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.

let me go, but all that came out was garbled nonsense. They stopped

of their shoulders. Above me towered the massive apartment building

Edrick Morgan’s penthouse.

carrying me in through the brightly-lit lobby. I heard the

I blacked out again.

laying on something soft. The room was dim, lit

and attempted to sit up; somehow, I managed to do it, although

I winced as I felt a damp

“Where am I…?”

back in the

damp cloth. I thought, as I slowly came back to consciousness, that I secretly caught him showing a

me back here?” I whispered, too weak to speak any

you run?” he asked instead of answering me, his face turning cold again as soon

of soft pillows under me to help me stay

rude of you to run off like that. I’m only

attack me on the street in

turned back to face me. His expression was,

you expect me to do? They were never going to hurt you. From what I heard, you took off screaming before they could

fingers to my forehead as a wave of dizziness took over me. Through my closed eyelids I saw Edrick’s tall form approaching me once

a bottle of pills. He opened it and dumped two out into his palm, then held them out to me along with a

gingerly took the pills and popped them into my mouth, washing them down with the glass of water. I heard Selina’s footsteps receding, followed by

me and folding his arms across his chest. “Several times, actually. As it turns out, you left your phone here by accident.” He pulled my phone out of his pocket and tossed it onto my lap. The screen lit up as he did

you should know that

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seemed too upset by our… brief history…