Chapter 229: Still In Doubt
Louis’ POV
Silence.
Heavy. Suffocating. Endless silence.
The kind that presses down on your chest and makes it nearly impossible to breathe.
I glanced around the room at my brothers. They were both here... but barely.
Lennox sat slumped on the couch, eyes blank, staring into nothing. His hands rested uselessly in his lap, his expression hollow. Like life had been drained from him.
Levi was lying on the bed, his eyes locked on the ceiling. He hadn’t spoken much today... or yesterday.
And me?
I sat on the floor, my back against the wall, knees up, head resting on my arm. Just... blanking out.
It had been three days.
Three days since we found Olivia’s body.
Three days since our world shattered.
We had no clue who did it. We sent trackers everywhere, across all borders. Hoped for something—anything—that could lead us to the one responsible.
But everything came back empty.
Whoever did this... was good. Smart. Careful.
Clean.
And no matter how much pain we were in, we were still struggling with one thing—we didn’t believe it.
That body... headless, lifeless...
Could that really be Olivia?
Especially Lennox.
One moment he would be mourning, crying like his world had ended... and the next, he’d snap up, yelling, "That’s not her! That’s not Olivia!"
None of us wanted to accept it. And deep down, we couldn’t.
Even with all the signs. All the proof.
Still, we needed more.
We decided to do a DNA test. Just to make sure.
We took a strand of hair from the headless body. And another from Olivia’s old hairbrush. Sent it to the best lab we knew.
The results came in.
A perfect match.
It was Olivia.
She was gone.
brutal confirmation that she really
until I tasted the salt on my lips.
still don’t believe it," he muttered. "I don’t care what
hear him sob quietly. A sound that
the Seer
Maybe it was denial.
just refused to let
voice low and rough. "Louis... mind-link Olivia’s mother. Let
"Are you sure?
said, his eyes red. "She’s
reached out through the
Mrs. Parker?
a moment... then her voice came through, angry
do you want,
having Olivia’s memorial tomorrow night. We thought
was a long
she replied—cold
I’m not coming.
My heart sank. "Why?"
my daughter. I don’t care what you boys say or what proof you think you have.
blinked, fighting back another wave of
it’s to
the link
opened my eyes and looked at
coming," I whispered. "She doesn’t believe
silence again, each drowning
I hadn’t felt him since the night we found her. He was mourning too. Our mate bond with Olivia might be
her—even before the Moon Goddess
knock echoed against the
We didn’t respond.
mother stepped in quietly, holding a tray with food none of
scanning the room, lingering on each one of
lips trembling. "Please," she said gently, "just eat something.
No one moved.
the table. Her voice cracked. "It’s been three days... You boys
broke, and she cleared her throat, composing herself. "I know you’re hurting. I know how much you loved her. But you
We still didn’t speak.
looking up to you. Hundreds of werewolves under your protection.
Still silence.
don’t forget... you’ll be
was the
his eyes bloodshot, rage flashing across his
"Get out."
eyes widened in
out!" he roared, his voice echoing off
flinched, stepping back
"You think we care about anything else when the one person we lived for
breathing heavily. "We don’t need your lecture. Get
her eyes as she whispered, "I’m
behind her, and the
that," Lennox muttered, sinking back
were just... broken. Grief had turned
us could speak,
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