Fated To Not Just One But Three novel Chapter 653

Chapter 653: The Truth

Lennox’s POV

​The moment Olivia teleported, my hand, which had been clutching Elena, went limp. I pushed her away and slumped back into the pillows, a hollow, rattling sound echoing in my chest. I’ll move on. Her words played over and over in my head like a death sentence. It was exactly what I wanted. It was exactly what I’d planned for.

​So why did it feel like she’d reached into my chest and finished what the cancer started?

​"Lennox..." Louis stepped toward the bed, his face twisted in pure horror. "This is wrong. This is so fundamentally wrong. You heard her. She’s cold, Lennox. You’re turning the woman who worshipped you into a stranger. She’s going to hate us forever for helping you do this."

​"Let her," I wheezed, closing my eyes against the stinging behind my lids. "If she hates you... she won’t... she won’t die with me. Levi, tell the doctors... to get out. I need... silence."

​Levi didn’t move. He stood at the foot of the bed. "I can’t do this anymore, Lennox. I can’t watch you die while she’s down the hall wishing for it to be over. This isn’t protection. It’s torture."

​"Go," I barked, a fresh wave of pain lancing through my brain, making the room spin. "Both of you. Now."

​They lingered for a moment, the tension thick enough to choke on, before they finally turned and walked out. The silence that followed was heavy, broken only by the steady, clinical hiss of the oxygen and the faint beep of the monitor.

​Elena moved quietly, adjusting the IV drip.

​"Alpha Lennox," she said softly, her voice echoing in the empty room. "This is not right. I’ve seen people pass in anger, and I’ve seen them pass in love. Believe me, the anger doesn’t make the end any easier for the ones left behind. It just leaves them with questions that have no answers." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

​I didn’t open my eyes. "She... she said she’d move on. That’s the goal."

​"She said it because she’s bleeding, and she wanted to hurt you back," Elena countered, leaning over me to check my pupils. "Let her know the truth. Cherish your last moments. Hold your children without a lie between you. You’re wasting the only thing you have left—time."

​"I am an Alpha," I whispered, the words tasting like ash. "My last act... must be to ensure the survival of my others. If she stays bonded... if she stays in love... the Moon Goddess will take her when I go. I won’t... I won’t let my sons be without a mother."

​"And what happens when she finds out later?" Elena asked, her voice dropping to a whisper. "When she realizes you spent your final days making her believe you were a monster? She won’t just move on, Lennox. She’ll break in a way that can never be fixed."

​I didn’t answer. I couldn’t. I just pulled the oxygen mask over my face and turned my head toward the window, watching the sun begin to set over the territory I wouldn’t be leading for much longer.

​I was a monster. I had to be. Because a monster is easier to forget than a hero.

Hours later!

​I could hear the frantic rhythm of the monitor, that persistent, high-pitched ping-ping-ping that warned everyone in the room my time was measured in minutes, not hours.

​"Lennox! Stay with us, damn it!" Levi’s voice was a roar from somewhere far away, thick with a sob he was trying to hide. "It’s too early! You can’t leave them like this! Fight, you stubborn bastard!"

​"His blood pressure is bottoming out!" a doctor yelled, his voice sounding like it was underwater. "Inject the epinephrine now! Elena, get the paddles ready!"

​I wanted to tell them to stop. I wanted to tell them to let the tide take me. I was so incredibly tired of the lies, the pain, and the mask. But my tongue was lead, and the darkness was pulling me under, heavy and cold.

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