His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 116: The Alpha Tooth

Moana

That night, Edrick asked me to sleep with him. I didn’t know exactly what changed, and why he didn’t seem to want me to leave his side, but I chalked it up to the anxiety caused by the whole ordeal. Besides, I wasn’t complaining; I didn’t want to be alone, either.

Feeling his warm arms wrapped around me was a sorely needed comfort, and I found myself slipping off into sleep within moments of laying down with him.

Edrick and I didn’t wake up again until the next morning. Somehow, we slept through the entire day and night, and still felt tired in the morning.

We laid there for a while after waking up, not speaking as we both stared up at the ceiling. I had so many questions about what happened the day before, and how he found me… But it seemed that he had questions of his own, too.

“Can I ask you something?” he said, turning to look at me.

ignore the feeling of my face turning red under his gaze. I was so used to the Alpha billionaire’s stern eyes by now, but I wasn’t used to how soft and sincere they’d suddenly become since he found me in

spoke. “Do you know

some idea that I was a werewolf if he truly followed my scent to find me, like Mina said. But I wasn’t prepared to tell him right now. What if it turned out that my wolf never wound up being able to emerge? I couldn’t tell him until I was certain. I had planned all along

sat up, shaking

on Sophia’s doorstep. That’s it.” I threw the covers off then and swung my legs over the side of the bed. “Are you

firmly enough to show me that he knew I was lying, and that he wanted me to stay and talk

father of your baby. I think it’s only fair

inkling of my true heritage. I couldn’t exactly go on like this forever, keeping the truth from him. Eventually, our baby would be born

said. “But let me

where I kept the wolf tooth that Sophia had given me. I hadn’t looked at the tooth in a while. When she first gave it to me, for some reason I couldn’t stop carrying it around in my pocket — but when I eventually realized that I could have lost it or broken it, I decided to tuck it away in a box where nothing could happen to it. This tooth was the only link to my parents, and I didn’t want anything bad to happen to it. Even if my parents did leave

in my throat, I carried the box back to Edrick’s

I didn’t speak as I set the box

glancing between me and the

it,” I replied. I didn’t have the strength to speak; I just wanted him to see the tooth

Then, gingerly, he picked the tooth up and held it up to the light. I watched in silence, my heart racing, as he

is yours?” he asked, his disbelieving

She said that it’s usually a sign that a child is a werewolf, and it’s not just that; she also said that it’s usually a sign that werewolf parents have chosen to abandon a wolfless child, pronouncing them as dead instead of embracing them