Chapter 183

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[SAMANTHA’S Point of View]

I didn’t sleep a wink.

That morning, all I did was stare outside the window and watch the kids play in the backyard. Madison and Cynthia were thrilled that the kids and I were back. The house was clean, and Madison prepared a delicious meal for us after she heard the news that we’re heading back home from the Pack Manor.

Diana embraced both of them after she jumped out of the car. Devon followed, but he was more casual with the two, and that’s when I knew that my son had grown a lot after all the horrible things we went through in the Black Forest.

He was growing like his father…

A part of me was worried about that realization. Despite having my ocean-blue eyes, Devon bore a striking resemblance to his father. The way he observed things silently, the way he slipped his hands in his pockets while having deep thoughts—all of this, I remember Dominic in him.

I wanted Devon and Diana to have an amazing and safe childhood. But it was as if fate was testing me. My family. Dominic. I haven’t seen my husband since we saw each other in the library. I expected he would sleep in the same room as me last night, but he didn’t. Could it be that he was avoiding me? Was he hiding something? I wonder what happened and why he suddenly changed after we got back to Silver Crescent. It was as if everything he said to me while we were in the cave was just a dream. As if all of it didn’t really happen.

Sighing, I rested my head on the backrest of the sofa and stared at the ceiling. I started to feel anxious about what to do next. Liam informed me that the Black Claws and the Fang Trinity had ceased their attacks on the eastern gates after we vanished into the forest, but when we returned at night, they were once again waiting at the edge of the border as if waiting for me or Dominic to go to the Black Forest—like they were expecting us to go back there.

They knew we would go back.

At the open door of my room, I tilted my head to peek at the spot where I had placed the parchment I had seen in the library. I still had no idea what to do with the parchment, but I was sure there was a reason it appeared to me while I was in the library.

“Mom!”

I was baffled when I heard Devon’s voice screaming for me. I jumped off the couch and went straight to the backyard, my heart fluttering with both panic and worry, wondering what had happened.

“Yes, are you hurt?! What happened?”

Madison and Cynthia were also there, watching the kids. They both looked troubled but were still smiling, trying not to notice the panic etched on my face, thinking that I still hadn’t recovered yet from the horrors I had seen in the Black Forest.

My shoulders tensed when I noticed Diana and Devon gazing at the bushes near the wall gates in the backyard. The bushes moved, creating rustling sounds that drained the blood from my face. My first instinct was to grab them and take them back into the house. But Devon would know if it was something dangerous. I trusted my son’s instinct after all his experience in the Black Forest.

“Mom, look…”

Diana’s soft voice calmed me somehow, but my mind was still on full alert for whatever was hiding behind the bushes. A sound like a dog whimpering was heard, and seconds after, a small wolf cub stepped out of the bushes, wounded and trembling with fear.

“Oh, you poor little thing.” Diana immediately took the cub in her arms.

“Diana, it could be—”

She smiled as she pulled the cub to her chest, “Relax, Mom. This poor baby looks hurt and hungry. Can we take it inside? Please?”

Madison and Cynthia looked at me, seemingly expecting that I would agree to help the poor baby cub. Devon waited for me to answer, too, looking so concerned at the baby animal in my daughter’s arms.

“Fine. But be careful not to be bitten, okay? I told the kids, “We still don’t know where it came from,” after sensing it was harmless. I knew it was funny and ridiculous to think, but I had seen so many strange and mind-bending things in the Black Forest that any unexpected things like this would make me paranoid and would be sent by the enemies to hurt the kids.

Although we were already inside the borders of my husband’s turf, I still couldn’t lower my guard and pretend everything would be alright. While Olivia, the Fang Trinity, and the Black Claws were out there, waiting for the chance to kill us all, my mind would never be at peace.

Devon and Diana were thrilled that they could at least take care of the cub. They ran inside and asked Madison and Cynthia if they could help them treat the wound and feed the baby wolf. I smiled at the four of them, glad my kids were growing up kind and innocent despite the dangers they faced in the Ancient Library’s underground caves in the Black Forest.

If only I could take all those bad memories away from them…

“Oh, you are so cute!” Diana smiled as she tried to kiss the cub on the wolf, but hesitated after I warned her not to, for it might need a vaccine first. She pouted at me, though, but smiled again and then giggled as the cub started to become more energetic and playful.

“Can we keep it, Mom?!” Devon asked, giving me puppy eyes as he stared at me, hoping that I would consider their desire to keep the poor baby wolf. “We want to take care of it, at least until it can take care of itself.”

“Fine. You can keep it. But we have to send it to the animal doctor first to know what the cub really needs.” I smiled at my son, and Diana’s eyes glowed with happiness as she embraced their new pet. “We need to make sure the cub is healthy and is safe to play around you.”

Devon and Diana ran towards me and embraced me tightly, feeling so excited that they finally had a pet and a new playmate. “Thank you, Mom! We will take good care of it!”

“Good. I expect you to be good to the baby.” I smiled and then kissed their cheeks and pulled them to me for a tight embrace.

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