Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 463: Coming Back

Levi’s POV

I didn’t stop walking until I was outside.

The door slammed shut behind me, but her words still rang in my head over and over, like knives cutting through me.

"Right now, I’m scared to even leave him alone with you."

I staggered to the hallway wall and pressed a hand against it, trying to breathe. But the air felt too heavy, too thick.

Louis came out a moment later, quiet as always. He didn’t say anything at first. He just stood beside me, watching the floor like he didn’t know how to start.

"She didn’t mean it," he said finally, his voice low as if trying to comfort me.

I let out a short, bitter laugh. "Didn’t she?"

He looked at me, frowning. "You know she’s hurting. You can’t take everything she says right now—"

"I can’t?" I cut him off, turning toward him. "Louis, she said she’s scared of us. Scared we’d kill our own brother!"

The words came out rough, and my throat burned. I dragged my hands through my hair, pacing the hall. "What kind of monster does she think I am?"

Louis didn’t answer. Maybe because he didn’t know either.

I punched the wall hard enough to make my knuckles split. "I did everything to save her, Louis. Everything! And now she looks at me like I’m the enemy."

"She’s not thinking clearly," Louis said quietly, stepping closer. "You know how strong their bond was."

I shook my head, tears stinging my eyes. "That’s the thing, isn’t it? It’s always been their bond. Even when she was with us, it was like there was this invisible wall, something we could never touch."

Louis’s jaw tightened, but he didn’t disagree.

"I thought I could handle it," I said, my voice breaking. "I thought I could live with being the one she turns to second. But hearing her say it—hearing her choose him even when he’s half-dead—it’s..." I swallowed hard. "It’s like dying without ever being allowed to die."

Louis looked down, his fists clenched at his sides. "We made this mess, Levi. We broke the bond. We can’t expect her to forgive us overnight."

For what I did. I keep telling myself it was the only way to save her, but every time

me, his tone soft. "She’ll come around. When Lennox wakes

small, empty laugh. "If he wakes

his

moment, we both sat in silence. The only sound was the faint

whispered, almost like he

a broken breath, staring at my bleeding hand. "Yeah," I said quietly.

frowned. "You don’t know

You saw the way she looked at me, Louis. Like I

against the same wall. "She’s angry,

blaming her. I’m blaming us. We should

silent,

know what’s funny? We’ve fought rogues, warlocks, vampires—but none of that hurt as much as hearing her

voice softened. "We’ll

cracking. "Even if Lennox wakes up, even if she forgives us—what’s left of

He just

the faint

a while, Louis whispered, "You

my

he said. "That if this jealousy doesn’t die, it’ll eat us alive. And when Lennox comes back... we

staring at the blood dripping slowly from my knuckles. "I feel things will never be the same again.. I just can’t

turned toward me sharply. "Don’t say

sacred bond. We turned

clenched his jaw. "The kind that love her enough to

looked up at him, tired and bitter. "Then maybe

his mouth to respond but stopped when a sudden gasp

We both froze.

from Lennox’s

you hear that?" I

nodded, already

We rushed back inside.

on his fingers, and I noticed they twitched

me,