Chapter 122

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[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]

I got home so exhausted that I didn’t even make it to my room.

I slumped on the sofa after I threw my bag on the floor, grunting in headache as I buried my face in the throw pillow. I was hungry, but I had no energy to go to the kitchen to get some food. What time did I last eat? Last night? I couldn’t even remember if I ate breakfast. All I had was water throughout the day while I tried to focus on finding that symbol in the library.

My head ached more as I remembered Dominic and Killian’s bickering. I was thrilled to see my friend again after I left the Moonstone Pack. But I understood, too, that Dominic was still threatened whenever Killian was around me, and I couldn’t blame him if he still felt very possessive when I was with the Moonstone Alpha.

And I couldn’t believe Dominic felt that way when he couldn’t get rid of Olivia even after she tried to kill me in front of him.

The thought brought a heavy feeling to my chest. The disappointment, fear, and anger spiraled down into my stomach, making me so sick the whole day. All I wanted was for Olivia to be kicked out of the pack! Dominic saw her and her hired assassins attacked me! I was poisoned by silver blades from their claws and remained oblivious to what happened. Was it because he still had feelings for Olivia? Was he trying to still keep her in the pack?

Dominic switching the topic from Olivia to the symbol he saw in my mother’s diary is just a sign that he’s trying to avoid the issue, and that gave me a bitter feeling. A feeling I never thought would bring back all the awful memories I had with Dominic as the cold, ruthless man I had ever known my whole life.

I closed my eyes as I suppressed the sob that wanted to escape from my throat. I would rather not cry anymore over a memory I shouldn’t have remembered. Dominic had changed. He had become a better person, and most importantly, he loved me. My heart knew that he loved me so much and the kids, and the happiness I saw in his eyes was so genuine that it sometimes overwhelmed my heart.

And I love him. I chose to be with him despite all the backlash I received from the people who hated me from the start. The people who think I was not good enough to be the Luna of the pack and who supported Olivia with her plans over Dominic and the pack.

*****

So many things played in my head that I didn’t know I had already fallen asleep.

“Mom?”

I woke up to a sweet voice and small, soft hands caressing my face. When I opened my eyes, it was Diana who was staring at my face with worry, with Devon standing beside her and Madison on the other side of the sitting area.

Blinking several times as I pushed myself from the couch to sit, I murmured, “Oh, you’re all home. Thank the goddess…”

“Are you alright, mom? You look sick.” Devon asked as he stepped closer to me and felt my forehead with the back of his hand. His shoulders relaxed as he said, “You don’t have a fever, though. How are you feeling, Mom?”

“I—” I tried to smile at Devon and then caressed Diana’s hair. “I feel okay, sweetheart.” I pulled them closer to me and kissed the tops of their heads. “How is your day? Did you enjoy playing with your new friends?”

Devon gave me a huge smile but Diana was still looking at me with concern. She always had the sharpest instinct of the two of them and I knew Diana could feel I wasn’t really in good shape at that moment.

“Well, I love learning new things with them,” Devon answered and then looked at Diana and his smile disappeared. “Diana seems a bit distant. She’s not always in the mood to play or participate in the activities.”

Madison panicked a little as she explained, “Diana is still adjusting to the place, Miss Samantha. She’s excellent at her studies, though. In fact, she’s the smartest.”

Devon grimaced as Diana stuck out her tongue at her brother. I chuckled at the bickering between the two, but then Diana held my hand and squeezed it gently as she murmured, “Is there a problem that’s bothering you, Mom? I can feel there’s something wrong.”

I knew it. “Nothing, love. There is just one small problem in the packhouse. But nothing that Mommy can’t handle.” I smiled at her and then winked.

Diana finally smiled as she kissed my cheek and then the twins pulled my hand and asked me to go to the kitchen with them to have some snacks. Madison prepared us food with a smile and made sure the children had eaten well before they kissed my cheeks and headed to their rooms.

I mouthed to Madison, ‘Thank you,’ and she shyly responded with a slight nod and a smile.

I sipped on the hot coffee in my hand and looked outside the window with quite a bit of sadness in my eyes. I missed Dominic and I wasn’t sure if he was able to go home tonight after all the endless appointments he had at the council meetings and the need for his presence in every place in Silver Crescent.

Perhaps I should trust Dominic more. He was working hard, trying his best to keep us and the pack safe from the enemies. He had been defying the council and despite being the most powerful man in the pack, despite being the Alpha, he never abused his power and still believed that he could process everything in the right way.

Even Olivia and her little minions, he believed he could kick them out without the Council of Shifters questioning his judgments.

That’s what he had been pleading to me. To trust and believe in him.

And there was no doubt in my heart that I loved Dominic with every fiber of my being. My heart began to cherish him from the first day I met him in the training camp.

I sighed. I still couldn’t forget that look on Dominic’s face when he let Olivia run away after she tried to kill me. The way his face softened when he looked at her before he roared for her to run away. I wanted to believe my husband. But how could I if he still had a soft spot on that woman?!

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