My Promised Rejection (Olivia) novel Chapter 79

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Olivia POV

I make my way through the castle, my heart practically beating out of my chest. I move through rubble and debri until I come to a staircase that looks out of place. What I’ve seen of the castle looks like what you would expect of a place that has been abandoned for at least three decades, but these stairs are brand new. Intricate designs wind up the banister and the wood looks polished. I make my way up the stairs, taking them

two at a time.

When I reach the landing, I turn both left and then right. I immediately take the hall to the right as again, it looks out of place. I slowly move down the hallway, staying alert. I have no idea if there are more vampires and warlocks. A scream coming from a set of double doors at the end of the hall has my feet moving of their

own accord. I reach for the handle and freeze when I hear a familiar masculine voice.

“Alright Evie, you are ten centimeters. I need you to push. If you don’t neither of you are going to live,” Nicholas says, Danica growls and anger courses through me. I throw the door open and the ba**ard turns to face me. I glance at my mother and I see agony and relief written all over her face. “How the f**k did you get in here? Where is the mistress,” he asks as he takes a step toward me. I fight the urge to gag at hearing him call her that. Especially after what Ace told me they did while he was in the coven.

“You should worry more about yourself than that c*nt Nicholas.” He throws his head back and laughs. “Do you really think I’m afraid of a mutt like you, Olivia,” he asks. My mother’s scream has my focus shifting from the ba**ard to her. “I have to push” she screams. Nicholas goes to step closer to the bed and I grab a handful of his hair. I throw him to the floor, pulling a chunk of hair from his scalp. “Stay the f**k away from my mother.”

“The mother you hate. Why are you even here, Olivia? I would think you’d be happy she is suffering after everything she has done. Once she has the pup, I have orders to bleed her dry. You should be thanking me. Now I’m going to give you a chance to leave, because if not, I’m going to have my fun with you and bleed you dry first,” he says. Danica pushes to the surface and I let her take control. The claw extends on our right hand, and we grab the ba**ard by the throat.

Fear flashes in his eyes before he bares his fangs at me. His nails rake across my belly and I can feel the

blood soaking my shirt, but we don’t release our hold on the pr*ck. Our hold tightens and he starts to thrash, trying to break my hold. Blood starts to pool under my claws as my hold continues to tighten. He starts to scratch at my hand with his nails. Despite the deep cuts to my hands and arms, I don’t release him.

His eyes are like saucers as he finally realizes what I’m about to do. A scream behind me and then a pup’s cry makes me smile before I grip his windpipe and rip it out, taking flesh and blood vessels with it. He grips his

neck, but there is no undoing what I’ve done. After a few seconds, his body drops to the floor and blood pools at my feet. “Olivia,” my mother’s weak voice says from behind me.

I turn to see her holding a tiny pup, She is perfect. I look from the pup to my mom and she looks very pale. I

notice blood staining the sheets. My heart drops into my stomach. I move to the bed and grab her arm as her

eyes start to flutter closed. “Mom, I need you to stay awake. Calliope needs you to stay awake.” Her eyes

open for a moment, and she offers me a sad smile. “I never thought I’d hear you call me that again, Oli. I’m so

sorry for all the pain I caused you. Thank you for coming for your sister.”

“Mom, what the hell are you saying? You are not dying in this f**king place. Calliope needs you, mom. Xavier

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needs you. Connor needs you. I need you mom. I need you to live and make everything that happened in the past worth a future where you are happy, where we are all happy,” I say just as my sister cries. I lift her into my arms and look down at my mom. She lifts her hand and touches my cheek.

“You are so much stronger than I ever was. I am proud of the woman you’ve become in spite of me. Della and your future pups are very lucky to have an amazing, selfless mother like you, Oli,” she says. I’m just about to open my mouth when I feel warmth in my belly. It starts to spread through me like a wave in the ocean. Once it reaches my face, a warm glow engulfs my mom’s hand where it touches my skin. After a few seconds, her eyes flutter closed and the warmth disappears as quickly as it came.

When her hand falls limp at her side, I feel like I can breathe. “Mom, wake up. I need you to wake up. You can’t do this” I say as tears roll down my cheeks. Calliope starts to cry again, and I hold her close to my chest. “Oli, it’s going to be alright,” Danica says. “No, it’s not. Calliope is never going to get to know the woman that raised me. The woman she was before everything went to hell. The woman that bandaged my knees and came to every school function.”

“The woman that baked cupcakes with me just because I wanted them. The woman who ran through the yard and chased me until we both fell to the ground laughing.” My words are angry and I want to scream. This wasn’t supposed to happen. My mother wasn’t supposed to die. “Oli” Danica starts to say, but I cut her off. “N

o, this can’t happen. I never got to talk to her. To really talk to her. To tell her about talking to dad. Really try

to move past everything for my sister and my pups,” I sob. I close my eyes, repeating this wasn’t supposed to happen, as if somehow it will change what’s happened.

Amethyst POV

“Della, if you get scared you just put the block up like I showed you.” “I will Amethyst, but I’m not scared. The

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