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

know anything about your lineage?” he asked. “I mean… Do you know who your parents were, or anything like

out that my wolf never wound up being able to

sat up,

I lied. “All I know is that I was left on Sophia’s doorstep. That’s it.” I threw the covers off then and swung

show me that he knew I was lying,

quietly. “I’m the father of your baby. I think it’s only fair for you to

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 and it would be fully werewolf, not human. There would be no hiding it then, and the longer it went on, the more Edrick might start

nodded. “Okay,” I said. “But let me get something

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

my throat, I

up in bed when I arrived, waiting for me. I didn’t speak as I set

glancing between me and the

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

gingerly, he picked the tooth up and held it up to the light. I watched

is yours?” he asked, his disbelieving gaze sliding

hand when I was left on her doorstep as a baby. And… 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