Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 366: | have to do it

Olivia's POV

| felt like teleporting away like | always did when anger consumed me, but this time, my feet refused to move. It

was as if the floor itself heldin place. My chest rose and fell heavily, my glare locked on Lennox. Not because

| hated him. No, never that. But because, as always, he refused to lethave my way. He never did. And

suddenly, a memory strucklike lightning.

We were younger. | was no more than ten, sitting on the edge of the riverbank with my bare feet dipped in the

water. | had wanted to cross, to prove | was brave enough. But Lennox had stood there, arms crossed, his face

stubborn even then.

"No, Olivia. It's too deep."

I had pouted, snapping back, "You're not my father, Lennox!" Then | had jumped in anyway, thinking I could

swim across. But the current was stronger than | imagined. It had pulleddown, choking me, swallowing me.

1 would have drowned.

But Lennox had been there. He always was. He had leapt in after me, draggingback to shore, his body

shaking with fear and fury as he yelled at me.

"Do you want to die? Don’t ever do that again!" His voice had cracked, his eyes wet, but he hadn’t letgo

until | promised I'd listen next time.

And now, looking at him in this room, his fists clenched, his chest heaving, it felt exactly the same. He wasn’t

just angry. He was scared.

| swallowed hard, my glare faltering for a moment, and then without saying a word | lowered myself onto the

single-seater couch. Silence weighed heavily in the room as the four of us sat without speaking. Each of us was

waiting for someone else to break it, and it was never going to be me. Lennox moved away, leaning against the

wall, his arms crossed tightly over his bare chest, muscles flexing with the motion, his skin catching the dim light

of the room.

My eyes betrayed me.

Before | could stop myself, they trailed over him—slow, unwilling sweeps across the lines of his chest, the slope

of his shoulders, the veins that stood out along his arms. My wolf stirred instantly, heat rolling through me, her

voice low and seductive.

"Hottie."

My breath caught. For a heartbeat, the world narrowed to just him—the rise and fall of his chest, the sharp set of

his jaw, the way his eyes lingered onas if he already knew where my thoughts had gone.

But | shook my head quickly, tearing my gaze away. My nails dug into the fabric of the couch as I forced myself

to look down. "Not now," | whispered under my breath, though | wasn’t sure if | was speaking to my wolf or to

myself.

My wolf growled softly inside me, restless, unsatisfied.

| noticed Levi sitting on the edge of the bed acrossand Louis took the couch beside me. And again the

awkward silence hung in the air. Louis leaned forward with his elbows on his knees, and Levi... Levi's eyes stayed

fixed on me.

Finally, he spoke.

"So what's your plan, Olivia?" His voice was calm, steady—but it carried weight. "If you want to do this, then tell

us how. Step by step. How do you mean to get close to him? How do you plan to find the vessel?"

| wasn’t surprised. Levi almost never said no to me. My chest ached with the memory of when we were kids,

when Lennox and Louis told| wasn’t allowed to climb the tall tree behind the mansion. | had begged, pouted,

even shouted, but they had held firm.

"No," Lennox had said flatly, his voice sharp.

Louis had echoed, his arms folded. "It’s dangerous. Don’t be stupid, Olivia."

Only Levi had sighed, looked atwith those soft eyes, and whispered, "Fine. I'll help you, but don’t tell them."

That was Levi. Always givingyes when | wanted it most.

He had ledby the hand, whispering instructions while | climbed higher. He'd been terrified for me—anyone

could see that—but he had lettry. Because | had wanted it.

And even though I'd fallen a few minutes later, scraped and bruised, | had smiled through the pain. Because Levi

had believed in me, when no one else would.

Now, sitting across from him, | saw the sthing in his eyes. That flicker of trust. That silent vow that if |

insisted, he would stand with me.

| swallowed hard, my lips pressing together before | finally said, "The plan is simple. | get close. | act like I'm

considering him. He'll let his guard down. That's the only way | can learn where his vessel is. And once | know..."

My wolf growled low inside me, "...we destroy it."

Lennox groaned but didn’t say a word, and then Levi spoke.

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Levi's brows furrowed, his lips parting as if to argue, but | cut him off before he could.

"I need to do this," | said, sharper now, leaving no room for argument. "If | don’t, then what's the point of all this

power? What's the point of being who | am if | can’t use it to protect myself—and all of you?"

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| froze, his words hitting deeper than | wanted them to.

But still, I lifted my chin, fire flaring in my chest. "I won't let him touch me. | have a plan for that."

Louis leaned forward then, his voice trembling with more worry than anger. "And if your plan costs you your life?

If we lose you because of this? You think any of us will survive that?"