Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 22: someone wants me dead

Chapter 22: someone wants me dead

Olivia's POV

I turned back to the triplets, my frown deepening. "She's not here:

Levi scoffed. "Of course, she's not."

Louis let out an exasperated breath. "You expect us to believe that? These are all the maids in the estate, Olivia"

"T know what I saw!" I snapped, frustration flaring in my chest. "Someone gave me the juice. If she's not here, then that means-*

"She doesn't exist, Lennox cut in, his voice laced with anger.

My frown deepened. "That's not what l was going to say."

The head maid stepped forward. "Alpha, these are all the maids currently employed in the estate. If Miss Olivia claims someone else served her, I assure you, she must be mistaken."

Mistaken?

A cold chill ran down my spine. No. I wasn't mistaken.

Lennox took a step closer to me, his voice low but biting. "Enough of this, Olivia. The healer said the poison was commonly used in suicides. There's no mystery maid, no secret culprit. Just admit it."

My hands shook with rage. "I didn't poison myself!"

"Then where is the proof?" Levi shot back. "Where is this so-called maid?"

I looked between them, my heart hammering. They didn't believe me. They were convinced I had done this to myself.

I turned to my mother, hoping-praying-that she would defend me. But she stood silently beside me, her face pale, her lips pressed together.

She didn't doubt me. But she was powerless against them.

A bitter laugh escaped me. "So that's it? You've already decided I'm lying?"

Lennox's gaze hardened. "You were the only one in the room. No one else."

shook my head. "I know what I

us, thick

then Lennox sighed, rubbing a hand down his face.

before Levi turned to the guards. "Take her back to her room.

They were dismissing me. Brushing me off like

blurring with exhaustion and frustration. "You're making a mistake,"

at me. "So are

clenched my fists as two guards stepped forward, ready to escort

on the head maid once more. She was watching me carefully,

then-just for a split second—I saw

of something in

me like a

assassin dressed in a maid's clothes to carry out the plan, and now she was

my room, and as I sank onto the bed, my thoughts raced. Someone had tried to kill me. And if they failed once, they

attention. "'T have to leave this place. If I don't, my

Obviously, she knew I was right. Whoever had tried to

know you can't leave, Olivia. The guards at the borders won't let you, she said with a sigh, and I panicked. I knew I had to do something. I had to leave this place-somehow. I had

bed, thinking of ways to escape. It was better to be a

came and announced that dinner

room, and as expected, the triplets were there-so was Anita. The moment I saw her, my wolf howled in anger, but

her smirk-it reminded me that I had been poisoned. I wasn't a fool

Anita. She looked too pleased with herself, as if she was enjoying my suffering. My wolf

snapped me out of my thoughts.

untouched plate. "You need to regain

treating me like I was crazy? So they could dismiss me

jaw, forcing myself to take a bite, despite how

lifted my fork, my mother walked into the dining room, a tray

was she serving? There were plenty of maids in the estate. My mother may have been an omega, but she was still my mother. She

down, my angry voice filling the air. "Why is she the one serving? There are plenty of maids

for a second before lowering her head and continuing to pour the water as if she hadn't heard

me. "Oh, Olivia, don't forget where you come from. Just because you married the Alphas doesn't mean your mother isn't still a maid.

at her words, but what enraged me even more was the silence from the triplets. Not one of them spoke up. Not