Chapter 467

As we pulled up to the mansion, I frowned when I saw an unfamiliar car parked out front.

"Were you expecting someone?" Irene asked, also noticing the car.

"No, I don't think so," I murmur as I take off my seatbelt and slide out of the car.

We walked to the front door and pushed it open; I immediately heard voices coming from the living room and something that sounded like laughter. I furrowed my brows and glanced behind me at Irene, who looked equally confused.

We made our way through the front foyer and towards the living room. Once we were through the door, I completely froze.

I wasn't expecting to see the people sitting on the couch, and apparently neither did Irene because she sucked in a sharp breath.

"Tabby?" I asked, my tone filled with disbelief. To her side, I saw that both Chuck and Sherry were also seated on the couch.

My jaw was practically on the ground.

Sammy sat curled up on one of the love seats, a smile lighting up her face as she talked their ears off about her experiences here since she arrived.

Chuck and Sherry were only half listening.

"What are you doing here?" I asked as Tabby walked towards me and draped me in a tight hug.

I hugged her back without hesitation.

"We wanted to come visit you," she told me. "I told you, Chuck, Sherry, and I are from the same pack, right? We weren't very close growing up, but since the competition, we got closer, and we decided we missed you and wanted to see what the Silver Crescent pack was all about. So, here we are."

"How long are you going to be staying for?" I asked, pulling myself out of her arms. "If I had known, I would have been here to greet you. I would have had the maids make up the guest rooms."

"Already on it," Sammy said with a bright smile. "Some of the other maids already got their rooms prepared. They are all settled in. They got here a couple of hours ago, so we had plenty of time for all of that."

I was grateful to her for that, despite my dwindling trust.

Tabby had a plastered smile on her face as she looked at Sammy, something that piqued my interest.

"And I'm glad that you did. Thank you, Sammy," Tabby said, her clutch on my arm tightening.

"You remember Irene, don't you?" I asked, motioning for Irene to step further into the room. Her eyes were darting between Chuck and Sherry and then to me, with a slight blush on her cheeks.

At the sound of Irene's name, Chuck tensed and turned to look at her; his eyes lingering for a beat longer than necessary. I raised my brows at Irene, but she did what she could to avoid my gaze.

"Yes, of course," Tabby said, releasing me for a moment to give Irene a quick hug. "Landry, right?"

"Yes," Irene said softly, a bit too softly for the Irene I knew.

Chuck was quick to stand on his feet, his hand going behind his neck.

"It's good to see you again, Irene," he said, giving her a small smile.

Her cheeks blushed even more, and she nibbled her lower lip, nodding slightly at him.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Tabby whispered by my side. "Privately?"

I nodded, wondering what had been clearly bothering her.

She pulled me alongside her until we were in the next room. Once alone, Tabbynoveldrama

let out a breath and looked almost relieved.

"We lied; we didn't come here to just visit you. We came here to warn you," she said, turning to face me.

"Not sure if I should be hurt or not," I admitted, my brows raising.

"I didn't mean it like that; of course, we wanted to see you. Well, at least I did. I missed you terribly," she told me, hugging me tightly. "Chuck just mainly wanted to see Irene, and Sherry was making sure we stayed on task. But it's important.

"Okay, so, what's going on?"

"It's about Sammy... she's been lying to everyone, and we are still trying to figure out what her game plan is... but she's been in contact with all of Alpha Landry's enemies... like tight contact."

My heart dropped into my stomach; I knew she was up to something.

"How do you know this?"

"I thought she was strange when we hung out with her... always with the secret phone calls. Disappearing randomly. After the competition, had a bit of time to look into it. requested Sherry's help as well, and we dug deep. Most of Sammy's home life has been wiped out. Like someone is trying to keep her life a secret or something... but that's not the weirdest thing."

"It gets weirder?" I asked, my brows furrowed.

She nodded.

After a beat of silence, she says, "That boyfriend she kept talking about... I found

out he doesn't exist!"