Chapter 87
[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]
My steps echoed in the hallways of the Silver Crescent Manor.
I reminded myself I would calm down. But as I remembered Diana and Devon’s scared faces, it made me curl my hands tight into fists until my knuckles turned white and my nails dug into the skin. I couldn’t understand why Olivia would go this far just to get the throne she had been wanting. But didn’t she ask herself in the first place?
If Dominic desired her to be the Luna, he had already marked her after I left—after I vanished and went to the Moonstone pack.
Dominic was always a complicated man who didn’t know what he wanted. But it was clear that whatever he and Olivia had, it wasn’t as strong as I thought. Perhaps Dominic was a little rebellious, that he was arranged for a marriage with me? I couldn’t blame him if he was upset. We didn’t know each other. He had little idea where I came from and was stuck with me just because his mother and my parents were close friends. It was unfair for him that he wasn’t able to choose the woman he wanted to be with. I understood his pain. But my pain was different.
Since we were teens, I had always admired Dominic, especially when we used to be trained together in the same camp. He was always admired by everyone. And I, who was a nobody, worshiped him from afar—until an unexpected thing happened, which made me the number one person he hated.
And that hatred turned to a feeling of obsession when our paths crossed again after I left.
Perhaps it was the Moon Goddess who helped Dominic to realize his true feelings when we saw each other at that party. I didn’t understand why he suddenly wanted to be part of my life again after all the awful things happened between us. After all the pain he caused me.
And there I was, fighting for him—fighting for the life I want with him and our twins.
Olivia was in Dominic’s office, petrified when she saw me standing at the door. Her face turned ashen as she flinched and hit the desk with her hip.
To be honest, never had I ever imagined Olivia would feel scared of my presence. But seeing her panic in front of me gave me a sense of satisfaction and superiority I had never felt in my whole life. Sad that it didn’t last, though. She glared at me after she had recovered and straightened her back.
“Expecting for Dominic?” I asked and smiled tauntingly at her. I knew she was hoping Dominic would change his mind and realized that it was her he needed.