Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 432: The punishment

Olivia’s POV

"I have told you guys already... you men are not laying your eyes on me for a week. This is your punishment," I spat over the mind link the moment I decided to accept it. For two whole days, the triplets had been trying to reach me through the link, but I had ignored them every single time. Today, I finally accepted it—not to forgive them, but to deliver their punishment myself.

"Oli," Lennox pleaded desperately from the other side of the link. "We’re sorry, baby... why don’t you come over and let’s talk?"

My heart twisted at his voice, but I forced it back into stone. I had to learn how to harden my heart against them. If I didn’t, they’d keep breaking me over and over again.

"Never," I snapped. "Until the one week is over, you men aren’t setting your eyes on me."

I could hear Louis take a deep breath, heavy and slow. "We’re sorry... we truly are." His voice was so soft, so sincere, that for a moment my wolf stirred, reaching out to them, but once again I built my walls back up.

"I don’t care about your apologies," I answered coldly. "Words don’t fix what’s been done."

A moment of silence stretched across the link. It felt heavy, like a storm building on the horizon. Then Levi’s voice came, quiet but aching. "We miss you..."

My chest tightened, but I stayed silent, staring at the ceiling as I sat curled on my bed. My fingers trembled where they clutched the sheets. My wolf whimpered softly inside me, but I ignored her.

I missed them too.

But right now, I couldn’t let their words get to me.

"No," I whispered under my breath, though the link was still open. "You don’t get to miss me now. You should have thought about that before."

For a moment, I thought they would argue again, try to convince me, but the link stayed quiet. Too quiet. I almost hated it more than their begging.

came, low and rough, like he was holding himself together with threads. "Olivia... one week without you feels like forever. Please. Don’t punish us like this. Don’t punish

jaw and snapped the link shut

but it wasn’t peace. It

to do this. They need to be punished." But why does it feel like I’m punishing myself instead? The

paced restlessly inside me, whining in my

she

out loud, gripping the edge of the bed. "They

was tearing myself apart. My chest ached. My body craved them. Two days without seeing their faces, without feeling their

leave the room. Without thinking, I teleported.

staircase before my mind caught up. I had come for Selene. I needed to know if she was still following through with the plan, if she was still the ally

of the stairs, I paused outside her door

toward me?" I realized

bitterly. "It’s

both voices cut off. Silence dropped heavy on the other side

They felt

pushed the door open and

whipped

like the cold predator I had first

But it

hickeys

hammering, my wolf bristling

she get that from, and