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.

confessed. "I thought it was a good opportunity. A way to end the bond before something worse happened. I wanted you three to mark Anita and end your bond with Olivia. Not because I hated Olivia. I never did." She looked me right in the

war. The fear. I didn’t want

it was too

continued. "We are so sorry, sons... we should have just told you three the truth, but we were worried that even with the truth, you three would still

stared at her. At the woman who raised us. Who smiled through our victories... and stood tall in our defeats. And yet right now, all I could see was betrayal. Not the kind that bruised. But the

wanted to break something. Instead, I clenched my fists and

his angry voice booming in the air. "You should’ve told us

sorry," Mother replied, but it only fueled

and glared at him. "What happened

inhaled deeply

his possession. He got arrested, but I didn’t believe it... I wanted to

furrowed my brow... waiting for

alive and they wanted

truly cared about Olivia’s safety—even just a little—I should make his entire family Omega and let them stay in

Olivia and her mother

at the layers upon layers

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

"But no one ever said

slowly. "Because

I scoffed.

sent him to live in the city of

what I was

Father added,

again. So much deception. So

a hand through his hair. "All this happened under our nose, and

we did... everything I did... was

didn’t ask you to... we never asked you to do any

with tear-filled eyes.

cut her off. "Don’t even think of apologizing, Mother..." he said through

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 they