Fated To Not Just One But Three novel Chapter 647

Chapter 647: The Third Chance Mate

Olivia’s POV

​They arrived home, and the look on their faces told me something wasn’t right. My wolf could feel it; despite Lennox and I no longer being mates, I could somehow feel him. I just can’t explain it—that feeling was just there.

​They looked exhausted, like they had a long meeting, but I knew it wasn’t just about the meeting. Something was really wrong. I stared at Lennox. He looked different. It had only been a few hours, but the man who had kissed me so fiercely this morning seemed to be receding behind a mask of cold marble. His skin was the color of winter ash, and his eyes, usually so sharp and predatory, looked distant.

​They sat on the couches in the living room, a synchronized collapse of three powerful men who suddenly looked very small.

​"Lennox... what is happening?" I asked, my voice trembling. I ignored the coffee I’d been making and walked toward them, my gaze fixed solely on him. "I don’t know if it’s just me, but you look... you look worse. Tell me the truth. What happened at the hospital?"

​Lennox sighed, a long, rattling sound that seemed to drain the last of the light from his face. He didn’t look at me. He looked at the ornate rug beneath his feet, his jaw set so tight I thought it might shatter.

​"I met someone at the hospital, Olivia," he whispered.

​The air in the room seemed to vanish. I stood frozen, my heart stuttering in my chest. "You met someone? At the hospital? Lennox, what are you talking about? I don’t understand."

​He finally looked up, but his eyes were filled with tears. He swallowed hard, exchanging a look with Louis and Levi that made my stomach drop. It was a look of shared grief, of a secret so heavy it was crushing them all.

​"The reason I was suddenly unwell this morning, Olivia... the reason I couldn’t breathe, the headaches..." He paused, his voice dropping to a jagged whisper. "It’s because my mate is sick. Our bond was reacting to her pain."

​I felt like I had been doused in ice water. "Your... mate?" I stammered, shaking my head. "Lennox, I’m right here. I’m your mate."

​"No," he interrupted, the word sounding like a death knell. "We were mates. But not anymore; you know that. I met my mate at the hospital today, Olivia. She’s my third-chance mate. The Moon Goddess gave her to me because you and I are over."

​"No!" I screamed, the sound tearing from my throat. "No, that’s not possible! You can’t have another mate! We have children! We have a life!"

​"It is possible," he said, his voice terrifyingly flat. "She was brought into the emergency room while I was there. She’s ill, and the second I was near her, I felt it. The pull. The agony. That’s why I fell sick this morning. My body was mourning for her before I even saw her face."

​My legs gave out. I collapsed onto the floor, my knees hitting the hard tiles with a thud I didn’t even feel. The world was tilting, spinning into a dark abyss. I couldn’t believe it. I wouldn’t believe it. The Moon Goddess wouldn’t be this cruel. She wouldn’t take my Lennox and give him to a stranger just as I was finding my way back to him.

​"You’re lying," I sobbed, my forehead resting against the cold floor. "You have to be lying."

​Lennox looked pained, his hand twitching as if he wanted to reach for me, but he stayed rooted to the couch. Louis and Levi looked away, their faces twisted in a misery so profound it almost felt like they were the ones dying. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

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