#Chapter 117: The Only Option Left

Ollie’s POV This time, the brothers do glance at each other. They seem to be speaking in some private language that I have no hope of understanding. Whether it’s a brothers thing or a quadruplets thing, I’m not sure. Regardless, they silently seem to come to a type of understanding. Looking back at me, Conrad is the one who speaks. “Fine. We’ll back off. For now. But if you try to disappear, we will find you, Ollie. You cannot escape this. Us.” I try to stay strong but my heart hurts, torn in several different directions. On one hand, I don’t want to be separated from my mates. On the other, I know we can’t be together. They stay a moment longer, each of them giving me long looks, before finally, they go to the door and disappear through it. They shift outside and vanish among the trees. Their scent lingers though, and despite everything, I still draw comfort from it. What a kind of hell I’m in here. Unable to be with my four mates, but unwilling to fully let them go. May