Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 187: Bad Father

Louis' POV

We left Anita at the hospital. The doctor said she'd be discharged later in the day, so there was no point sticking around.

The drive back home was tense. Heavy. Silent.

I was in the driver's seat. Levi sat beside me, and Lennox was in the back. I glanced at Levi briefly. He looked completely lost in thought, staring out the window like the road wasn't even there.

I wondered what was running through his mind.

Was he having second thoughts about saving the pups?

I gritted my

Hell no—not me.

I didn't care how loud their tiny heartbeats sounded on that screen or how weak one of them looked. There was no way I'd make Anita my mate. Not for them. Not for anyone.

Because doing that… would mean losing Olivia.

And I'd rather lose everything—my rank, my power, my pride—than lose her.

That woman… Olivia. I'd rip my own heart out before I let us hurt her again.

She already hates us for everything we did to her—for all the ways we broke her. For the pain we caused her just because of a stupid payback. And now, what? We're to mate Anita? Officially tie ourselves to the one woman who caused her pain, too?

No. Absolutely not.

I didn't care if the pups were mine.

I didn't care if they were all of ours.

There was no going back.

Suddenly, from the back seat, Lennox groaned.

"Ugh. This is a damn mess," he muttered, dragging a hand down his face. "I can't get the image out of my head."

"You mean the ultrasound?" Levi asked, finally speaking up, his voice flat.

"Yeah. That," Lennox answered grimly.

"They might not be ours," I snapped, gripping the steering wheel tighter. "We don't even know for sure. Until we do, we're not doing anything."

silence filled

his temples. "And

replied coldly. "But we are not making her a mate. That's not even an

the only one I'd ever mark as a mate. Ever. I don't care

exhaled deeply,

that it's come to this," Levi muttered. "It didn't have

we're going to

No one responded.

heavier with every mile

tried to crawl its way into

Nothing—nothing—was worth losing Olivia.

think we all

if we didn't say

mansion just as the afternoon sun was dipping behind the trees,

by the

over us sharply, narrowing with worry. "I heard from the staff," she said, her

for now," I muttered, not meeting

Levi added, "the doctor said there's a chance… the pregnancy

Why? What

a breath

We told her everything.

only way to truly give the pups a fighting chance was for the three of us to mark Anita again—this time as our mate, not just

eyes were wide with

tell me," she said slowly, her voice rising, "you would let your children die just because you refuse to

might not even be ours," Lennox snapped, stepping forward. "We're

at us like we were

snapped. "Absolute nonsense! Anita may have her flaws—yes, she's loud, manipulative, and entitled at times—but she's not a whore. She's not the kind of woman

his jaw

They are already growing inside her! And what do you do? Stand there acting like it's nothing? You're all cowards. Terrible

me more than I

felt Levi grunt beside me. Even Lennox didn't

she added sharply. "For letting innocent children die just so you can prove your loyalty to

looked at each of us with disappointment in

firmly. "With or without your mark. But when they grow up, they'll know

walked away,

time,

stared at the floor, my

Terrible fathers.

That part stuck.

mine… and yet her words still felt like