Hiding the Alpha's Twins: His Wolfless Luna
Chapter 153

Chapter 153: Chapter 153

[DEVON’s Point of View]

I saw how Dominic rushed out of the door after returning, just long enough to check on us and Mom and change clothes. I could tell Mom wasn’t herself the whole time after witnessing Diana’s bleeding nose, which worries me. I wish I could do anything to help her feel better during this difficult time. I wish I could make her smile. But how? Everything that was happening in this city was just so scary. After Diana and I got abducted, it became a nightmare to me day and night, and sleeping became something I was scared to do. Occasionally, I would stay up until I passed out, and it wasn’t a very pleasant feeling, especially since I had to make sure my twin sister was safe.

I promised Mom I would always keep my sister safe.

“Devon?”

“Shhh...”

“What are you doing?” Diana asked while rubbing her sleepy eyes. “Are you looking for Mommy? Why don’t we just—”

“Shhh, Diana!” I hissed at Diana, and she looked at me with an annoyed expression. She hates it when I interrupt her when she speaks. “I’m sorry. I just... I am worried about Mom.”

“All of us are worried for Mom,” she snaps at me and then pushes me gently a little, just enough for her to see what Mom was doing. She frowned. “Do you think you know what that notebook is?”

“I am not sure...” I whispered to her, wishing I had sneaked inside Mom’s room before to check it. But even if I could, I wouldn’t know what it was about.

And I couldn’t read.

“Do you think we should go and cheer Mom?” Diana whispered, her eyes getting teary. We can’t just let her cry alone like that.”

“We can, but we are not sure if that will help her,” I said to her as I slumped my back against the wall, feeling upset, mostly to myself because I couldn’t do anything. “Mom has gone through so many terrible things since we moved to this place. I just wish we didn’t leave Moonstone.”

“This is not our decision to make, Devon. You know that,” Diana said softly, as she understood my feelings. She felt it too. She is my twin. “She loves Dominic. And this is the place where she grew up. She is supposed to be here with us.”

“I know. I just hate—”

Both of us hid behind the curtain after we sensed multiple presences of werewolves outside the door. With our ability to hide our aura, we were able to hide behind the curtain without Mom noticing us. I guess she didn’t know yet that we were able to use that ability. After we gained our wolves, Diana and I had been learning a lot of things, and I thought it was cool. But as Diana and I got exposed to scary things that were happening around our family, the more I wished we just didn’t leave the Moonstone pack.

“Who are they?”

“Shhh!” Diana eyed me as she shushed me.

I wanted to know how the people were on the other side of the door, but Diana grabbed my hand so tight I winced. I thought my heart would explode with fear as I turned to look at her face. I had never seen Diana so terrified like this.

Her eyes were wide with terror, and her little hand, grabbing mine, was shaking just like her whole body. It was as if her jaws were locked because she murmured something that I wasn’t able to comprehend.

“D-Diana!” Are you alright?!” I asked in panic. “What happened to you? What’s wrong?!”

I looked at the other side, where the door slammed open and men came rushing inside toward Mom. She looked confused as she clutched the notebook on her chest, her knuckles white as she confronted them. My mind was in complete panic! I wasn’t sure if I would stay by my twin’s side or if I would go sprint toward Mom and stop the men from scaring her! My feet were ready to run for Mom, but my mind stayed with my twin. I didn’t know what to do!

“I can hear something.”

I frowned and then turned to look at the pale, terrified face of my sister. “What? What do you mean, Diana? What is happening? We have to go to Mom. Something just happened, and she looks scared—”

“Under the ground,” Diana said again, her eyes so steady as if she was seeing something I couldn’t—like she was having illusions. Or visions? Mom said they were visions, but I wasn’t sure why it happened to my twin and not me.

“Under the ground, Devon! Something is calling us from the underground!” she repeated as she pulled my arm to go somewhere, which made me more frightened. Diana needed help! Mom needed help! And I couldn’t do anything to either of them! I was in a panic, scared, and I felt useless.

Tears rolled down my cheeks as I looked at my twin sister’s delirious face. I wish I knew what to do so I could help her. But we were just kids. We were kids, and we had no idea why all of these mysterious, weird things were happening to us!

“Tell me where it is, Diana,” I whispered to her as I wiped my tears with the back of my hand and exhaled, making a brave face for her. “Show me,” I said, my throat swelling as I swallowed the sob emerging from it.

I gave Mom one last look before Diana showed me where that creepy voice was coming from. Mom was arguing with the men at our doorstep, but I couldn’t hear them anymore. My heart was so loud in my ear as my sister led me to the kitchen and then to the cellar.

The underground. She was talking about the cellar!

“Wait, Diana, you want us to go down there?” I asked her, terrified. “We don’t know what’s in there!”

“There is a sound underground,” Diana repeated in a voice that sounded like a robot. There was no fear or worry. Just... very emotionless, and that’s when I started to shake her shoulders, hoping I could wake her up from something that possessed her.

But I failed.

“It’s calling us, Devon. It is waiting for us downstairs. We have to go.” She murmured, her eyes weren’t blinking. She only stared blankly at my face as she murmured words I couldn’t comprehend.

I wasn’t sure what was waiting for both of us under the cellar, but I had to save my sister from whatever it was that was controlling her. I had to know what it was. I had to know if it was the same evil people who abducted us in the forest. I had to know how I could break this curse from my sister!

“Okay, if you want to go down, we will go down together. Do you hear me, Diana? I will not leave you alone with this. We will face it together, sis.” I said to her softly as I patted the top of her head. “I will never leave you, no matter what. I promised Mom I would protect you.”

Just as I expected, there was no reaction on her face, but she pushed me again toward the cellar, this time a little harder, making me almost lose my balance.

“Fine, fine!” I hissed at her, opening the cellar’s door so she could get inside. I watched her as she carefully stepped down the steep stairs, scared that she might slip.

But despite whatever was happening to my sister, she seemed to be still conscious of her surroundings, and she went down fast and safely.

When I went down, my eyes widened after I saw that faint blue light that was seeping from the cracks in the walls.

“Diana! Don’t you dare touch that—”

But she did! She walked straight to it and touched the wall. I thought my heart would drop through the floor when a massive circle appeared in front of her, the same color as the ring around our eyes. Liquid Gold.

I almost jumped when the door of the cellar slammed shut. My heartbeat went faster when I turned around and heard a deep, strange voice of a man coming from the walls. All the hair on my arms, neck, and legs stood as I tried to pull my sister away from the walls. She won’t move. She was stuck there, murmuring something I couldn’t hear.

“Little keys, it’s time to go home.”

“No! No, Diana! Fight this!” I screamed at my sister, feeling all hopeless and scared. I remembered the whistle Mom taught me in case of an emergency, when we needed it. The whistle would alert Killian as well. I just wasn’t sure if Killian or any of them upstairs could hear us, but I had to try, or my sister and I would be in real trouble.

“Diana, please!!!” I cried to her.

I didn’t know what to do anymore, so even though it didn’t make sense, I just tried to whistle, hoping anyone could hear us. Save us from what was happening with my sister!

But before I could make a proper sound of it, the ground started to shake, and clouds of dust started to fall from the ceiling of the cellar. Bricks and stone started colliding above us, giving me no choice but to jump over my sister and wrap myself around her, protecting her from the debris falling on us.

Diana’s hand illuminated, and she pressed her hands against the wall. I lifted my face and saw words engraved on it.

“Save Mom.” I heard her whisper before everything turned black.