Chapter 181
[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]
“How did you find it?”
I couldn’t resist glancing at Killian, squinting my eyes slightly with suspicion. Now that Killian had revealed that he wasn’t the man we all knew anymore, even Dominic and Devon became wary of him. Something happened to him. And it seemed he didn’t have any plan to tell us anything about it.
[What is happening, Killian!? Explain to me everything!] Dominic glared at Killian, still not letting his guard down. Killian drove the shadow werewolves away. But it was clear, based on what we were seeing, that he was already one of them. Devon looked at me with worry and hurt, confused about what was happening, and it hurt me too that I didn’t know how to explain it to them. Was Killian now one of them? Was he already an enemy? What happened to him? Could it be too late to get him back to normal?
“Mom!”
I clenched my teeth and didn’t let my eyes stray from Killian. There was something wrong with him. That’s what my wolf instinct was telling me. Until his smile disappeared, his green eyes grew cold as he glared at me and my husband through his nose—A kind of look I never thought I would see on him as he turned around with darkened eyes.
[Samantha—]
[I know,] I said to my husband, my heart shattering into millions of pieces as my tears started to sting the corner of my eyes. [I know.] My voice quivered as I tried my hardest not to break down in front of my kids and husband.
My best friend...
“What’s the matter, Sam? Why are you looking so terrified and sad?” The corner of Killian’s mouth pulled into a smirk as he closed his hand into a fist, putting off the light that repelled the shadows, and shoving the necklace into the pocket of his jeans. “Are you scared of me?”
I bit my lower lip as they started to quiver. I wanted to take my eyes away from Killian, but I knew the second I did it, it would be just a matter of a split second, and he could tear my head off my shoulders. I couldn’t risk it. When Dominic didn’t lower his guard, I knew he immediately sensed something on Killian. At first, I believed Killian had it under control after he saved us all from the shadow beasts after we got out of the cage made of silver-coated bones. But I was wrong. Very wrong to think that Killian was still the same man who cared for me when no one did. He wasn’t the best friend I knew. The darkness had already corrupted his mind, and he was here to lure us to our death and not to the salvation we were seeking.
As the light from that necklace turned off, all the shadows that disappeared emerged back, together with the giant guards and Olivia’s phantom shadow. I saw how Olivia’s phantom shadow’s eyes squinted as she grinned at me evilly; her hands were raised at her hips level, ready to summon more shadow werewolves.