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."

awkward silence filled

back, rubbing his temples. "And

then," I replied coldly. "But we are not making

Ever. I don't care what the healer says. If those pups die because of that… then

exhaled deeply, jaw

it's come to this," Levi

it is," I said. "And we're going to live with

No one responded.

with

tried to crawl its way into

Nothing—nothing—was worth losing Olivia.

I think we

didn't

afternoon sun was dipping behind the trees, casting long

of the car, I spotted our mother—waiting by the entrance, with a tight expression and arms folded across

heard from the staff," she said, her voice tight. "They said Anita was rushed to

for now," I muttered,

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

Why? What are you talking

a

We told her everything.

the only way to truly give the pups a fighting chance was for the

finished, her eyes

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

might not even be ours," Lennox snapped, stepping forward. "We're not making permanent decisions over a

stared at us

at times—but she's not

his jaw

already growing inside her!

me more than I

grunt beside me. Even Lennox

sharply. "For letting innocent children die just so you can prove your

us with

said firmly. "With or without your mark. But when they grow

and walked away, leaving us standing on the steps

time,

the floor,

Terrible fathers.

That part stuck.

mine… and yet her words still felt like