Hiding the Alpha's Twins: His Wolfless Luna
Chapter 155

Chapter 155: Chapter 155

[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]

“Sam—”

Killian and Brianne barged into the house and approached me and Dominic. My face was so pale, and my eyes couldn’t focus on what was happening. Everything around me seemed to slow down, and my heart pounded in my chest, throat, and ears.

I was so dizzy I had to grab onto the wall to steady myself.

It was as if the world was caving in...

“Lady Sam, My Lady, are you alright?” Brianne grabbed me by the shoulders and looked at my face closely. Her eyes were wide with worry as she tried to help me regain my equilibrium. “You should know that the children are still alive, Lady Samantha. Focus. You have to reach out to them through the bond.”

“I-I don’t know,” I said to Brianne with panic. “I can’t reach them through the bond! I can’t feel them anywhere around here! It’s like they disappeared in thin air—”

“Hey, hey, Alpha Dominic and Alpha Killian will do their best to track down these abductors, Lady Samantha. We will take them back. We will take back Devon and Diana. They will be safe.”

That exploded something in me, and I grabbed Brianne’s shoulders so tight she grimaced and then pushed her with her back on the wall. I never intended to be that aggressive to her, but something was going on with my head—something that was hard for me to control, and it scared me. Our eyes locked, both were baffled, and I lowered my eyes to the floor, feeling so apologetic.

“I’m so sorry,” I whispered to Brianne and left her on the wall as she stared at me like I was a monster.

“Samantha—”

“We have to go find them, Dominic! I am tired of all of you telling me what to do! I need to know what happened to my kids! Kill those who took them! If something happened to them, I swear to the Moon Goddess I would go straight to that cave in the Black Forest and kill them all by myself!”

Dominic was stunned by the fierceness in my tone, and even Killian was shocked by the anger that burned in my eyes. Brianne stayed staring at me as if measuring the situation, knowing that she couldn’t be a lot of help after she failed several attempts to track the beasts that took the twins.

“Lady Samantha is right. You have to go down that passage in the cellar to find the twins. I have a huge feeling it’s the Fang Trinity who did this. They have a big desire to take the kids, knowing they are the keys to this power that they had been trying to unlock for centuries. They won’t kill them, Lady Samantha. They need the kids alive.”

“Then let’s go!” Killian said with urgency in his voice as he curled his hands and tightened them into fists. “We can’t waste any more time arguing here!”

“Who said you are coming with us?” Dominic snapped at Killian, throwing the Moonstone Alpha an annoyed look. “This is none of your business, Killian. It’s my family.”

“Well, Samantha is family to me too!” Killian snapped at him and then marched towards my mate as they glared at each other, grinding each other’s teeth in suppressed anger. “You know you need all the help you can get, Dominic. Stop acting like a kid here and focus on what we should do. Save the kids from those bastards.”

I looked at both of them and saw Dominic’s face soften at what Killian said. My friend was right. It was not the right time to argue about anything anymore and just focus on finding Devon and Diana. Dominic let out a heavy sigh; his darkened eyes were etched with exhaustion. It’s been so many nights since he couldn’t sleep well with all the terrible things that happened in Silver Crescent, especially after his mother died. And after the Black Claw massacred numbers of his relatives, Dominic had become paranoid and restless—that rage in him was growing and I found it dangerous. He was getting more uncontrollable and dangerous.

And I had a feeling it was what the enemies wanted. For Dominic to lose it until he gives up on everything.

But I would never let that happen.

“Let Killian go with us, Dominic. He is right. We need all the help we can get. But I won’t risk taking Brianne with us.” I said to them as I approached them and massaged my forehead. The throbbing pain never left my head. “If this tunnel leads us to Black Forest, then Brianne can be right. It is either Black Claw or the Fang Trinity. We need to know where they hide the kids.”

“Let’s go, then. Like I said, there’s no time to waste.” he hissed as he glared at Dominic, who was looking down at the floor.

I felt awful about how it shook my husband’s confidence. That he always fails to protect the kids. I wanted to tell him it wasn’t his fault at all but mine. I hated to admit that Olivia was right. It was my sole duty as the Luna to protect the future of the pack. But no matter how cautious and protective I was with the kids, the enemies always stayed one step ahead of me. They were unpredictable and powerful and I didn’t know what I could do if they ever hurt my children.

“Let’s go then,” Dominic snarled under his breath as he held my hand gently and led me straight to the cellar, leaving Killian kissing Brianne goodbye.

*****

[You know you don’t have to be so cranky like that to Killian. You know he’s into Brianne already.] I said to my husband through our bond, hoping he would stop from being too rude to my friend.

[No matter what you say, I am still not comfortable when he’s around.] he answered, trying his best not to snap at me. I could tell he hated the idea that Killian was just behind us, making sure the rear was safe and had been keeping an eye on me, making sure I was safe. [It’s a family matter. He shouldn’t be here.]

[he’s trying to help...] I tried to make Dominic understand that Killian had no ill intention about it. [He’s not gloating or anything. He’s kind enough to offer help. He cares for the kids.]

Dominic snorted, still detesting the Moonstone Alpha.

The tunnel was cold, and I had been exhaling on my palm to keep myself warm. My eyes widened when someone grabbed my hands and tried to warm them. I thought it was my husband first, so I wasn’t bothered. But when I lifted my face, it was Killian, smiling and enclosing my freezing hands between his warm hands.

“Always having cold hands, Sam? You never changed. It’s just like before, when you used to visit home in the winter for Christmas with the kids. You used to always forget your gloves so you always needed my help to warm your small hands.” Killian smiled as he rubbed his hands against mine, making me blush. “I miss those days.”

Dominic saw what he did and my husband’s brows deepened. He then looked at me with a warning and that’s when I pulled my hands away from Killian with an awkward smile.

I didn’t know if Killian was trying Dominic’s patience. If I didn’t know Killian so much, I would think he was enjoying making Dominic angry. However, I could tell that he was sincere in his words and genuinely worried. Only it wasn’t appropriate to act like that toward me anymore because he knew I was already marked. And he was mated to Brianne. Maybe it was just a friendly gesture? I wasn’t really sure why Killian was behaving like this whenever I was around.

Killian sighed as he continued, “I can still remember when we went to a raid one time and I was terribly injured by silver chains and your blood dripped onto my wound, making it miraculously heal fast. Do you think it has something to do with you being a descendant of Primordial bloodline?”

“You know what?” Dominic stood from his seat as he stepped close to Killian with a deadly threat in his eyes, “How about you keep your hands to yourself and stop touching my wife?” he snarled in a low, deadly voice.

“Stop it, both of you!” I snarled as I ran between them, pushing them apart from each other.

While I tried to keep them from destroying each other’s faces, I heard a faint sound of children laughing through the tunnel, and the musky smell of the forest filled my nose. We were the end of the tunnel! And the kids—

“Sam!”

“Samantha!”

I ignored both of them and continued running until I saw the light from the outside. The intel was right. It led us straight to the Black Forest, where I saw a floating castle in the middle of a wide, crystal blue river!

I didn’t waste any more seconds. I knew in my heart my kids were there! I had to know if they were still alive! So I ran to the bridge that led me to the giant door of the dark castle. As I got nearer to it, I noticed the thick vines resembled the birthmarks of my twins on their backs! The patterns, resembling cascading lines, caused the hairs on the back of my neck to stand. It was so eerie that I felt something in my stomach twisting.

“Devon... Diana...” I whispered under my breath as I panted, hoping they could hear me and respond through the bond. But my head was silent. No voices. Only despair.

As soon as the tips of my fingers touched the door, a fragment of memories came flashing in my head. Lights blinded my eyes as I squinted to peek at them and there, I saw my mother, holding me in her arms, carrying me as a baby in her arms. We were surrounded by silver wolf totems that were kneeling around us. A flag waving above her head—that same symbol in Richard Bennette’s video when he lied in front of thousands of Silver Crescent citizens about me.

I touched my aching head, feeling as if it was about to split into two.

What was that about?! What’s the meaning of those images that flashed in my head!?