Chapter 167
[SAMANTHA’S Point of View]
[Samantha! There’s no way you’ll survive that thing! Run with the kids!]
[And what? Let you and Killian die in here?!] I snarled at my husband as I saw him grimace in pain. The wound was slowly healing, but the bleeding hadn’t stopped yet. Despite the injury, Dominic stood on his feet beside me and glared at the beast before us. His eyes were crimson, and he bared his razor-sharp teeth. He licked the wound on his shoulder as the skin slowly healed until it was nothing but an ugly scar.
[Go, Samantha...] he snarled softly, refusing to look at me. He squared his shoulder as he crouched again, ready to fight back, but I could tell that wound, despite being healed from the outside, must still be excruciating and still fresh from the inside.
I glanced at Devon and Diana. They were still curled in that hollow space on the cave wall, embracing each other. I caught Diana’s eyes and saw her terrified of the monster before us.
The beast roared to its full height, and I saw Killian jump at it and claw one of its eyes. It caught Killian and threw him to the other side of the cave.
[KILLIAN!]
“Uncle Killian!” Devon screamed in tears as he stayed by his sister’s side; his body was trembling just as his sister’s was. “Mom! What are we gonna do?!”
I never wanted to leave Dominic, but I had no choice. When the beast attacked us, Dominic stopped its tentacle and caught it between his teeth as he helped me get a chance to go to the kids. I ran straight to the kids, but then my eyes widened when a tentacle grabbed me by my torso and lifted me violently off the ground. My body tilted to a sickening position when it threw me violently to the ground, knocking the air out of my ruptured lungs.
[Samantha!!!]
My vision blacked out, and I couldn’t see for seconds. I saw light, and then everything was blurry. I gasped. Blood was choking me as it splattered out of my mouth, but I managed to move and lift my head to check on Diana and Devon to see if they were alright. Every inch of me ached, and I had a feeling my ribs punctured my lungs. I coughed blood once more and crawled towards my kids.
Tears rolled down my face when I looked back and saw Dominic fighting the beast with rage. I saw pain and wrath on his face as he tore away its tentacles one by one. I could tell he was screaming, yet I couldn’t hear him. My ears were ringing so badly that it made me wince.