Chapter 868\u00a0<\/p>\n
Levi paused for a moment so he could clear his thoughts. After clearing his throat and taking a deep breath, he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo naturally, he butt heads with my father, who was the Alpha in charge at the time, and turned into this rivalry. I was rivals with him before I was rivals with Gavin. It wasn\u2019t until the Blackwells went into hiding that I became rivals with Gavin. But our families didn\u2019t get along, and we would fight back and forth for years. And then after an incident, the eldest Blackwell woman\u2026 Zachary\u2019s mother\u2026 put a curse on the entire family.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart stopped in my chest. Esme Blackwell put a curse on the Churchill\u2019s? She must have had a good reason to do so. My stomach knotted at the thought; what could the Churchill\u2019s have done to them to cause this?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe linked the Churchill bloodline with Meg. So, if she dies\u2026we all die.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My mouth fell open.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d I gasped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He nodded and rolled his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was a reckless child\u2026 always getting herself into trouble. We had to keep her in line most of the time, but she was always running off. I was only a kid at the time, but I remembered how my father would yell at her whenever she ran off, and he would often lock her in her room. He was worried that she\u2019d end up getting herself killed, and if that happened-\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour entire family dies,\u201d I whispered, my eyes wide with realization. \u201cShe gave your family an expiration date. No matter what, if she dies of old age, your whole family will end up dead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly,\u201d he muttered. \u201cWe still aren\u2019t sure why she chose Meg of all people to link us to, but that was her choice. Then she ended up falling for a rogue boy, and my father went ballistic. He kept having her brought back to the manor and locked in her room, but she kept finding a way to escape and be with that boy. So, eventually, my\u00a0<\/p>\n
part father had the boy killed. Meg found out she was pregnant, and she took off; I\u2019m sure you already know that of the story, though.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then your family went after her because if she ends up getting herself killed\u2026. Your entire line will die,\u201d I whispered, my eyes wide. \u201cThat explains almost everything. The reason you all treated her the way you did\u2026 the reason she ran\u2026 the reason you went after her in the first place. That\u2019s why she was so scared\u2026\u201d I paused for a moment, and then I lifted my gaze to meet Levi\u2019s. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t know\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t a question.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The corner of Levi\u2019s lips twitched, and I could tell he was fighting back a smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, she doesn\u2019t,\u201d he murmured. \u201cIf she did\u2026 she\u2019d probably end her life to end ours. That was the kind of person she was\u2026 the kind of person she\u2019s always been. She was unselfish, and I truly hate to admit it. But it\u2019s the truth. If she thought that ending her life would end ours\u2026 she would have done it in a heartbeat. So, we tried to keep her from finding out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou treated her so badly\u2026\u201d I said, shaking my head. \u201cOr at least that\u2019s what I\u2019ve heard. She was terrified of you\u00a0<\/p>\n
all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is true,\u201d he confessed. \u201cShe didn\u2019t have an easy life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was quiet for a long moment, letting that sink in; this information was a lot. I opened my mouth to finally say something, but Gavin walked in at that moment, and I could already feel his energy was charged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 866\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve spent enough time with my mate, and I can feel her unease. If you said something to upset her-\u201d He started to say, but I stood up quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is she?\u201d I asked, my eyes never leaving Levi\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The corner of his mouth twitched again, like he was fighting back a laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYellowstone hospital,\u201d he replied. \u201cIt\u2019s in a town called Yellowstone, neutral territory\u2026 mostly made up of humans. It\u2019s west from here, a couple of hours at least.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without another word, I turned and walked towards Gavin. I took his hand and started to pull him along with me towards the door where the guards stood. Gavin went with me willingly, and by the time we were outside, he had me wrapped in his arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d He asked, his lips pressing against my temple. \u201cWhat did he say to you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll tell you about it later, but we need to go to Yellowstone,\u201d I told him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s in Yellowstone?\u201d He asked, raising his brows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a beat, I looked up at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMegan Churchill.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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