Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 479: The Decision

Levi's POV

"Fine?" | barked, the sound cracking. | didn’t mean for the word to cout so harsh, but there it was, the

animal in my throat exposed. Olivia's eyes flicked toward me, a sliver of confusion cutting through fatigue.

"Levi," she began. "No," | said, hard and faster than reason. "You are not fine." She tried to sit up, a stubborn,

familiar motion, but Louis caught her shoulders and pushed her gently back. "Don’t move," he said.

| couldn’t hold the controlled calm any longer. | stalked around to the foot of the bed and leaned over her, close

enough that she could see every notch of anger and fear carved across my face. "You could have died," | told

her. The words were blunt, but they were the truth beating at me. "Do you hear me? You could have died. You

would have taken that baby with you. You would have left us with less than empty hands."

Tears welled in her eyes, not just from the physical pain, but from the way my voice was loud and full of anger.

"I'm trying to save him," she whispered. "I can’t let him go. | can’t—"

"Save him?" | shoved the idea back like a poisoned thing. "What you tried to do tonight was gamble with two

lives. Your life. The child's life. Our lives. You didn’t just try to bring somebody back; you damn near destroyed

the only life that recently started inside you."

Her jaw trembled. "We can’t give up on him."

"And you think I don’t love him?" | snapped. "You think | want him dead? You think I don’t sit with him every night

and listen to his breath and curse the world for what happened to him? Do you think | wanted any of this? Do

you think | wanted to be the kind of man who stands across from you and tells you to stop? | would pick you

every time. | would choose this family over a ghost. But you, you risk everything because you cannot bear the

thought of being without him."

She flinched at my words, as if each one had a physical edge. | hated how she looked when I hurt her, and still |

couldn't take the fury back. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "But I couldn't just—"

"You couldn't just what?" | demanded, my voice breaking on the last word. "You couldn't just stop? You couldn't

just listen to the hands trying to save you from yourself? You chose him. Again. Even with the child inside you."

Her eyes looks exhausted and she looked small, smaller than I'd ever seen her. "I'm sorry," she said, ragged.

"I'm sorry | keep hurting you."

"Sorry doesn’t fix bone and blood," | said, softer now, the explosion of my anger burning until | was raw. "Sorry

doesn’t undo the fear. Sorry doesn’t answer for the nights | sat up worrying I'd lose you too."

For a beat, the room held only our breathing. Then she reached, trembling, and laid her hand on my wrist.

"Forgive me," she whispered. | wanted to lean in and take her into my arms and erase the fear with a kiss, to

promise her | would do anything to keep her safe. Instead | let out a long, ragged breath and closed my eyes.

"Don’t do this again," | said finally, my voice hoarse. "You hear me? For the child's sake, for all our sakes." She

nodded, faint and hollow, but nodded.

The healer adjusted the blanket, murmured more soft instructions, and the witch offered one more small spell.

Louis sat back on the edge of the bed and put his forehead to the back of her hand as if he couldn't quite

breathe without that contact. Outside, the night kept its cold vigil.

Inside the room, | sat on the floor by the bed and watched her sleep, anger still burning at my edges but

replaced, in slow measure, with a fierce, fierce love that madeache. | had exploded, | had frightened her, but

| would not have her die trying to prove a point to ghosts.

If this was to be the long war ahead of us, between grief and life, between past and present, then | would stand

on the line and fight. Even if it meant she would hatefor the rest of her days for stopping her. Even if | had to

be the villain in her story to keep her and our child breathing.

For hours we remained in the room, watching her sleep until an idea cto my head. An idea that would be

disastrous but was for the best. "Louis," | whispered to Louis through the mind link.

Louis lifted his head the moment my voice brushed through the link. His gaze darted towardfrom where he

sat, still holding Olivia's hand. The fatigue on his face mirrored mine: dark circles beneath his eyes, shoulders

weighed down by everything we were both trying to hold together.

"Come," | said quietly. "We need to talk."

He hesitated. His thumb brushed gently over Olivia's knuckles, reluctant to break the fragile calm that had finally

settled over her. She was breathing evenly now, the faint rise and fall of her chest the only proof she was still

with us.

"Louis," | said again, firmer this time.

He nodded, swallowed hard, and carefully laid her hand back on the bed before followingout. The door shut

with a muted click behind us, sealing her inside that dim, quiet room.

We walked down the hall in silence. Each consumed with our thoughts. When we reached the study, | closed the

door and leaned against it.

Louis turned to face me, jaw tight. "What is it?" he asked, his voice low, wary. "What's going on, Levi?"

I didn’t answer right away. My thoughts were a storm—fear, love, desperation all tangled in a single choking

knot. Finally, | forced the words out. "I've made a decision."

His brows drew together. "About what?"

"Olivia." My throat felt raw just saying her name. "There's one day left. Tomorrow, she'll try again. You know she

will. She won't stop until she finishes that damn ritual."

Louis’ expression darkened. He ran a hand through his hair, frustration and helplessness flashing across his

features. "Then we watch her. We make sure she doesn’t. We stay with her every second if we have to—"

"No," | cut in, my voice sharp. "That won't work. You know her as well as | do. She'll find a way. She always does."

Louis frowned, crossing his arms. "Then what are you saying, Levi?"

| looked him dead in the eyes. "I'm sending Lennox away tonight."

The words hung between us like a curse.

Louis froze. For a second, he just stared, as if he hadn't heardright. Then his face hardened. "What?"

"You heard me," | said quietly. "If she can’t find him, she can’t try again. She’s willing to die to bring him back,

Louis. | can’t—" My voice cracked. "I can’t watch her destroy herself for a ghost."

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