Chapter 257: It Wasn’t Olivia

Lennox’s POV

It was past 1 a.m. My brothers, Clark, Dustin, three guards, and I were at the cemetery behind the mansion. Everywhere was quiet, and the air felt heavy. The guards had just finished digging up the grave. The white coffin was now out and placed in front of us.

I swallowed hard, my heartbeat thundering in my ears. I gave a slight nod. The guards moved. Slowly, cautiously, they pried open the lid of the coffin. A soft hiss escaped as the seal broke. Then—

"No... fucking way..." Dustin whispered, stumbling a step back.

We all turned to him sharply. "What? What is it?" Louis asked.

Dustin didn’t respond. He just pointed, wide-eyed, into the coffin. "Come look."

Confused and growing uneasy, Levi, Louis, and I stepped forward. The guards lifted their flashlights, angling the beams downward. The light hit the inside of the coffin. And everything inside me froze.

"What the—" Levi gasped.

My mouth went dry. My legs went weak.

"Gods..." I breathed, staring.

The body lying in the coffin was the same. The same dress. The same posture. The same scent. But the head... It wasn’t Olivia’s. It was Rebecca’s. Her severed head had been placed on the body we buried. Her eyes closed. Lifeless.

"What the actual hell is going on?" Louis whispered in disbelief.

"We watched Olivia get buried... we saw her face..." Clark said, stunned.

"Unless..." Dustin swallowed. "Unless that was never Olivia."

Silence hung in the air. Tense. Thick. Terrifying.

Because if the body in the coffin was not Olivia—then where the hell was she? And why was Rebecca’s head there instead? None of it made sense. And that was the scariest part.

I took a good look at the body again, and now, just staring at it, I realized my wolf was silent. He wasn’t mourning like he did.

"This doesn’t make sense... Rebecca was kidnapped, and now her head’s in the grave we buried Olivia in? The same head we thought belonged to Olivia? Even the blonde hair was gone—replaced with dark hair," Levi said, confused. f\r(e)ewe.b no\vel.com

sealed—so how? I exchanged bewildered glances with my brothers. They looked just as lost as I felt, but one thing was clear: this was not

get the seer," I

the decaying body, then I turned to the guards. "Take the body back to the mortuary." With that, I walked away, my brothers at my

to face them. They looked just as dumbfounded and confused

even mean?"

for the seer. She has a lot to explain." I exhaled, my shoulders

my brothers nodded, and we

everything crashing down on me. My brothers stayed nearby—Louis pacing around, Levi slumped on the couch with his face in his hands. The room

going back to that coffin. That body. That head. It wasn’t Olivia. I knew it now. Deep down, my soul knew it. My wolf knew it. He hadn’t mourned like he should—hadn’t howled in pain, hadn’t stirred at all. Because it wasn’t her.

kissed two nights ago? The one I felt so drawn to? The one who made my heart ache with emotions I didn’t understand?

was Rebecca’s... then who the

with confusion. "Since the

exhaled shakily, gripping the edge

one person who

my brothers

"Damien."

eyes. "You think he’s

Rebecca until he brought her here, claiming she was his wife.

"Yeah... he knows something. Or

my

Every step. Every move. If Olivia is alive—since she was never the one in that

brothers both

the seer, her head lowered, her eyes

said. I narrowed my eyes. Louis folded his

stood up slowly. "You better have

up, guilt written all over her

"I—I can explain."

snapped. "You said that body was Olivia’s! You confirmed it yourself. You made

said quickly, trembling. "And I’m sorry.

heavy silence fell. My hands clenched at my sides, my anger

"You what?"

repeated, her voice breaking. "Please... forgive me. I had no choice. My only son was kidnapped. I was threatened. They told me if I didn’t lie—if I didn’t say

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