Hiding the Alpha's Twins: His Wolfless Luna
Chapter 161

Chapter 161: Chapter 161

[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]

“Dominic...”

I rushed to my husband’s office to clarify something I had heard in the hallways of the pack manor that morning. I wasn’t ready to go back to work yet, but some of the council members told me that my presence in the pack manor would boost the people’s morale.

After Dominic and I had been away from the pack for several nights after the Bennetts abducted Devon and Diana, the people started to doubt if Dominic still had everything under his control. I felt that the people were still unaware of the destroyed gates, the number of deaths that occurred at the eastern gates, and the level of threat that the Silver Crescent was facing.

Once the people of Silver Crescent discovered what was really happening in their territory, there would be total chaos. And I never let these people rebel against him and tarnish my husband’s reputation as an Alpha. I had to do something. I had to stop this. I had to stop Fang Trinity and Black Claw from ruining the pack that Dominic had been working so hard on.

“Samantha...” he stood from his seat with a surprised look on his face and then smiled as he failed to hide the nervousness in his eyes. “Is there a problem?”

I felt awful when I realized he was always worried whenever I rushed into his office. He became accustomed to me rushing to him during emergencies involving the kids, and it was disheartening that we had lost all sense of peace in our lives since the kids and I moved to this pack. I wanted to question my decision.

Maybe Killian and Olivia were right that we shouldn’t have left the Moonstone pack. But when I see Dominic, the man in front of me, gazing at me with worry and love, all of these perturbations melt away. I chose him. I wanted him back in my life and to have the family I always dreamed of.

I would choose my husband over and over.

I closed the gap between us and kissed his lips gently. He looked at me, all puzzled, but with a smile on his face. All the nervousness etched on his face disappeared as he pulled me against him and kissed me again so deeply. Hungrily.

He sighed when I pulled away from him gently, but stayed in his arms. “What’s wrong? Are the kids safe? Are they with you?”

“Yes. They are at my office with Madison and Cynthia,” I said to him softly.

“Then what’s the problem?” He gently lifted my face using his thumb and index finger so that he could stare into my ocean-blue eyes. “Is there anything bothering you? Nightmares? Visions?”

“No,” I answered and hesitated for a bit, and then answered, almost stuttering, “I mean... do you really have to do this? In the middle of what is happening in the pack?”

“You mean the ceremony?” he chuckled and then gave me a soft kiss on the lips. “This is something you can’t stop, my love. Even though you say you are already and technically the Luna of my pack, the ceremony should still be held to make it official. The people should know who you are, Samantha. They should know you are my Luna and my wife.”

“I just—”

He cupped my face with his big hands; his eyes were soft as he murmured, “You deserve this, love. You fought so hard for me and the kids. You fought hard to protect Devon and Diana, and it means you also protect the future of the pack. You are not just a mother, Samantha. You are the heart of Silver Crescent.”

As I stared into my husband’s eyes, I could tell he wanted to do this so badly, so I decided not to argue about it anymore and dropped the subject.

“I’ll see you tonight.” Dominic’s face was full of pride and love as he caressed the side of my face.

*****

I found myself in front of Lena’s room.

After Dominic told me about the ceremony tonight, all I wanted was to be alone and walk mindlessly through the hall as the anxiety ate me. Dominic asked me to stay in the Alpha’s bedchamber for the preparation, but I felt the panic in me spread in my chest, and I couldn’t think of anything but going to a place and pretending it was another normal night for us.

Normal night.

I scoffed at the idea.

I pushed the heavy door and was surprised it wasn’t locked. Had someone cleaned inside and forgotten to lock it when they left?

The room was clean. No dust. Everything was perfect, except for the fact that the person using it was gone. Dead. Lena will never come back. And that realization still couldn’t sink into my head. Because while I stood there in the middle of her room, it felt as if she would step in at any moment and smile at me like she usually did before.

“I’m so sorry, Lena.” A tear rolled down my cheek as I looked down at the floor, my chest burdened with guilt and grief that I couldn’t explain. “I’m so sorry.”

With my throat swelling as I sobbed, I decided to leave the room and head straight to the Alpha’s bedchamber to prepare for whatever was waiting for me in the ceremony hall.

But I noticed something strange on the floor.

A loose part of it creaked under my step, and I bent down to check on it. I frowned when I saw that part of the floor was raised, as if something beneath it had pushed it up. With so much curiosity, I removed the wood and was surprised at what I saw.

A wooden box.

It had the same design as the box my mother owned, in which I found her diary.

My heart was beating fast as I took the box from under the floor and opened it. Documents. Loads of it! I wanted to check them one by one, but I didn’t have enough time to read each of them. But there was a paper that caught my attention after I saw an attached photo of it. A CCTV photo of me with all my luggage, the day I left Silver Crescent.

“The time and date when Samantha left Silver Crescent. My son, Dominic, knew she would leave, and I saw him stuff the silver wolf pendant in her luggage, telling me not to tell his wife about it. Only the Alpha’s wife can possess the pendant, a charm that protects its owner. Despite my son’s indifference to Samantha, I knew deep inside him that he still cared for her.”

My heart raced as I pulled the pendant from underneath the documents. It was the necklace I returned to Lena the day we met at the Moonstone Pack, since I left Silver Crescent. My eyes focused on the initials engraved on it, which were the initials of my mate’s name.

“Ohh, Lena,” I smiled as I carefully placed the pendant in the middle of my palm, “You kept it for me?”

I placed the box back under the secret storage, replaced the wood, and ensured it was aligned on the floor, hoping no one would notice it. I wanted to take it back with me. But this thing must be important to Lena, and I never wanted to invade any more of the business she had when she was alive.

Despite my strong curiosity to know all of it.

*****

“Your Grace!”

I turned around and was surprised to see Madison half-running towards me. I was going to Dominic’s and my room when she approached me with a worried face. Panic struck me like an arrow to the chest, and I grabbed Madison’s shoulder as I tensed.

“The kids—”

“I apologize if I scared you, Lady Samantha. The kids are safe.” She swallowed hard upon seeing the fear in my eyes. I realized how terrifying my reaction was and started to loosen my grip on her shoulders as I muttered an apology to the babysitter of my twins.

“It’s Lady Diana,” Madison said with a worried smile. “She asks for you before she sleeps.”

“Oh,” My shoulders relaxed, and I breathed as I stared at Madison’s gentle face. “Alright. I’ll go there. Just... just give me a minute.”

Madison nodded at me and then went back to the room where the twins stayed. I let out a heavy sigh and massaged the middle part of my eyes, trying to lose all the tension and fear that I felt before I faced Devon and Diana. I never wanted them to see me in that kind of state when they had slowly recovered from what happened in the Black Forest.

“Hi, Mommy,’ Diana smiled as soon as I got into their rooms. They sat on the edge of their beds, smiling excitedly at me.

“Hi, baby.” I smiled back and then kissed both of their foreheads. “It’s late. Why are you not sleeping yet?”

“Diana is scared she might get nightmares again,” Devon told me as he looked at his sister, who shot him a glare. He averted his eyes, as if he wasn’t sorry that he told me what Diana couldn’t tell me.

To my surprise, Diana’s focus went to the pendant of the necklace I got from Lena’s box, and she touched it as she said softly, “Daddy’s scent was so vivid in my dreams.”

I frowned, mystified at Diana’s riddles. “What do you mean, sweetheart?”

She just stared at me and shrugged her shoulders. “I am not sure how I can explain it to you, Mom. But we know. This necklace—I can feel a strong connection to dad when I touch it. It belongs to him, and he gave it to you to protect you, right?”

I almost gasped as I heard my daughter tell things that she shouldn’t know. But Diana was special. She had a gift that no one could explain. And that gave me more reason to dedicate my life to protecting them, and finally decide on one thing.

I will go to the ceremony.

I will accept the power and the responsibility to be the Luna of this pack.