His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 7 Captive

Moana

“Hey! Stop!” the scar-faced man shouted.

I ran as fast as I could, willing my legs to pump harder, to push me further away from the imminent danger that I sensed. I could hear the sound of footsteps pounding on the sidewalk behind me; I was just a human, and these men were werewolves. I should’ve known I wouldn’t stand a chance trying to outrun them.

I screamed for help, but no one came — no one ever came when a woman screamed for help in the city, and I cursed them for that in that moment.

The sound of the men running behind me came closer. I felt as though my body didn’t belong to me, like I was watching from a third person perspective as I ran for my life.

The two men gained on me. They were so close now that I knew that one misstep on my part would allow them to catch me. I felt a hand brush my shoulder and I shrieked, pushing myself faster as I glanced over my shoulder to look…

Whack!

I ran into something hard and gritty: a corner of a brick building. As I stumbled backwards, my head reeling from the impact, all I could feel were hands grabbing me. My vision faded, and the last thing I saw was the scar-faced man…

I came to in the back of a car. My head was throbbing and I felt as though I would vomit, which kept me from being able to scream or fight. Where were these strange men taking me?

“She’s awake,” the gravelly voice that belonged to the scar-faced man said.

me go, but all that came out was garbled nonsense. They stopped the car and got out, opening the back door and lifting my limp body out of

lay before me, my head lolled back on one of

Edrick Morgan’s penthouse.

something incoherent and picked me up fully, carrying me in through the brightly-lit lobby. I heard the sound of the scar-faced man

I blacked out again.

up again, I was laying on something soft. The room was dim, lit

I managed to do it, although the dizziness got worse when I

a damp cloth touch

“Where am I…?”

back in

in front of me with a concerned expression as he dabbed at my forehead with a damp cloth. I

here?” I whispered, too weak

answering me, his face turning cold again as soon as he

a couple of soft pillows under me to help me stay upright, then

already signed the contract,” he said. “It’s rude of you to run off like that. I’m only

to attack me on the street in the middle

me. His expression was, unsurprisingly,

were never going to hurt you. From what I heard, you took off screaming before

eyelids I saw Edrick’s tall form approaching me once more and crouching

into his palm, then held them out to me along with a glass of water. “It’s just Advil,” he said, noticing my hesitation to

the glass of

“Several times, actually. As it turns out, you left your

said, slipping my phone into my own pocket. “But you should know that I don’t have any intention of continuing to work for

just as easily find someone else to fill your position, and would honestly prefer it myself at this point, but

my brow. “Ella seemed too upset by our… brief history… to want anything to