Hiding the Alpha's Twins: His Wolfless Luna
Chapter 172

Chapter 172: Chapter 172

[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]

Killian was about to punch Dominic in the face to let me go, but I felt his grip loosen and stopped the Moonstone Alpha by raising my hand to him. I panicked when his eyes rolled back to his head, and my husband fell on the cold, grassy ground, unconscious and sweating so badly.

My eyes widened as I gripped my neck where his hands had been, and I breathed quickly, trying to calm myself down in front of the kids. Even Devon and Diana were so shocked they couldn’t immediately process what happened.

“What the f*ck—”

I shot Killian a deadly glare for swearing, reminding him that the kids were with us.

He cleared his throat and straightened his back as he corrected his words, “I mean, what the heck had just happened?!”

“Body reflex? I am not really sure,” I said, caressing the burning feeling around my neck as I cleared my throat and then went to Devon and Diana to hug them. They were so baffled that they just stared at their dad and didn’t speak or react at all.

“Hey, hey, it’s okay. Dad is just going through something. It’s not him. Something must have happened to him, okay?” I caressed Diana’s hair and tucked it behind her ear while I patted Devon on his shoulder and then pinched his cheek gently. “He will be okay; we will find out what happened to Dad. He never intended to hurt Mommy, so don’t get upset. Something happened.”

Killian seemed unconvinced by what I said, but he folded his chest and then smiled at the two children reassuringly. “Yeah, your Mom must be right. Maybe that cave did something to your dad. We will find a way to fix this, kids. So nothing to worry about, okay?”

Diana nodded, but Devon looked down and away from me and Killian, his eyes furrowed in concern. I knew it was difficult for him when he saw Dominic grab my neck and try to kill me. He always looked for a reason to accept him as his father, but after what he saw, I was scared he must have completely lost hope of forgiving Dominic.

And I didn’t know what to do about it.

Seeing the helplessness in my face, Killian went to Devon and tousled my son’s dark, unruly hair. “Don’t take things too seriously, kid. I am sure your dad never wanted to hurt your mom. Like what we told you, he must be under some influence of whatever that was in the cave. Once he wakes up, we will find out what happened," he said as he bent down to look at Devon’s face and smiled. “So stop fretting, okay? Everything will be okay. Just have faith that it’s not something that will put your dad’s life in danger. He is the Alpha of the Silver Crescent pack, and you will inherit his title and become the next Alpha of your generation. You need him to teach you everything he knows about your turf.”

Devon’s face flushed at the thought, and he pouted his lips as he mumbled, “I don’t care about any titles, though.”

Amused, Killian stood and then smirked as he tousled Devon’s hair again, “Sure you don’t, kid.”

Seeing Devon smile after Killian calmed him down brought relief and lightened that load in my chest a little. But then I looked down at my husband, and all the worries flooded my head again, wondering what happened to him and what he meant about the evidence that he didn’t believe.

Could it be about the evidence regarding Mother Luna’s death?

Could it be possible that he thinks I killed his mother despite all the evidence that pointed to Randalf as the one who killed Lena that night?

That thought brought a wave of pain in my heart, a kind that felt like cold knives stabbing me in the chest over and over.

I frowned and chose not to entertain the fear and doubt that emerged in my chest. I never wanted to believe Dominic still blamed me for what happened. But after what he did and said, I didn’t know anymore. I was confused. And hurt.

“Let’s go,” I said in a grave tone, as my eyes darkened due to the negative thoughts and feelings that loomed in my head and chest. “We have to find our way back to Silver Crescent.”

I looked around, sucking in a deep breath through my teeth with my fists on my hips. This place wasn’t the same Black Forest we were in before we got into the underground cave. The trees were different, and I couldn’t smell the lake that should be around here, which was also near the borders of Silver Crescent. The exit led us to a completely unfamiliar location, and I became concerned that we had strayed too far from my husband’s territory.

“I think we’re lost,” I exhaled in exasperation, rubbing my forehead, and then examining the trees again around us. “There are no growing pine trees around Silver Crescent. We are in a different place.”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought, too.” Killian looked around at his surroundings and then gazed up at the cloudless sky, where the full moon was at its peak.  “I just hope this cave didn’t bring us straight to the territories of our enemies. We have to be careful.”

“Mom, look!”

Diana pointed her little finger somewhere, and when I looked at it, my eyes widened, and I couldn’t believe what I saw.

“I swear there is no house there when I looked around,” I murmured, mostly to myself, as I squinted my eyes and walked closer, wanting to make sure it was a house and not some enemy’s base camp.

“Let’s check the place. We need shelter while your husband is still unconscious, Sam. We can’t stay in an open area like this. It’s too dangerous.” Killian suggested, grunting as he carried Dominic on his shoulder. “We need to keep the children safe.”

“Yeah,” I nodded and then reached for Devon and Diana’s hands as I led all of them towards the old house in the middle of the pine woods.

*****

It was an old cabin that had looked abandoned for many years. The floor that was made of wood creaked from Killian and Dominic’s weight as he stepped in, studying the place with extra caution while securing my husband on his shoulder.

But what caught more of my attention was the family insignia of Dominic’s Clan embroidered artistically on a banner that hung in the middle of the wall just above the small fireplace. I walked towards the fine fabric and felt it between my fingers as I stared at the symbol and then frowned.

How come this house belonged to Dominic’s clan when it was standing outside their territory?

“Mom, is that grandma?”

I turned around to see the picture frame Devon was staring at. The picture frame was hanging on the wall alongside several others. The place was dark, but with our werewolf eyes, we were able to see everything clearly, like night vision.

And that’s when I recognized who the people in the picture were.

I snatched the picture frame from the wall and looked at it closely with my heart beating wildly in my chest. It was Lena, and she looked so much younger in these old photos. She was handing a swaddled baby to a man wearing a silver wolf mask, and I couldn’t tell who it was until I saw that tattoo on his neck...

I felt nauseated when I realized that the person in the photo with her was Randalf Bennet. He was taking the child from Lena’s arms with a serious look on his face. It didn’t feel right because I knew I was that baby in the picture. Cold sweat started to bead on my forehead until I felt Killiam behind me. He looked down at the photo in silent surprise.

“Is that—

“There’s no way that’s Richard Bennett, and we are not sure that the baby was mine,” I said in denial as I shoved the picture in Killian’s hands for him to look at it. “No. That’s not me.”

“Yeah,” he answered, a little confused, but the look on his face made me think he really believed it was me and Richard Bennett in the photo. “Yeah, maybe it’s just some random kid.”

Both Killian and I knew it was Lena, me, and Richard, and he was considerate enough not to make me upset with what I saw. Why was Richard there?!

Dizzy, I looked away, massaged my temples with both hands, and shook my head slightly, feeling confused about what I had just seen. What did it mean? Why was Richard taking me from Lena?

Was that the reason why Richard stared at me when Lena welcomed me into the Silver Crescent pack after she lied to me that my parents both died in an accident?!

“I heard Lena and your mom are comrades in arms,” Killian said softly to me while he stared at the photo. “But why is Lena handing you over to Richard when they branded him as a huge traitor? Do you think there was something more about this that we don’t know about what really happened?”

Lifting my face at Killian, I wasn’t sure what to say or how to react to this. It was all in contrast to what I read in my mom’s diary, and I was starting to doubt if everything she wrote in her diary was real.

“Maybe there is another reason for the usurpation of the throne—”

Killian didn’t finish his sentence after we all heard that eerie sound of chains somewhere in the cabin. Devon and Diana immediately ran towards us in a hurry, and I grabbed them against me, making sure they were safe.

“That sound came from underneath us!” Killian hissed softly as his eyes sharpened. All of us were ducking in full alert.

And as the sound of the chains underneath us continued, a scent so familiar caught my nose. I frowned. It couldn’t be.

It couldn’t be Olivia! She was already dead!