Chapter 216: Nightmare
Lennox’s POV
"No!" I yelled, jerking up from my sleep. My chest rose and fell in rapid bursts as I fumbled for the light on the nightstand and switched it on. Sweat clung to my forehead, my hands trembling.
My heart wouldn’t stop pounding. The images from the dream wouldn’t leave my head.
Olivia beheaded. Her blood everywhere. Her lifeless, headless body lying in a pool of her own blood. It felt so real, too real. Even now, I could still feel the cold shiver crawling down my spine.
I shut my eyes tightly and tried to mind-link. I reached for her in the only way I thought I still could.
"Olivia..."
But nothing came.
It was blank. Empty. Silent.
As if... she had blocked me.
I clenched my jaw. Maybe she didn’t want us to reach her anymore.
Still shaking, I picked up my phone and dialed her number. It rang once.
Twice.
Three times.
Then it ended.
Not even voicemail.
Instead, a message popped up on my screen.
"What do you want at this time of the night?"
I stared at it.
My chest tightened.
I quickly typed back:
"Please pick up my call. Just for a second."
Her reply came in seconds:
"No. I don’t want anything to do with you or your brothers."
I swallowed hard, my throat dry. My fingers moved quickly as I typed:
"Olivia, please... just be careful. I had a dream about you. Something was wrong—really wrong."
her response hit
to make me scared, it’s not going to work. I’m fine. I’m happy here
just like that...
screen went silent. My
Blocked.
last message, my chest aching like someone was tightening a rope around it. I wanted to throw the phone. Scream.
to respect her
her messages didn’t
Sure, she was angry.
hated us right
she was upset, her words always had warmth... or at
These texts?
They felt cold. Robotic.
known her since she was seven. We’d been through so much together—fought, laughed, cried. I could
And these?
didn’t feel like
shook
I’m overthinking. Maybe she really does want
myself to lie back down, but my chest kept tightening with every second that
Something wasn’t right.
deep down,
wasn’t just
It was a warning.
knock hit
who it
It was Louis.
instantly and yanked the door
fear. And just behind
a dream," Louis said,
Levi added, his
didn’t need to ask what kind
word, I turned and walked back into my room, leaving the door
on the edge of my bed, while Levi paced slowly near the wall, running a
low and filled with fear. "There was blood—so much of it. I saw her head... just lying there, separate from her body. It was like she
his voice barely above a whisper.
hard and looked
same dream," I said
froze and stared
continued. "Lying in her own blood. I woke
"She blocked
I nodded.
instead. She didn’t pick up. Just sent a message telling
sat up straighter. "What did she
Gabriel. That she’s planning to start a new life with him," I
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