Chapter 243: Who Is That

Olivia’s POV

For hours, I remained locked in my room while my so-called funeral rites were taking place outside. This time, I couldn’t bring myself to watch.

I didn’t want to see it.

Couldn’t stand to see hundreds of people mourning me... saying goodbye to a girl who was still breathing.

Who was still here.

And the question that haunted me most—whose body were they burying?

Whose lifeless form were they lowering into the ground while crying over me?

How had Alpha Damien pulled it off?

Who was this man? How could he manipulate reality so perfectly—down to the last detail?

I paced the floor, back and forth, my heart thundering in my chest. My mind kept returning to the conversation we had earlier.

He told me my mother had killed Alpha Gabriel’s mother.

That’s why they wanted me dead.

But when I asked more—how that happened, why my mother would do such a thing—he refused to speak. Said that was all I needed to know.

I hated that.

I hated secrets.

I sighed and sat back on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at the wall as my thoughts wandered... and landed on Lennox.

When we kissed I could feel his hesitation for but also his desire for me... not as Olivia but as Rebecca. It made me wonder if I was really gone and this Rebecca was real—Does that mean he could’ve kissed her—on the very day of my funeral?

I shook my head violently, pushing the thought away. It hurt too much to linger on it.

Then suddenly I heard it.

Faint.

Soft.

Floating through the air.

A song.

One of my favorite songs. Hero by Mariah Carey

My breath hitched.

Why... why was it playing?

I jumped to my feet and rushed toward the sound, my heart pounding.

louder as I reached the hallway, then the

louder still when I stepped outside the

garden was full

members, warriors, omegas—everyone stood gathered around a center

crowd, my breath coming in shallow gasps, until I

A glass casket.

And inside...

I froze.

me

casket, lay a

body they believed

slowly, each taking turns to bow, whisper farewells, or leave a single white

feet moved

every stare, every whispered prayer. But they didn’t see me. Not as

them, I

my gaze fell

breaking down. None of them spoke. All had tears in their eyes, clinging to the last

the railing

fast, his shoulders

was clenched, face pale, tears

My heart shattered.

closer... closer still... until I reached

And then—I gasped.

Loud.

My knees buckled.

was a headless body—a body that looked

Same build.

Same hands.

body... the

And goodness—

looked just

The face.

The hair.

Everything.

like staring at a twisted,

bile

No no no

How is this possible?

swayed, my

about to

Held me.

dear," came the deep, calming voice of Alpha

there, holding me against his

I couldn’t speak.

Couldn’t breathe.

Couldn’t think.

echoed through my mind—Who the hell is that in the

casket

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