Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 268: Confession

Lennox’s POV

"That was all that happened," Father said, finishing the shocking revelation. Dumbfounded, I exchanged gazes with my brothers. This was more than what we thought... this was more than an enmity. This was a lifelong hate between both families. No wonder Calvin had used a snake and a human to make his point.

Mother stepped forward then, her expression unreadable.

"That’s why," she said softly, "when Parker told your father which family Olivia came from... we thought it was best to separate you all." She looked down for a moment, guilt flashing across her face.

"So we forged the letters," she admitted. "But we didn’t bewitch them. We only forged the letters, and it worked. But the Moon Goddess played a cruel trick by mating her with you three anyway."

My heart clenched. She looked back up, her eyes heavy with regret.

"Since Alphas can’t reject their mate, your father had to pressure you into accepting the bond. And when you finally did, I told him we should respect it. You were married now. Fated. We had no choice but to live with it."

I blinked in shock.

"So you accepted Olivia?" Louis asked, a bit surprised.

Mother nodded. "Yes. Despite her bloodline. Despite everything. I accepted her."

I believed her. Mother was nice to Olivia at a certain time.

"I even wanted peace between you three," she said, almost whispering. "That was my intention. I truly wanted to fix things." She paused. And I could feel it—that drop in the air. Like the tension before a storm. Her lips trembled slightly.

"Until..." We all leaned in, instinctively bracing ourselves.

"Until Mr. Parker—Olivia’s guardian—reached out to us," she continued, "and warned that what we were doing wasn’t right." She took a breath.

"He said Olivia’s father, his best friend, would never rest in his grave if he knew we allowed a bond to form between our families. He reminded us of the hatred—of the danger. He said the Blackwells and our family were never meant to be connected. No link should ever exist."

My throat tightened.

"And that..." Mother said slowly, "was when your father and I became truly conflicted." She glanced at Father, who stood silent.

I wanted you three to mark Anita and end your bond with Olivia. Not because I hated Olivia.

The war. The fear. I didn’t want

was too

worried that even with the truth, you three would still want her, so we did what we had

defeats. And yet right now, all I could see

clenched my fists and turned away, breathing through the rage that wanted to

said, his angry voice booming in

are sorry," Mother replied, but it only fueled

and glared at him. "What happened

deeply

the family heirlooms. It was found in his possession. He got arrested, but I didn’t believe it... I wanted to release him,

brow... waiting for Father to

for him. Although they don’t know him, once they see him, they will know he is the one... they knew Olivia is still alive and they wanted her dead, so they have been looking for him in order to get to her, so he asked me if he

if I truly cared about Olivia’s safety—even just a little—I should make his entire family Omega and let them stay in the packhouse. That way, she will

Olivia and her mother Omega was Mr.

reeled at the

"I couldn’t keep him in that prison any longer. It wasn’t right. He’d done nothing wrong. So I arranged his

"But no one ever

nodded slowly. "Because

I scoffed.

to it," Father said quickly. "I smuggled him out and sent him to live in the city of humans. Somewhere far from our kind—where he could live without being

what I was

later on," Father added, "his

room again. So much deception. So many

this happened under our nose, and we had no

guilty eyes. "Everything we did... everything I did... was for your

"We didn’t ask you to... we never asked you to

with

even think of

my parents and felt nothing but anger and hate for them... if only they had told us everything in the beginning, things could have been better. We could have solved it ourselves, but no, they decided to control our lives, and in the process