Chapter 478: Refused
Levi’s POV
I stood my ground even as Olivia’s glare burned holes through me.
The witch shifted uneasily beside her, the bowl trembling in her hands.
"I said no," I repeated, my voice like stone. "You’re done with this, Olivia."
She clenched her jaw. "You don’t get to decide that for me."
"I do when your life is on the line!" I shot back. "When our child’s life is on the line!"
Her lips trembled. "You think I don’t know that? You think I don’t feel it?" Her hand went to her stomach. "But if I stop now, he’ll die, Levi. He’ll die, and I’ll never forgive myself."
My patience cracked. "And if you keep going, you’ll die!"
The words came out louder than I meant. Everyone froze.
Even Lennox’s shallow breathing seemed to pause.
Olivia’s frown deepened, but she refused to look away. "Then let me die with purpose."
Something inside me snapped.
"Purpose?" I barked, taking a step closer. "You call throwing your life away for him purpose? You call risking our child love?" My voice broke at the end, anger blurring into pain. "You’re killing yourself for a ghost, Olivia! He’s not here anymore. I am! We are!"
The silence that followed was deafening.
father looked away, and my mother pressed her hand to her mouth. The witch’s eyes darted between us, unsure if
whispered, "You don’t
can look at me, at Louis, at your own unborn child, and still choose him over all
cheeks. "It’s not about choosing!"
my chest tightening.
moment, we just stared
toward the door. I couldn’t breathe anymore. The walls were closing in, my father’s disappointed sigh echoing behind me like
the hall, I heard the witch’s trembling voice. "So... are we doing the ritual
"No," I said, my voice
voice cut through the air, fierce
in the
no one moved. I wanted to go over
The walls seemed to shake with every step I
didn’t realize my hands were trembling until I reached
wasn’t listening. She never
as it broke me to admit it,
She’d go through
if it
listen. But I didn’t. I let
the villain in this
Lennox dead;
made my blood hot and my teeth ache. I wanted to obey that voice. I wanted to turn back, force her hands from the bowl, and lock her away until she learned reason. But the part of me that
that I’d stepped away because I
Levi, she’s down!"
I ran.
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