Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 198: The Day

Olivia’s POV

Breathless, I looked around the room, my chest rising and falling rapidly. My heart pounding wildly against my ribs.

Everyone stared at me—confused, scared—as if I were someone else entirely. Like I had been possessed. Like they’d seen a ghost. And maybe they had.

Even I didn’t recognize myself.

That voice... what was that voice inside me?

My eyes met Alpha Damien’s. He was watching me closely, curious, but before he could speak, I turned and walked out of the party. I didn’t look back, even though I could feel their eyes following me.

I just kept walking—up the stairs, through the hallway—until I was finally alone.

Once in my room, I locked the door and sat on the edge of the bed. My hand trembled as I stared at it, still stained with blood. The claws were gone, but her blood was still there.

"What’s happening to me?" I whispered, fear rising in my chest.

"And what was that voice?" I asked my wolf quietly. I knew it wasn’t her. It couldn’t have been.

She stirred inside me, clearly unsettled.

"I don’t know... but I felt its energy. It was too strong—even for me," she said, her voice laced with confusion and fear.

I let out a shaky breath and got to my feet. I started pacing the room, trying to calm the storm in my head. No matter how hard I tried to convince myself that the woman had been lying—that the triplets had sent her—deep down, something told me she was telling the truth.

And that terrified me.

First, the prophecy—the vision of me lying in a pool of my own blood. Now, this warning not to leave the cursed pack grounds. But how could I stay here? How could I live in this place that had given me nothing but pain?

I shook my head.

No.

face whatever danger is waiting for me out

TWO DAYS LATER!!

Alpha Damien hadn’t brought up what happened that night. He’d been busy, and aside from his short daily visits to check on me, we hadn’t

since that night, but today—I had no

with the Council

stomach. Something felt... off. Maybe it was the weight of what I was about to do. Maybe it was just the

before the Council and declare my

my eyes, pressing my palm to my chest as if I could hold

can do this," I whispered,

knock at the door pulled

the other side. "It’s time, we have

dressed formally, his expression unreadable. But when he looked at me, something flickered behind

ready?" he asked

said honestly. "But I’m

and closed the door. "Are you having second thoughts about

these men I was about to reject were the same

closed my eyes and shook

think about that. I can’t

in my mind, washing away every shred of doubt. These men... these men didn’t deserve me. Not

find Alpha Damien silently

steadying breath.

look confident... if the elders see any sign of hesitation, they will

I nodded.

him out of the room. We walked through the hallways of the pack house, the silence between us thick and

step toward the pack hall felt like I was walking deeper into something I couldn’t

gave me a look. "Remember what I said,"

I nodded wordlessly.

opened the doors, and together we stepped

pale morning light filtering through high windows, casting shadows across the