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.

that she really was

my lips. Lennox stood up then,

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

didn’t speak, but I could hear him

Seer was

Maybe it was denial.

hearts just refused to let go

voice low and rough. "Louis... mind-link

you sure? I

know," Lennox said, his

slowly and reached out through the pack’s

Mrs. Parker?

then her voice came through, angry and

do you want,

night.

a

she replied—cold and

I’m not coming.

My heart sank. "Why?"

daughter. I don’t care what you boys say or what proof you think you have. That’s not Olivia. She’s not dead.

fighting back another wave

me again, unless it’s to tell me my

then the

opened my eyes and looked at

believe it either.

sat in silence again, each

hadn’t felt him since the night we found her. He was mourning

before the Moon Goddess

knock echoed against

We didn’t respond.

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

scanning the room, lingering on

her lips trembling. "Please," she said gently, "just eat something.

No one moved.

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

you’re hurting. I know how much you loved her. But you can’t do this to

We still didn’t speak.

a breath and continued, "You have a pack looking up to you. Hundreds

Still silence.

don’t

was the breaking

up, his eyes bloodshot,

"Get out."

widened

he roared, his voice

flinched, stepping

care about being Alphas right now?" he growled, rising to his feet. "You think we care about anything else

pointed toward the door, breathing heavily. "We don’t need

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

her, and

Lennox muttered, sinking back onto the couch, running

were just... broken. Grief had turned everything inside out, made us lash out at

any of us could speak, the door

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