CHAPTER 191: CHAPTER 191

[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]

“GO!!!”

My mind was hazed with panic.

Dominic was the first to run to the tomb, urgently handing the key to Lord Markis and saying, "Quick! We have to get it now!” His eyes glinted crimson, as if he were trying to use his power, being an Alpha, to make the old man do what he said without any argument.

“It doesn’t work on me anymore since I am now a guardian spirit and not amongst the living anymore,” Lord Markis said gently to my husband, giving Dominic a wry smile. “But I also swore to protect you and your lineage, so let’s get the scroll,” he added, sighed deeply, and then looked at me while he gestured for me to come to him. “You, young lady, I need you to put the key and murmur the words to it.”

I frowned, my heart beating so hard in my chest. I didn’t know why he wanted me to say the words when he did it the first time, but we had no time for arguments anymore. So, I went to him and then asked, “What words?” with a trembling voice and wide, panicky eyes

He touched the middle of my forehead with his finger, which made me scared. Dominic’s eyes widened, terrified at what he saw, but I didn’t want to ask why because my stomach already felt sick, and I felt as if I was going to throw up any moment.

Then the words were whispered in my head. The voice was eerie. Not of this world.

‘The Bloody Moon that shines upon the Black Throne.’

Lord Markis stepped away from me and nodded, as if gesturing for me to do it—to whisper the words to the key cube myself and open the tomb. I was unsure if it would work, but we were all in a hurry, and Killian was dying. I had to do it because there was no way we could leave him here.

I leaned closer to the key and then whispered the words. “The Bloody Moon that shines upon the Black Throne.”

That familiar mechanical sound filled the whole mausoleum once again, and the ground shook. Dominic made sure the kids wouldn’t tumble down the floor as I grabbed the edge of the tomb, trying to keep my balance while I watched the lid of the sarcophagus slowly open.

I snatched the scroll from inside it and then went straight to my husband to check the kids. “Are you two alright?”

Devon and Diana nodded their heads; both were scared. I knew they could also feel the danger that was coming to us, and that made me so pissed as I turned sharply at the old man, who was now sitting on the top lid of the sarcophagus. “I can’t believe you brought them here! For what? Are we certain that you are on our side? Or you just want us all to die in here!?”

“We have no time for this, love. Let’s go take the kids away from here!” Dominic growled in a low tone, but his eyes were on Lord Markis, throwing the old man a lethal glare. I had a feeling he and the old man were having a conversation through mindlink, and Dominic had to explain to me everything they talked about!

“Killian—”

I was aghast after I saw Killian’s wounds. It was getting worse. The edges of the wound looked as if they were rotting as the poison spread through his blackening veins. His glowing purple eyes trembled—was it from the excruciating pain or the struggle to resist the darkness within him? I couldn’t imagine the torment that Killian suffered, and I felt helpless! I didn’t know how to help him!

“Child.”

I wasn’t sure if the old man was talking to my kids, but I turned to him sharply, my lips curled into a snarl, waiting for his words as he continued speaking with that solemn look on his face. “Remember to never let your children out of your sight.”

“What do you mean?!” I snarled at him, cold sweat beading on my forehead as I heard what he said. “What happened back at home!?”

“There was an attack, Mom. And the old man helped us get out and see you here,” Devon said as he looked at Lord Markis and then at me. “He saved us.”

“You mean—”

“Olivia knows we have the key,” Dominic uttered as he gazed into my eyes.

We left the kids undefended. Those horrifying thoughts petrified me as I looked at the old man again with guilt etched in my face after I threw him awful words. He saved Devon and Diana, and there I was, thinking of putting both my twins in danger.

A massive thing rammed against the front door of the mausoleum, destroying the thick and heavy door and the concrete wall, sending the rubble and debris flying towards us.

“DOMINIC!!!”

Screaming my husband’s name, I saw him charge towards the giant wolf and stop the beast from coming towards me and the twins. I shielded Diana and Devon with my body, making sure they were safe while my eyes were on Killian, who was thrown away on the other side of the building, almost half unconscious from the poison in the wounds of his arm.

“Dominic, be careful!” I screamed at my husband as I hid the kids behind the sarcophagus, the thick concrete protecting us from all the rubble that flew on us. With a quick study of the enemy that broke into the ancient mausoleum, I saw that his massive claws were coated with silver. My eyes widened as I realized that Killian had been lying to us!

[Killian, you idiot!] I snarled at the MoonStone Alpha. [You didn’t do that wound on yourself, did you!? You fought one of them! This Shadow werewolf did that to you!]

Killian didn’t answer back when I connected my mind to him, scolding him for hiding the truth from us. [Have you fought Olivia by yourself while we were away!?]

“Mommy! Look at Uncle Killian’s eyes!”

My heart was breaking into tiny pieces as I watched Killian tremble as he tried to control the darkness in him so it would not overtake his body. All the veins in Killian’s injured arm turned purplish black as the poisons began to move up toward his neck, causing him to scream in pain as he fought against them. He bared his teeth, his hands curled into tight fists until his knuckles were white.

“Killian!” I screamed his name, wanting to go to him, but I couldn’t leave the kids while my husband was trying his hardest to take down and kill that giant Shadow werewolf that aimed its teeth at his neck. Killian was too far from us, and I couldn’t bring the kids to him, scared that once he failed to control that shadow werewolf in him, he might attack Devon or Diana first.

I couldn’t take that risk, no matter how it hurts me to see my friend suffer.

Dominic rammed the giant werewolf against the floor, destroying the other side of the wall of the building. The whole place shook, and the ceiling started to have cracks, threatening to fall above us. Diana screamed in fear while Devon watched his father fight the shadow werewolf with speed that his little eyes barely kept up with. I saw how Devon admired his father’s strength despite his hatred of him.

“Dad!!!”

Devon stood up from hiding behind the sarcophagus and lifted the pendant with his hand, creating a blinding red light that dazed the giant shadow werewolf. It must have hurt its eyes as it froze in confusion, flinching back as it howled in pain.

Dominic swiftly dragged the beast, biting its hind legs.

My husband managed to throw the beast outside as they continued trying to rip each other apart. The shadow werewolf was very large and too slow for Dominic, allowing my mate to take full advantage of the situation. He lunged at the enemy and bit off a large chunk of the back of its neck, leaving the enemy lying on the ground, swimming in its pool of blood ichor.

When Dominic took down the beast, I immediately ran towards Killian without a second thought, ready to cut myself to heal him with my blood.

“No, Sam!” He stopped me before I could even approach him and I froze. My kids were behind me, looking at their Uncle Killian. “No, you don’t have to bleed just to save me. Just go and save the kids before the rest of Olivia’s men reach this place! You have to leave! You can’t stay here! The protection barrier of this place is already destroyed by that giant shadow werewolf. You are not safe here anymore!”

“We can’t just leave you here! They will all kill you!”

“I can protect myself!” Killian “You go and make sure the kids will be safe, Samantha! I can handle myself!”

“There is no way we will leave you here, Killian!” I cried, and Diana started crying as well as she watched her Uncle Killian look like he was dying on the ground; the poison was on the wound, and his eyes were looking bad with each second that passed.. “You will come with us no matter what!”

[We have no time for this!” Dominic snarled as he went back to us, still in his werewolf form. [Help him climb on me! We have to get out of this place right now! I can sense that Olivia’s Shadow werewolves are slowly closing in! We need to get the kids to a safe place and go to south as soon as we can!]

Killian hated the idea, but he didn’t protest when the kids and I started to lift him off the ground and help him get on Dominic’s back. I wanted to shift to my werewolf form so I could transport the kids on my back, but Dominic refused, telling me the enemies could track me more if I shifted to my wolf form.

[I am afraid we are all too heavy—]

Dominic didn’t let me finish and then I felt him smirk through our mindlink. [Maybe we can do more workouts when we get home, love.] he uttered in a seducing tone. I almost wanted to roll my eyes at him with his little joke.

My husband gave Lord Markis a single nod to say his goodbye, and the old guardian smiled at the Alpha of the Silver Crescent pack murmuring, “My duty ends here.” and then slowly vanished into thin air.