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 was

even realize I was crying until I tasted the salt on my lips. Lennox stood up then, punched the wall, then sank

it," he muttered. "I don’t care what some test says. That’s not her.

could hear him sob quietly. A sound

the Seer

Maybe it was denial.

just refused to let go of

voice low and rough. "Louis... mind-link Olivia’s mother. Let her know the

you sure?

said, his eyes red.

slowly and reached out

Mrs. Parker?

then her voice came through,

do you want,

Olivia’s memorial tomorrow night. We thought

was a

replied—cold and

I’m not coming.

My heart sank. "Why?"

what you boys say or what proof you think you have. That’s not Olivia. She’s not dead. She

blinked, fighting back another wave of tears.

call me again, unless it’s to tell

the

my eyes and looked at

I whispered. "She doesn’t believe it either.

silence again, each drowning in

the night we found her. He was mourning too. Our mate

before the Moon Goddess

knock echoed

We didn’t respond.

open, and our mother stepped in quietly, holding a tray with food none of us had the

paused, her eyes scanning the room, lingering

pale, her lips trembling. "Please," she

No one moved.

the table. Her voice cracked. "It’s been three days... You boys haven’t touched

know how much you loved her. But

We still didn’t speak.

took a breath and continued, "You have a pack looking up to you. Hundreds of werewolves under your protection.

Still silence.

she added softly, "And don’t forget... you’ll

the

snapped up, his eyes bloodshot, rage flashing across his

"Get out."

widened

out!" he roared, his voice echoing off the

stepping back

think we care about being Alphas right now?" he growled, rising to his feet. "You think we care about anything else when the one person we lived for might be

"We don’t need

in her eyes as she whispered, "I’m sorry," and turned

door closed behind her, and the silence

Lennox muttered, sinking back onto the couch, running a shaky hand

he didn’t mean it. We were just... broken. Grief had turned everything

could speak,

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