Chapter 183
[SAMANTHA’S Point of View]
I didn’t sleep a wink.
That morning, all I did was stare outside the window and watch the kids play in the backyard. Madison and Cynthia were thrilled that the kids and I were back. The house was clean, and Madison prepared a delicious meal for us after she heard the news that we’re heading back home from the Pack Manor.
Diana embraced both of them after she jumped out of the car. Devon followed, but he was more casual with the two, and that’s when I knew that my son had grown a lot after all the horrible things we went through in the Black Forest.
He was growing like his father...
A part of me was worried about that realization. Despite having my ocean-blue eyes, Devon bore a striking resemblance to his father. The way he observed things silently, the way he slipped his hands in his pockets while having deep thoughts—all of this, I remember Dominic in him.
I wanted Devon and Diana to have an amazing and safe childhood. But it was as if fate was testing me. My family. Dominic. I haven’t seen my husband since we saw each other in the library. I expected he would sleep in the same room as me last night, but he didn’t. Could it be that he was avoiding me? Was he hiding something? I wonder what happened and why he suddenly changed after we got back to Silver Crescent. It was as if everything he said to me while we were in the cave was just a dream. As if all of it didn’t really happen.
Sighing, I rested my head on the backrest of the sofa and stared at the ceiling. I started to feel anxious about what to do next. Liam informed me that the Black Claws and the Fang Trinity had ceased their attacks on the eastern gates after we vanished into the forest, but when we returned at night, they were once again waiting at the edge of the border as if waiting for me or Dominic to go to the Black Forest—like they were expecting us to go back there.
They knew we would go back.
At the open door of my room, I tilted my head to peek at the spot where I had placed the parchment I had seen in the library. I still had no idea what to do with the parchment, but I was sure there was a reason it appeared to me while I was in the library.