<h4>Chapter 194: Chapter 194</h4>


    [SAMANTHA’s Point of View]


    “I don’t like what you did there, Dominic!”


    He didn’t answer. He kept on walking farther from the cave, but not so far that we weren’t able to hear what was happening inside. He didn’t want the kids to hear whatever he wanted to discuss with me, and that gave me a terrible feeling about it.


    “What is it that Liam found out about Killian?” I asked again when he remained silent, which honestly made me want to freak out and scream because I was getting impatient. I was getting annoyed at the violent attitude he was showing me!


    When he thought that we were far enough from the cave, Dominic turned around. His shoulders were tensed, and his eyes were cold and piercing. I was startled by that look on his face, petrified by the heaviness of the situation. I had never seen Dominic look at me like that—expressing both fear and concern about something that was about to happen, which made me silent for a moment, giving him time to exin.


    I dropped my teary eyes to the ground and bit my lower lip hard, not wanting to sob in front of him, but my throat felt so tight and aching. I had to clear it before I spoke, or my voice would croak in front of my husband. I never wanted to show any weakness in times like these. I had to be strong for the kids. “What is happening, Dominic?”


    Before Dominic could open his mouth to exin, we suddenly heard the children crying for us, and they sounded so terrified that I tripped. If Dominic hadn’t grabbed me by my wrist, I would have stumbled to the ground face-first.


    “Devon?! Diana!?” My voice echoed inside the cave as I searched for them, my eyes wide with pure fear and panic. “Where are you? What happened?”


    “Mom!”


    Dominic was swift. He got to the kids first, and Diana jumped into his arms. Devon, on the other hand, ran towards me with his panic-stricken face. I grabbed him and embraced him tightly; my heartbeat was so fast that I could barely breathe.


    “What happened? Are you hurt?” I asked as I pushed Devon gently away from me to see his face, which was already drenched with tears. “Did you see something?”


    He turned to look at Diana and then at me. The terror was still in his ocean-blue eyes as he tightened his grip on my arm, as if trying his best not to cry more in front of me. I tried to ask again what it was that Devon and Diana saw, but all they did was to look away and embrace me and Dominic, too scared to say a word to me and their father.


    “We have to go, then.” After kissing the top of his little girl’s head, Dominic finally made the decision. “We have to go straight to the south and find the Moon Wolf Altar.”


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    The holographic map shown by the pendant was more precise than we had imagined.


    Just as Dominic told me, going to the altar at the south of the forest would take us five to six hours. However, thanks to the map, we found the safest and fastest route to the ancient building, which stood in the middle of the forest, just beside a tall waterfall that connected the sea to the ck Forest Lake. My husband and I decided not to shift into our wolf form, worried that our enemies might track us with my scent. So we all travelled through the forest on foot. Dominic and I took turns carrying Diana, while Devon refused to be carried the whole time we were looking for that ce.


    “What’s the connection of this ce to the tomb?” I muttered as we all studied the whole area.


    The waterfalls were breathtaking. The whole ce emitted something mysterious as I saw the ancient building where the Moon Wolf Altar was, which looked as if it had been carved on the stone by powerful hands. It was covered with moss and wild bushes, almost hiding it from in sight.


    “Do you feel anything strange? Any presence of enemies, perhaps?” I asked my husband when his eyes focused on the entrance of the ancient structure. “Is it smart to go straight inside?”


    “We have to go before it gets dark and take whatever is inside that altar,” my husband answered; his shoulders were tense, and his eyes were grave as he clenched his jaw while still making sure the surroundings had no threat using his Alpha sense.


    “There’s no shadow werewolves anywhere. It should be safe to go there now,” he confirmed as he guided me and the children down the hill, where we all hid and spied the whole ce.


    My husband was right.


    I felt no presence as we walked silently and carefully through the bridge straight to the entrance of the ancient structure. The waterfall looked so mighty and was just a few feet away from us as we all stood in front of the massive wooden door that was as tall as the three-story building.


    “You all walk behind me,” Dominic snarled in his low, hoarse voice, making the twins tense. I could tell they were still wary when Dominic was in his Alpha mode, wondering if he would yell at them whenever they did wrong. But my husband wasn’t like that. Never in a single moment had I seen or heard him yell at any of the twins. He was always gentle to them. Always making sure they were safe whenever he was around.


    Dominic was an amazing protector and a father to them.


    As we went to a curve after walking silently through the hallways and found out that the interior was almost dpidated and very old, Dominic stopped us and then peeked around the corner of the hallway, down the mezzanine we were on.


    [What is it?] I asked through the bond, which was the safest way tomunicate.


    He nced at me and gestured for me to look down, and I did.


    I was shocked at what I saw and couldn’t believe my eyes.


    It was Richard f*cking Bete!


    That old man was standing in the middle of a magic circle that was painted with—blood! I wasn’t sure whose blood it was, but I had a feeling it came from another poor victim whom he must have kidnapped or just taken somewhere. How could that old bastard still be alive?! I believed he died in the ancient library when it copsed on us! How did he survive it?!


    “I know you are all here, Alpha and Luna of the Silver Crescent pack! I can feel your presence no matter how hard you try to hide it from me!”


    Richard’s voice echoed all over the vast hall, disturbing the slumber of all the bats that were hanging from the ceiling and sending them flying all over the ce. Their squeaks, clicks, and chirps filled the whole ce, making Devon and Diana cover their ears in horror.


    My husband gestured for me not to follow him, so I stayed with the twins while he stood up, walked to the railings of the mezzanine, and looked down at Richard Bete with pure hatred in his Crimson Alpha eyes. “I can’t believe you are still alive, Bete! What kind of deal did you make with the devils to be able to survive the ancient library!?”


    As Dominic tried to get Richard Bete’s attention, I took a good look at the old man and noticed the thing he was holding in his hand. It was Lena’s earrings that he stole from her when she died!


    I got more worried when I sensed another presence hiding under the shadows of the altar not too far from Richard Bete. The mysterious person wore a huge cloak that hid its face while it looked as if it was waiting for whatever would happen.


    [There is another person here, Dominic.]


    [Yeah, I noticed, love,] he answered; his voice in my head was full of menace, full of wrath, knowing that it was Richard who killed his mother. He must have also seen the earrings that the old man was holding.


    And was that...


    [Your mother’s coffin.] Dominic uttered, confirming the dreadful thought in my head.


    [What is he doing with my mother’s coffin!? Can it be—]


    [We are not sure if your mother is really there, my love.] Dominic tried to calm me down before panic struck my mind again, worried that it might cloud my judgement and give me reckless decisions.


    “DO YOU THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE FROM HERE?!" Richard bellowed once again, and the vein on his forehead throbbed with intense anger burning in his eyes. He bared his teeth at my husband as he panted, curling his hand into tight fists.


    Petrified by what happened, Dominic and I saw how Richard activated a rune, and shadow werewolves appeared before us. Those were the giant werewolves that once served the former Alpha of the Silver Crescent, making Dominic lose his control over his anger after what he saw.


    It was the pain of seeing old subordinates that were disturbed from their grave and made into his enemies.


    “YOU ARE DEAD, BENNETTE!” Dominic yelled at the old man as he lunged straight at the traitor down the mezzanine and shifted to his wolf form. Devon and Diana gasped as they saw their father jump into danger. They both knew that it was impossible for him to fight five giant werewolves when he barely survived the one that attacked us at the Wolf Tomb.


    They knew their father had no chance to survive it, which terrified me to death.


    “DOMINIC, NO!”


    Before my husband reached Bete, a purple barrier electrocuted Dominic and bounced him away from the old man, sending him flying on the other side of the vast hall. All the giant shadow werewolves red at my husband, waiting for their master’s order to kill the Silver Crescent Alpha.


    “You can’t hurt me, bastard!!” Richard Beteughed loudly with an evil look in his eyes. “You will all die in here!”


    Dominic roared in anger as he red at the old man.


    “You want to kill me?” Richard answered with pure anger in his face. Then all of a sudden his face turned cold as he stared at Dominic with loathing. “The only way for you to unlock the seal is the blood of the twins, Alpha of the Silver Crescent Pack! Only their lives can reveal what is hiding in that Altar in front of us! You have to cut them to save your pack, young man! It is them or your people and your pack!”


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