Fated To Not Just One But Three novel Chapter 309

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“Olivia,” I said again, softer this time. “You know you can tell me anything. Anything that’s bothering you.”

I took a step forward. “Olivia—”

But I stayed standing, watching her.

I didn’t break the link. I leaned forward in my chair, resting my elbows on my knees as if somehow getting closer to her voice would make her speak the truth.

“Yes,” she answered too quickly.

The moment she stepped out of the bathroom, I knew something was wrong.

My eyes stayed on her face, watching the way she avoided my gaze, the way her shoulders were just a little too tense.

Levi let out a slow breath, his gaze still fixed on the spot Olivia had just vanished from. “No… it’s not. She’s hiding something. And whatever it is–it’s serious.”

“Neither do I,” I muttered. My wolf paced inside me, restless, demanding I reach out to her, but I held it back. She clearly didn’t want us to trouble her.

I took a step closer, my gaze steady on hers. “You yelled in there, Olivia.”

She froze just a second before moving toward the bed, like she didn’t hear me. Levi followed her instantly, helping her sit. Louis moved around and sat on the edge near

her feet.

Sleep never came. My mind stayed locked on her until the sky outside my window began to lighten.

Something happened in there. Something she doesn’t want us to know.

Lennox’s POV

I sat there for a long moment, gripping the arm of my chair. My wolf growled low in my head, furious that she was shutting us out again. But her tone told me one thing–she

wasn’t going to say more tonight.

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I pressed a little further. “We promised, remember? Not to keep things from each other. Not when it matters.”

“Alpha Lennox,” one of the border guards mind linked urgently. “I’m one of the guards at the northern gates.”

Her eyes flicked to me for a split second before sliding away. “It was nothing” 2

Louis was the first to speak, his brows furrowed. “Something’s not right with her.”

“Fine,” I finally said, masking my frustration. “But just know… I’m here. We all are.”

Levi leaned forward, concern tightening his voice. “Why? You’re still weak. You should rest here.”

Olivia’s smile was small–too small. Forced. And her scent… it carried that faint bitter note she always had when she was trying to hide something.

She sat there for a moment, her gaze unfocused, like her mind was somewhere far from this room. Then she finally looked at us and said quietly, almost distracted, “I… I need to go back.”

Her heartbeat spiked. I heard it. So did

my wolf.

Her scent still carried unease. She was thinking about something–no, someone. I could see it in her eyes.

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There was a pause on her end, just her breathing–steady but faint.

Something wasn’t right with Olivia–and the worst part was, she was shutting me out.

For a few seconds, the room was silent after she disappeared.

Her answer came quicker this time, and it made my jaw tighten. “I’ll handle it myself.”

I rubbed my face with both hands, trying to shake the heavy, restless feeling weighing on me, but it didn’t work.

“Tell me,” I urged. “Whatever it is, you don’t have to carry it alone. You have us.”

Louis frowned. “Back? Olivia, it’s-” he glanced toward the clock on the wall- “it’s just after three in the morning.”

But she didn’t let me finish. With one last glance at us, her expression unreadable, she

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whispered, “I’ll be fine,” and in a blink, she was gone–teleporting out of the room, leaving only the faint trace of her scent hanging in the air.

The words were exactly what I expected. And just like before… I didn’t believe them for

a second,

By morning, I was running on no sleep but forcing myself to focus. We had an Alpha council meeting later, and I was already preparing the reports in my office. Papers were spread across the desk, and I was halfway through making a note when a sudden voice hit my mind.

We exchanged a few more quiet words before finally deciding to call it a night. Each of us drifted back to our own rooms, but sleep? That was impossible.

I mind–linked her. Olivia.

I sat at my desk, staring at the scattered papers in front of me, barely seeing the words. My mind kept replaying her face, the tightness in her voice, the way she left so

suddenly.

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