Chapter 117
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[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]
“Why don’t you tell us what really happened, Samantha? Where did you drag the Alpha and he came here almost half-dead?!” asked one of the council members, baring his teeth at me. “What is really going on here?”
I ignored him and hissed at Olivia once again, my fists tightened, wanting to feel the skin off her face, “If you still love your life, Olivia, you take your hands off my husband.”
Three seconds passed while Olivia and I exchanged glares; Dominic finally moved and awkwardly took Olivia’s hand away from him. There was malice on Olivia’s face as she flinched from me and Dominic as she scoffed, looking so insulted that my husband didn’t choose her this time.
Then she gave me that evil grin as she lifted her face and looked at me arrogantly in the eyes. She uttered tauntingly, “You think you can hide everything from me, Samantha? Do you think I don’t know what’s happening here?”
I was stunned at what she said for a second, but I couldn’t let the council people see me looking disconcerted. “I have no idea what you are talking about, Olivia. Just go and do something useful. Not just poking around seducing someone’s husband.”
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock at the sharpness of my words, and Dominic held my hand, wanting me to ignore Olivia and leave the infirmary. “Come on, Samantha. This is not the time to do this—”
“No.” Olivia folded her arms on her chest as she gave me a sassy, superior look. “Let her talk. Do you think I am afraid of you, Samantha?” she scoffed and then tilted her head at me in a mocking grin, “You are a deserter to the pack and no matter what you do, nothing can change that.” She stepped closer to me and hissed, loud enough for me to hear, “Do you think I don’t know what secrets you are hiding about your kids?”
My eyes burned liquid gold as my body reacted to what she said, but Dominic was fast. He pushed me away from Olivia before my hands could even reach her and shatter her pretty face on the floor.
She giggled tauntingly before she left with the other council members. Aggravated, I pushed Dominic’s hand away from me and exhaled in exasperation, thankful that at least I had controlled myself. I never wanted to show any violence in front of the council, no matter how much I wanted to give Olivia one smack on the face.
“Don’t start here, Samantha… you know the council is not happy with what is going on and I don’t want them to think you are the problem here because you are not. They have no idea…” Dominic whispered to me, putting some sense in my head. “Don’t mind whatever she is saying. I doubt Richard wants to drag his daughter to the dark side of what is really happening here so don’t fall for any threat or blackmail she’s setting up on you. She’s not worth it.”
I bit my lower lip hard as I inhaled sharply and looked at him in the eyes. “I am scared of what she knows about the kids, Dominic. If I have to—”
Dominic pulled me into an embrace as he buried my face in his chest, “Sshh… I will take care of this. Trust me.”
*****
Despite my husband’s reassurance about keeping Olivia away from me and the kids, my mind couldn’t rest from the fact that she knew something about my family’s secret—that my kids were not just regular werewolves, but rather descendants of the Royal Clan. I had a feeling Richard Bennett had been telling his daughter everything he learned about me and my family. I had a feeling Olivia knew everything and what she did—it was a threat that she could use it all against me.
“Where are you going, Miss Samantha?” Cynthia asked after she saw me snatch my hoodie and then went straight to the doors.
“I won’t be long, Cynthia. Make sure that you and Madison stay with the kids while I’m gone. I just need to go somewhere.” I smiled and then closed the door behind me.
I knew where to find her. I made sure to know her schedule this entire week when I went to pack manor and searched for her appointments and schedules. This time of the day, she had an appointment with someone she didn’t name. I found it suspicious, though, because the area was one of the poorest places in Silver Crescent and Olivia would never go there unless it was very important.
I needed to know what kind of people she was going to meet. There was no way any of the council members would meet with her in those dangerous alleys. I had a feeling Olivia had dirty secrets I needed to unveil in case she was plotting something against me.
And my instinct was right.
I hid behind one of the buildings that overlooked Olivia and the people she was about to meet. I did everything to hide my presence as I waited for what would happen next. And I was right again. Those men who approached her were not from Silver Crescent. I sensed a dark aura on them. They evoked a sense of danger, just like the one Dominic had killed in the Black Forest.
They handed her something. An envelope. I saw how pleased Olivia was when she took the thing and then gestured for them to disappear. Like, she was so terrified to be seen with those men.
I had to know what she was up to.
*****
“Love.”
I turned and saw Dominic standing on the doorway of our room with a worried look on his face. I didn’t know how long I was spacing out while brushing my long hair. Had he been calling my name? I wasn’t sure. My head was so distracted by the scene I saw in that alley with Olivia and those suspicious men. I had been feeling so distressed since I came home and helped prepare the kids’ supper.
He closed the gap between us and embraced me from behind. I felt his lips touch the back of my neck, so gently it tickled me. “What’s wrong? Are you still thinking about what Olivia told you?”
“No.” A Lie. “I just went back to the infirmary to check if the antidote is ready. The healers told me they need more time.”
Dominic sighed, held my shoulders, turned me around to face him, and kissed my lips gently. “No one can harm you and the kids, love. I will protect you with my life. Nothing is more important for me than you and the twins’ safety.”
I gazed into his eyes, trusting him completely that everything would be fine, but his words couldn’t ease the anxiety in me. My mind wanders to the envelope that Olivia received from those strangers. And even while Dominic was embracing me tight, hoping to distract my mind from everything that had been bothering me since we came back from the Black Forest, I just couldn’t hide the fear in me.
I had to know what was in that f*cking envelope.
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