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
not going to work. I’m fine. I’m happy here with Gabriel, and maybe
like
silent. My messages stopped
Blocked.
at the last message, my chest aching like someone was tightening a rope around it. I wanted
had to
something in her
Sure, she was angry.
she hated
her words
These texts?
They felt cold. Robotic.
through so much together—fought, laughed, cried. I could tell when her words
And these?
didn’t feel like
I shook my
really does want
forced myself to lie back down, but my chest
Something wasn’t right.
down,
dream wasn’t
It was a warning.
a loud knock
I could ask who it
It was Louis.
sprang up instantly and yanked
And just behind him, Levi appeared, looking
Louis said, his voice
Levi added,
what kind of dream.
I turned and walked back into my room, leaving the door open. They followed close behind and
the edge of my bed, while Levi paced slowly near the wall, running a hand
began, voice 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
voice barely above a whisper. "I saw it
looked down at
the same dream,"
both froze and
own blood. I woke up
frowned. "She
I nodded.
called instead. She didn’t pick up. Just sent a message telling me to leave
up straighter. "What did she
Gabriel. That she’s planning to start a new life with him," I said bitterly. "Then
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