Fated To Not Just One But Three novel Chapter 623

Chapter 623: The Talk

Levi’s POV

She didn’t let go of my arm.

Not even when I stopped pulling.

Not even when I glared.

"Come on," she said softly. "If you’re not trying to die, then don’t stand here pretending you are."

Her words were simple. Not cruel. Not dramatic.

Just honest.

I didn’t answer.

But I didn’t pull away either.

We walked in silence for a while. The forest swallowed us again. My thoughts were loud, but her presence kept them from crushing me completely.

After a few minutes, she spoke again.

"You don’t talk much, do you?"

"No," I muttered.

She nodded like that made sense. "That’s okay. People who are hurting usually don’t."

That hit something inside me.

We reached a fallen log, and she sat on it without asking, patting the space beside her.

"Sit," she said.

I hesitated... then slowly did.

The cliff was far behind us now. But the weight in my chest was still there.

She looked at me, really looked at me. Not like a stranger. Not like an Alpha.

Like a broken man.

"What hurts the most?" she asked quietly.

I swallowed.

I didn’t want to answer.

But something about the way she said it... like she wasn’t afraid of the truth... made the words slip out.

"I destroyed everything," I whispered.

She didn’t interrupt.

"I hurt the woman I love," I said. "I lied. I controlled. I chose myself over her... and now everything is gone."

Her eyes softened.

"That’s not nothing," she said gently. "That’s grief."

I shook my head. "No. It’s guilt."

We sat there for a while, the night closing in around us.

"Do you think you deserve to disappear?" she asked.

I laughed bitterly. "Every day."

She frowned. "I don’t think so."

"You don’t even know me."

"I know pain," she replied. "And pain doesn’t mean you deserve to die."

That sounded exactly like something Olivia would have said years ago.

I closed my eyes.

"I don’t know how to live with what I’ve done," I admitted.

"That doesn’t mean you stop living," she said. "It means you learn how to carry it."

Silence fell again.

Not heavy.

Just... comforting.

"Why are you being nice to me?" I asked.

She shrugged. "Because I saw you standing at the edge. And no one should stand there alone."

My throat tightened.

For the first time in days...

I felt seen.

Not as an Alpha.

Not as a villain.

Just as a man who didn’t deserve to die.

She flashed me a comforting smile before getting to her feet. "Come on, let me take you home."

I nodded and got up.

She walked beside me as we left the forest.

Not in front. Not behind. Right beside me, like she was afraid that if she looked away, I might vanish into the dark again.

"So," she said quietly, breaking the silence, "where do you live?"

I hesitated.

If I told her the truth, she would run. If I lied, I would still have to take her somewhere.

"The pack house," I said finally.

She blinked. "Like... the Alpha pack house?"

"Yes."

A man was standing a few steps away from us.

Tall. Broad. His eyes sharp and cold. His aura pressed against the air like a storm waiting to break.

She swallowed hard.

I didn’t need to look to know who it was.

Lennox.

He didn’t even have to say anything. His presence alone made the guards stiffen, made the night itself feel smaller.

His gaze flicked to me.

Then to the girl holding my arm.

"I believe what I overheard wasn’t true," Lennox said calmly. Angrily. "Levi, you weren’t trying to kill yourself."

I met his eyes.

"No," I said quietly.

"She misunderstood," he added.

The girl shook her head slowly. "I don’t believe that."

Lennox’s eyes snapped back to her.

Sharp.

Cold.

"You should," he said.

Something about the way he spoke made her fingers tighten around my arm.

I stepped slightly in front of her. "You’re scaring her."

Lennox didn’t look at me.

He looked at her.

"You helped my brother," he said. "For that, you have my thanks. You may leave now." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

She hesitated.

"And remember," he added softly, "do not speak of this to anyone. Not a soul. Or you will regret it."

Fear flickered in her eyes.

She bowed quickly, her grip finally loosening from my arm.

Then she turned and hurried away, disappearing.

Something inside me twisted. I didn’t get to say thank you.

Lennox turned to me then.

"Levi," he said. "We need to talk."