Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 50: Save Me

Chapter 50: Save Me

Lennox's POV

While everyone seemed to be buzzing around me, worried, whispering, asking questions, my eyes were only on Olivia, who was leaving the yard.

I couldn't believe what she did back then in the woods. It was without fear, without hesitation, something Anita failed to do.

If it had been left to Anita… I probably would've died in that forest before my brothers ever showed up. Olivia had practically saved my life.

"Sit," Levi said, snapping me out of my thoughts as he gently guided me to a chair near the healer's tent. "You're not walking that off."

I let him lower me down, gritting my teeth as pain shot through my thigh again. The healer—a short, silver-haired woman with sharp eyes—stepped forward, already reaching for her satchel.

"Snake venom," she muttered, her fingers probing gently around the bite. "Rare one too. If the person who sucked the poison out hadn't done it quickly and well, you'd already be unconscious. Possibly worse."

I heard Anita sniff behind her, still crying silently, but I didn't look at her. My gaze was locked on Olivia again, who was almost out of sight.

"Who did it?" the healer asked, still examining the wound.

"Olivia," I said flatly.

The healer glanced up and gave a curt nod of approval. "She saved his life. Good instincts, fast hands. She must've known exactly what she was doing."

And for the first time in a long time, I felt something twist in my chest. Shame… and maybe something else. Perhaps pride… as a memory replayed in my head.

years ago. Olivia couldn't have been more than eleven, a scrappy little thing with big curious eyes and wild curls that never seemed to stay tied back. She'd begged to come with me, Levi, and Louis on a short run through

halfway back when Louis yelped and fell, clutching his ankle. At first, we thought he just

I said, dropping to my

and pressed my mouth to the bite, spitting out the venom before it could spread. Again and again, until the blood ran cleaner. Then I ripped my shirt, tied it tight around his leg, and

it, Olivia stood frozen… but not with fear. Her eyes were locked on me, unblinking, her small

Levi was out of breath, and I was spitting to get the taste of blood and venom out of

the stream where

she asked, staring at me like I was some kind of

her. "I just… did. You act fast. You get the venom out,

show me?" she asked. "So

water again, and said, "Alright, pup. You watch and remember. If someone ever gets bitten,

And she did.

She remembered.

watched me save

while Anita stood frozen,

lump formed in my throat as I looked back toward the trees, where

just grown

going to save

out of my thoughts, but

tomorrow you will be standing on your feet," the healer said, and

suggested, and I nodded, standing

Louis, the most worried among the three of us, asked,

mansion slowly. My leg throbbed with every step, but the healer had done well—Olivia had done better. Her quick thinking, her steady hands… she saved me. Not Anita.