Hiding the Alpha's Twins: His Wolfless Luna
Chapter 185

Chapter 185: Chapter 185

[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]

“I’m sorry, Sam, but I have to do this—”

It was too late for me to realize what he was saying.

He grabbed me by my shoulder and stared at me with dark eyes. “Remember. Don’t tell anyone I came here to tell you everything I said. Once Olivia finds out that I had gone to see you and told you about the source of her dark power, she will kill Brianne and leave Moonstone in ashes, Sam. I trust you. Maybe I am not the same friend you used to know. But you know deep within you that I still care. I still care about you and the twins.”

Tears started to well in my eyes. I saw the sincerity in Killian’s words as he spoke them to me. “Then why are you doing this? Why don’t you tell me what happened and why you became one of them, Killian? Why did you lie to us and bring us to Olivia? Why are you doing this?”

There was pain in his eyes as he dragged his hand down his face and let out a breath of exasperation. No. More like a sigh of disappointment. Of himself? Of me? I wasn’t sure. Actually, I didn’t care anymore. He kept on saying he cared for me and the kids. Yet he brought us straight to the mouth of danger. No. I couldn’t trust every word he said. Not again.

“This is not just about you, Sam. This is also for Brianne and the MoonStone Pack,” he hissed at me, looking very impatient after he saw in my eyes that I still couldn’t trust him. “I risked everything to warn you. I did my best to keep you all alive. So I hope you understand the only request I am asking from you.”

“I can’t promise you anything, Killian. After what happened, I am not sure I can trust you anymore,” I hissed back at him; my eyes were sharp like knives as I glared back at him. "We are talking about my children’s safety, you know?" I won’t gamble their life after you deceived us all! I know your concern is for Brianne and your pack, and I understand your fears. But what about my fears, Killian? What about my family?”

He paused, blinked twice, and then retreated. His face appeared sad as he contemplated how everything had changed. Even my faith in him as a friend was shaken. It hurt so much! I felt that pain in him because I was disappointed with myself as well—that I couldn’t believe in him anymore. I never wanted to get to this point where we were both back to being strangers after all the years that we were together for each other.

But this was about my kids.

And I couldn’t negotiate their safety for something like this.

“I understand...” he finally murmured as he grinned at me, shaking his head gently, and that worried me, scared that he would come to his crazy self again. “It’s a mistake I went here.”

I watched how his face turned cold as he looked at me again. “Just forget I came here, Sam. But I am telling you. This sh*t will become more dangerous, so keep your eyes on the kids.”

“I don’t care what you and Olivia are planning against—”

My snarl was cut short when I felt this sharp, surprising pain on the back of my neck, which immediately turned everything back without a single warning.

*****

“Sam? Samantha...”

“Mom?”

“Mom, wake up!”

I frowned. Grimaced. As I tried to get up from the couch, the pain in my neck felt like it was killing me. Wait—what happened? I looked up, and my eyes were still blurry and unsteady, but I knew it was my husband. Behind him were Devon and Diana, who were looking at me over their father’s shoulders; both were worried sick while they tried their hardest not to cry in front of me.

“W-What happened?” I murmured as I put my hand on the back of my neck, pressing it to ease the pain.

“You tell me what happened.” Dominic’s eyes darkened as his brows deepened into a frown. “Madison was hysterical when she called in the office, telling my secretary that you were found unconscious in our room. What happened? Did someone attack you?” he asked in his grave tone as he eyed something on my neck, which I knew was a big bruise.

Madison handed Dominic an ice pack, and he carefully placed it on my neck. I jolted from the sharp, cold sensation of it, but Dominic’s grave expression softened as worry sparked in his hazel eyes. “Does it hurt? Who did this to you, love?”

I couldn’t tell him who did this to me. I didn’t even know why Killian had to do it, though. That prick! He could have killed me!

Dominic stared at me, trying to read what was in my mind, but I didn’t let him. If he could keep me away from his head, then why couldn’t I?!

My husband’s eyes narrowed as he found out what I did, and I just turned my eyes away from him, not wanting to make any more arguments. After how coldly he treated me while we travelled back to Silver Crescent, there was nothing for me to explain to him.

I knew he was worried. But while he was being an *sshole to me, I wouldn’t say a word to him. I promised Killian. And no matter how much I loved Dominic, that promise also applied to him.

When he noticed that he wouldn’t get any answer from me, he stood and walked away. However, Diana and Devon attacked me with kisses on the cheeks and tight embraces. They were scared something bad had happened to me.

From the corner of my eye, I looked at my husband and saw that he was staring back. I wondered what was in his mind while he glowered at me like I was the most vile creature he had ever met.

*****

I had to do something. I had to figure this all out!

While I made sure the kids were safe and sleeping soundly, I packed the things I needed and hooked my bag over my shoulder. After studying the whole Black Forest with the use of the necklace, which was also a holographic map from Killian, I was sure I could make it to the place where I needed to go and get back home before dawn.

I slipped the necklace inside the pocket of my pants and checked all the items that were in my bag. I made sure I had the parchment I saw in the library. I strongly believed that it was the key I needed to enter the Wolf Tomb, and if I was mistaken, at least I had tried. All I wanted was for all of this to be over. I needed to find my mother’s body and make sure Olivia didn’t do any weird things to her.

Like bringing her back from the dead.

That thought brought a sickening feeling in my stomach. I made sure all the security cameras and the alarm in the house were working before I left. I hadn’t gone far into the forest yet when I felt that familiar presence following me, and my shoulders drooped and my eyes rolled when I turned around and saw my mate walking silently behind me.

As I expected, there was this sharp glare in my husband’s eyes as he slipped his hands into the pockets of his jeans. “I knew you were up to something.”

“You shouldn’t go with me—”

“We have to do it faster if you want to be at home before the dawn breaks.”

My eyes widened in disbelief as I watched Dominic walk past me, ignoring the annoyed look on my face. He turned around, frowned slightly, and asked, "Are you coming or what?"

Deep inside, I was growling in anger, but I decided not to waste another second and let him lead the way. It seemed he had been spying on me because he knew exactly the way to where we were heading.

As I had anticipated, the Wolf Tomb was located not too far from the collapsed well where Olivia had appeared and nearly killed us all. Dominic first checked the perimeter, ensured the area was safe, and confirmed that no shadow werewolves could reveal our presence as we both approached the Tomb.

At first, I was skeptical of how easily we got into that massive mausoleum. But with how strong Dominic’s werewolf senses were, I was sure the place was carelessly unguarded.

“What are you doing?!” I hissed at my husband, eyeing him when I saw him walking straight to the basement after we found a hatch just in front of the sarcophagus.

“We can’t waste any more seconds, love. We have to explore the place while the enemies are not aware we are here.”

I followed him, furious, because it was supposed to be just me dealing with all of this. However, I realized that Dominic was right. I needed him. There was no time to argue anymore when we had to go back home fast. We couldn’t leave the kids for a long time.

The whole basement was another old library, not as old as the ancient one we saw in the underground cave, but it was filled with the same books of enchantment and spells we saw in that place. Dominic started to check the things inside. Weapons, armory, books, parchment—

“Look at this!” Dominic called for me, and I immediately approached him, curious about what he had found out. “This has the same symbol as the sarcophagus upstairs. Do you think they have a connection to opening those massive tombs?”

I stared at my husband’s eyes.

This could be the answer to all the questions we had.