Chapter 140: Chapter 140

[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]

I wasn’t sure if I was doing it right.

I could still remember Brianne’s warning—that this would never be easy since I had to break into the house of someone who had hated me for all her life. I never expected that the item she wanted me to get was in the possession of the Bennettes. I knew where Olivia was living, but I wasn’t sure if the thing Brianne was talking about was being kept by Olivia or by her father, Richard.

“Remember,” Brianne said to me with a hand on my shoulder, and her eyes were grave and dark. “It will never be easy to break into their home, knowing that Olivia and Richard are both hiding secrets from the pack. There could be traps or powerful guards roaming around their place. You need to be careful.”

“I can do it. I have sneaked inside Olivia’s place many times before. It’s nothing new to me.” I said to her with a little shaken confidence. I knew the security in her place would never be as easy as before, but I believed I could do this. I had to.

“I can go with you.” Killian volunteered with determination on his face, but I saw the flash of worry in Brianne’s eyes. Killian must have felt it too, as he looked at her and held her hand to calm her down.

‘No.” I shook my head and smiled at the Alpha of the Moonstone pack. “I can do it, Killian. I need to do it alone. It will be faster if we don’t have to worry about each other’s backs. Besides, the Silver Crescent Council is also after you now. They must have already found out who broke into their dungeon and the culprit who set me free.”

Killian just smirked as if amused at what he heard, “Well, let them come, Samantha. You know I have always wanted to end those greedy people. I know Dominic will thank me for this.”

I raised an eyebrow at him. “Don’t provoke these people, Killian. You are not sure yet what they are capable of. They all want us dead, and I am scared for you and your people. This isn’t your war.”

Killian looked at Brianne with loving eyes and then at me with a smile. “You have been my friend for a very long time, Samantha. You know you are like a family to me. You, along with the twins, Brianne and I, will do everything to help you and Dominic. That’s what I promise you.”

Brianne nodded at me with kindness on her face as if telling me she agreed with Killian as well.

I stood straight and squared my shoulders as I prepared myself to go. “I should be leaving. I have to get this thing and get Devon and Diana to bring them here with you. They are not safe in Silver Crescent anymore.”

“We will stay here and wait for the three of you.” Killian nodded and then handed me a blade in a scabbard. “You might need this.”

“Thank you.” I nodded at him and smiled before I turned my back on both of them and then sprinted to the heart of the forest, back to Silver Crescent.

Brianne was right. The most elite guard in Silver Crescent was securing Olivia’s mansion round the clock. I wasn’t sure how she managed to have them stationed there, but I sensed that they weren’t exclusively from Silver Crescent. She could have hired rogues to ensure no one could enter the place.

And that only meant that Olivia was indeed hiding something precious in her mansion that she never wanted anyone to see or know about. Olivia was hiding a valuable secret in her mansion, one that could help me in gaining power without causing me to get overwhelmed by its greatness.

I knew Olivia’s mansion. I had been there so many times because most of the parties and grand balls were held in her place. If she were hiding something important, then it should be somewhere in her bedroom.

Just as I expected, after I made myself look invisible to the guards with the use of the new ability that Brianne enhanced after the ritual. Sneaking around Olivia’s place became effortless for me.

But the way to her room was not easy.

Five giant men were roving around the hallways while four were posted in front of the door. All of them were armed with silver blades and silver weapons.

Whatever was inside that room was very important to Olivia.

The only way I could get inside was to go through the windows, which I immediately did, as quietly as possible. The elite sentinels guarded the door strictly, so it was surprising that one of the windows was open.

“What the—”

I squinted when all the lights in the room exploded the second my feet touched the marble floor.

“Samantha!?”

I lifted my face to see the horrified look on Olivia’s face. She was wearing a nightgown with a silver blade on her hand, pointing at me. “What are you doing in my room?! What do you want from me!”

“I need something from you, Olivia. Something you’re hiding in this place!” I hissed at her. She was about to scream, so I immediately sprinted towards her and pointed my blade at her neck. “Scream or I will cut open your lovely little throat.”

“I don’t know what you are talking about—”

“This! A kind of jewelry that has this symbol!” It was the symbol in my mother’s diary that Brianne confirmed that I needed to balance my strength. “Someone told me you have it! Where is it, Olivia!?”

“I don’t have any clue what you are talking about!” she screeched at me as her eyes stared at the blade with a dreaded look. “I have no such piece of jewelry! And that symbol is so ancient, there is no way I can have one of those!”

I was so shocked at what I heard that I loosened my grip on her. Olivia seized the opportunity to push herself away from me, shooting me a deadly glare.

“You are so out of your mind, Samantha! You are a f*cking savage!” she snarled at me. “How dare you break into my home!? You are not just a traitor to the pack but a thief as well!”

The insult was like a punch in the stomach, and it was too late for me to hold back. I bared my teeth and hissed at her. “Don’t you dare play the traitor card on me, Olivia. Both of us know who the real traitor is! I can’t believe you got away with what you did to me!”

“You will never get rid of me, Samantha. I have my claws around Dominic’s neck! Maybe you have him for now because he thinks you are some kind of savior who could deliver him from all the terrible things that are happening in Silver Crescent.” Her eyes widened in pure rage as she bared her teeth back at me, “But you are f*cking not! You are not helping him, Samantha! You brought all of these nightmares to Dominic, and I can’t believe he still f*cking chose you! I don’t know what you did to him, but you are just making things worse! Dominic doesn’t deserve this! You have to let him go!”

“This is not the decision I should make, Olivia. Dominic loves us. He chose us! And we will face the future  together until we eliminate all the enemies in our paths, including you and your father!”

She scoffed and laughed maniacally, “And you think Dominic will still choose you once he finds out you went running with the Alpha of the Moonstone Pack? After what you did, I have a huge feeling that Dominic thinks you betrayed not just the pack but him, Samantha!”

Olivia tilted her head to the side as soon as fear and sadness filled my eyes, and I saw her enjoying it. Savoring it. “Aww... look at my sad little Samantha. Do you think you can get away from all of this after you broke out from the dungeons of the Silver Crescent? You have no idea what a huge problem you are causing him now, little lady. Dominic must have already dispatched his men to go after you and your dirty knight in shining armor.”

“Killian is my friend and my true ally!” I snarled at her dirty remarks on mine and Killian’s connection. “You don’t know anything, Olivia!”

“Maybe I don’t,” she snapped at me as she squinted her eyes, “But everyone knows you are a sl*t, so it shouldn’t be me who you have to convince, but Dominic and the people of the Silver Crescent.”

“I will find that thing and end this chaos,” I hissed as I glared at her coldly while I stepped backwards until I felt the window on my back. “I will clear my name and take my kids away from here!”

Before Olivia could scream for the guards, I had already dived out of the window of her room and run straight into the woods.

                               

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