His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 180: Poached for Profit

Moana

“That’s not all,” Olivia said, looking at me with a sickening combination of sadness and concern on her face that only filled me with dread.

I had already just read that a woman — who was likely Ethan’s mother, judging from the information in the newspaper article — had died under mysterious circumstances around the Morgan family. Not only that, but I had discovered that it was very likely that Edrick had taken my wolf tooth and a lock of my hair to a witch, and he was now putting some sort of potion in my morning coffee.

I couldn’t fathom why he would want to do that, but now that I had read the newspaper article about Ethan’s mother, I was beginning to wonder if that poor woman had met a fate that I was bound to meet if I continued being poisoned.

And now, before I could even process all of this, Olivia was saying that she had something else to reveal to me, as though there was even possibly anything else that could add another layer to this twisted mess.

“W-What else is there?” I whispered, my voice shaking just as much as my hands.

Olivia, with a sigh, reached into her purse again and retrieved something else. It was another folded piece of paper. She hesitated with it in her hands, then looked up at me. “Can I see the tooth again?” she asked.

to reveal what looked to be a page ripped out of a book. She put both of the objects in the center of the table. The page had an illustration

was saying. It instantly transported me back to the night that Ethan told me about the story of the Golden Wolf, and how people would hunt the Golden Wolf if it

that was just

shook my head. “Very funny,” I replied, sitting back in

expression on her face. My smile slowly faded,

a specific paragraph. “Look here. ‘The Golden Wolf will manifest as a pure soul who is thought to be human. They will possess a single tooth, the only link to

shook my head, still

glow a golden color, but only in

along, I thought that this was nothing but a fairytale meant to entertain kids, not a true story. And yet, the more I

you think that

the beginning. For all we know, he knew that you were the Golden Wolf when he met you, and that was why he got you pregnant. It all lines up too perfectly with his agenda to produce the best heirs possible. How did you two meet,

other,” I said, not wanting

think that that was just pure coincidence, for you to just randomly run into an extremely famous

think Edrick is my mate,” I replied. “I thought that was

leaned back in her chair. “Maybe. But do you know for certain that he’s your mate, or is that just what he told

again… With the way that my wolf had been so sleepy lately, I had absolutely no way of knowing now. For all I knew, Edrick was giving me potions to

beginning to prick at the backs of my eyes.

reached across the table again and squeezed my hand once more. When I looked up at her, I could see a soft, gentle expression on her pretty face. “That was how I felt, too,” she said quietly. “For months, I had no idea what to think or who to trust. But you