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 the

his temples. "And if they

with it then," I replied coldly. "But we are not making her a

Ever. I don't care what the healer says. If those pups die

deeply, jaw

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

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

No one responded.

heavier with

matter what guilt tried to crawl its way into

Nothing—nothing—was worth losing Olivia.

think we all

if we didn't say it

just as the afternoon sun was dipping behind the trees, casting long shadows across the

our mother—waiting by the entrance, with a tight

eyes swept over us sharply, narrowing with worry. "I heard from the staff," she said, her voice tight. "They said Anita was rushed to the hospital. What happened?

now," I muttered,

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

"What? Why?

closer. I took a breath and laid

We told her everything.

verdict. That the only way to truly give the pups a fighting chance was for the three of us to mark Anita again—this time as our

her eyes were wide with

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

stepping forward. "We're not

stared at us

flaws—yes, she's loud, manipulative, and entitled at times—but she's not a whore. She's not the kind of

jaw

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

words affected me more

grunt beside me. Even Lennox didn't have

be proud of you for this?" she added sharply. "For letting innocent children die just so you can prove your loyalty to her? This isn't

at each of us with disappointment in her

"With or without your mark. But when they grow up, they'll know exactly what kind of fathers

heel and walked

a long time, none of

at the

Terrible fathers.

That part stuck.

mine… and yet her words still felt like a