Chapter 243
Posted on July 09, 2025 ยท 0 mins read
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Who Is That

He said nothing.

He was suddenly there, holding me against his chest.

He tried to push past me, but I didnโ€™t move. I didnโ€™t blink.

The body they believed was mine.

Levi was blinking fast, his shoulders trembling.

Same build.

I sighed and sat back on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at the wall as my thoughts wanderedโ€ฆ and landed on Lennox.

He told me my mother had killed Alpha Gabrielโ€™s mother.

I kept going.

Soft.

No. No no no no no.

Couldnโ€™t stand to see hundreds of people mourning meโ€ฆ saying goodbye to a girl who was still breathing.

I exhaled shakily.

I felt dizzy, and just as I was about to hit the ground, strong arms caught me.

His jaw clenched. He looked as if he wanted to rip the entire room apart.

Held me.

I stepped closerโ€ฆ closer stillโ€ฆ until I reached the glass.

My heart stopped. What is he talking about?

The face.

His hand went to the doorknob, but I stepped closer and grabbed his wrist.

Who Is That

Who was still here.

My knees buckled.

His gaze darkened, like the truth was a poison he hated to speak.

Only one thought echoed through my mindโ€“Who the hell is that in the casket?

When we got to my room, he let go of me and frowned.

Couldnโ€™t think.

I hated secrets.

When we kissed, I could feel his hesitation, but also his desire for meโ€ฆ not as Olivia, but as Rebecca. It made me wonder if I was really gone and this Rebecca was realโ€”Does that mean he couldโ€™ve kissed herโ€”on the very day of my funeral?

He gritted his teeth and spat the word through them.

Everything.

Oliviaโ€™s POV

I frowned right back and met his eyes, asking the question that had been tearing me apart. โ€œWho is that? The body that looks like meโ€”who is she?โ€

He let out a tired sigh.

Thatโ€™s why they wanted me dead.

โ€œThe person in that casketโ€ฆโ€ he said, his voice low and heavy, โ€œis you.โ€

Then finallyโ€”

A song.

Couldnโ€™t breathe.

As I stepped closer, I felt the weight of every stare, every whispered prayer. But they didnโ€™t see me. Not as Olivia,

He stopped.

How had Alpha Damien pulled it off?

Who Is That

It was like staring at a twisted, lifeless reflection.

โ€œIf you wonโ€™t tell meโ€ฆโ€ I whispered, โ€œthen letโ€™s end this game.โ€

Lennoxโ€ฆ his jaw was clenched, face pale, tears silently trailing down his cheek.

Beside the bodyโ€ฆ the head.

I shook my head violently, pushing the thought away. It hurt too much to linger on it.

He stared at me. โ€œThat body is you, Olivia.โ€

He turned slowly, his brow furrowed with anger.

And then I said itโ€”the one thing that shifted the entire air in the room.

โ€œItโ€™s none of your business,โ€ he said coldly, turning away.

But when I asked moreโ€”how that happened, why my mother would do such a thingโ€”

he refused to speak, said that was all I needed to know.

โ€œWhy were you thereโ€ฆ you could have stayed in this room,โ€ he spat.

It looked just like me.

They stood like statuesโ€”each seconds away from breaking down. None of them spoke. All had tears in their eyes, clinging to the last shred of control.

I jumped to my feet and rushed toward the sound, my heart pounding.

Same hands.

โ€œWhat?โ€

Louis gripped the railing so tight.

I weaved through the crowd, my breath coming in shallow gasps, un

I saw itโ€”

Pack members, warriors, omegasโ€”everyone stood gathered around a center display.

And thenโ€”I gasped.

The garden was full of people.

And insideโ€ฆ

Who Is That

Whose lifeless form were they lowering into the ground while crying over me?

โ€œYou can kill my parents like you planned. I wonโ€™t stop you. But Iโ€™ll expose everything. Iโ€™ll make sure your enemies know Iโ€™m not Rebecca. And Sofia? Sheโ€™ll be dead within hours. So go ahead. We both lose.โ€

Because lying inside was a headless bodyโ€”a body that looked exactly like mine.

One of my favorite songs. Hero by Mariah Carey.

My breath hitched.

I stepped in front of him and blocked the door. โ€œNo, Alpha Damien. I deserve to know,โ€ I said, my voice trembling with anger. โ€œYou told me my mother killed Alpha Gabrielโ€™s mother and refused to explain. Now everyone is down there mourning and laying to rest someone whoโ€™s not meโ€”and you still wonโ€™t tell me who she is?โ€

I blinked.

My feet moved on their own.

My body swayed, my vision blurring.

Everything inside me stopped moving.

I froze.

Faint.

My heart shattered.

And louder still when I stepped outside the mansion.

I hated that.

Whyโ€ฆ why was it playing?

I paced the floor, back and forth, my heart thundering in my chest. My mind kept returning to the conversation we had earlier.

โ€œEasy, dear,โ€ came the deep, calming voice of Alpha Damien.

There, inside the casket, lay a body.

So I raised my voice. โ€œI want the truth!โ€

Who Is That

โ€œThe person in that casket,โ€ he whispered, โ€œwas the real Rebecca, the one who died in your place.โ€

And goodnessโ€”

He guided me away from the casket and back to the main mansion.

โ€œYouโ€™re not going anywhere,โ€ I said. โ€œNot until you tell me who that girl in the casket is.โ€

The hair.

Loud.

The silence was sharp. Deadly.

I couldnโ€™t speak.

And the question that haunted me mostโ€”whose body were they burying?

โ€œFine.โ€

A glass casket.

No. Not this time.

I didnโ€™t want to see it.

It grew louder as I reached the hallway, then the stairs.

Then suddenly I heard it.

As I neared the casket, my gaze fell on the triplets.

Floating through the air.

How is this possible?

Who was this man? How could he manipulate reality so perfectlyโ€”

detail?

down to the last

For hours, I remained locked in my room while my so-called funeral rites were taking place outside. This time, I couldnโ€™t bring myself to watch.

To them, I was dead.

I stumbled backward, dizzy, bile rising in my throat.

Who Is That

Pack members moved slowly, each taking turns to bow, whisper farewells, or leave a single white rose on the stone steps leading up to the coffin.


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