.
Peaceful, eyes closed like she was sleeping. Her lips slightly parted.
I knew that face. I had kissed that face. I had watched her smile, cry, scream…
And the dress she wore-I knew it. I had seen it on her before.
It was really her.
“Olivia…” I whispered, my voice shaking. “Please wake up…”
Then I heard a scream behind me.
It was Louis.
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He pointed, panicking. “Levi! Lennox-look at Levi!*
I turned fast-and my heart dropped again.
Levi had fallen flat on the grass. His mouth opened and closed like he was trying to breathe, but no sound came out.
His hands clawed at his chest. He was gasping, eyes wide and terrified.
“Levi!” I shouted, rushing to him and grabbing his shoulders. “Breathe! Please, breathe! Don’t do this!”
Tears filled my eyes again.
Louis dropped beside us, also shouting his name.
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.