Chapter 10: Mina
Moana

Smiling to myself with closed eyes, I nuzzled deeper into the warm embrace of my bedmate, inhaling the smell of his chest.

Wait…

My eyes shot open, as did his at the same time. We stared at one another in disbelief for several long seconds before I felt my face get hot. There was no denying the chemistry in the air between us as we gazed at each other beneath the warmth of the sheets, but I knew deep down that this was wrong. Edrick was my boss, and I had signed a contract to not get romantically involved!

Blushing, I quickly pulled away and climbed out of the bed. I noticed that the cardigan I had worn to bed the night before now lay on the floor, so I picked it up and quickly put it on to cover myself while Edrick sat up slowly in bed.

“I’m sorry,” I said, my back turned to him as I buttoned my cardigan. “Maybe this isn’t the best idea.”

“Perhaps,” he replied. His voice was low and gravelly from sleep, and it admittedly made me feel even more attracted to him. “But I have to say that I haven’t slept that well in ages. Excluding our night in the hotel, of course.”

As I finished buttoning up my cardigan, I felt my face flush an even deeper shade of red. No response came to mind, so without a word, I quietly slipped out of Edrick’s room and hoped that no one would see me.

Unfortunately, that wish did not come true as I almost immediately bumped into Ella, who was standing outside of her father’s room.

“Oh! Good morning, Ella,” I said, trying to act nonchalant as I smiled at the little girl.

stared at me for a few moments, processing, before

you doing

in my throat. How could I possibly explain to a child that her father was paying me to sleep with him? While the simple agreement was that I was only there to sleep beside him to help him sleep and not become romantically involved, there was no way to explain that to the wary

me in here to tell me that…” My voice faltered as I tried to come

face lit up, and I felt a wave of relief wash

she said, her excited

“Really. Go get ready. We can have crepes for breakfast at

myself, letting out a sigh of relief once

up into a ponytail, and by that point, Ella was already excitedly banging

together, however, something new came to my mind… A

was clear as day, and sounded nothing like my own inner thoughts.

sounding distant

dropping the forkful of crepes

Mina… Your wolf. You can just talk to me through… our

But… I was human! Well,

I’ve been awakened

“Are you

was really going on inside my mind just yet. “Yes, I’m fine,” I replied, reaching out to wipe a bit of whipped cream off of Ella’s mouth with my napkin. “Don’t talk with your mouth

really knew who my real parents were. This ‘Mina’ said

wolves, and to get the chance

meet the driver when her training was finished as he had other work to do in the meantime, and decided to take a taxi to the orphanage. Not only was I missing the children there, but I also wanted to speak to someone about my records… Maybe they would have some answers about my lineage, and could tell

the children seemed preoccupied with arts and crafts, but a few of them perked up

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