Chapter 183: Video Evidence

Moana

I went to work the next morning with my meeting with Olivia still plaguing my mind. Between all of the evidence I had gathered so far, what Olivia said, and how Edrick reacted when he discovered that I hadn’t taken the driver, I was seriously beginning to doubt my own safety at home.

That morning, I sneakily dumped my morning coffee again. By the time I got to work, my wolf’s energy was back to normal and she was able to offer me some insight on the situation.

“I am almost entirely certain that Edrick is indeed our mate,” Mina said during my lunch break, while I paced back and forth in my empty classroom and chewed nervously on my fingernails.

“But that doesn’t mean that his intentions are entirely pure, does it?” I asked.

Mina was silent for a few moments before responding. “No. It doesn’t.”

each other. Then again, however, I couldn’t help but think back to the story of how Ethan was born. Michael and Verona were supposed to be fated mates, but Michael cheated on her anyway and betrayed her trust. It sounded as though there was more emotional abuse going on as well, but I didn’t know for sure. Either way, Michael had betrayed Verona despite the fact that they were mates. Was it possible that something ran in that family that

me think now that his nasty side was his true nature. Not only that, but the way that he had locked me in the car and told me that he wouldn’t let me out of his sight anymore made me nervous, as though I

in my classroom, I thought back to the first night that I had spent in the penthouse. After I realized that Edrick was the one who hired me, I had tried to go home; but he had sent frightening men after me. Maybe I should have taken that alone as the first red flag. Even before my true nature as a werewolf was known, he wouldn’t let me leave. Did he know that I was the Golden Wolf then, somehow, or did he only find out later and that just solidified his desire

an idea as to how I could potentially ease my worries and find out for sure

earlier than normal. I woke up before everyone else and snuck over to the kitchen, where I placed my phone on video mode in a cupboard. I made sure to angle it in such a way that it couldn’t be seen normally, but so that the video would show a perfect shot of

hit record and

though I had just woken up. And just as I suspected, my coffee and breakfast were

she stood by the kitchen

pretend to sip my coffee, and waited for a moment when Selina had walked out of the room. Then, I quickly dumped my coffee down the sink and ran over to the cupboard to retrieve my phone.

as I finished eating my breakfast and got ready for work. Edrick walked with Ella and I to school and we said our goodbyes, and

desk and pull my phone out of my purse.

and put the coffee grounds into the filter. She

however, Edrick came in. I watched with wide eyes as he took two mugs out of the cupboard and poured coffee and creamer into

while Selina’s back was still turned, Edrick placed my coffee cup down at

hard that I felt as though it would pound straight out of my chest as I watched in

of liquid. He put two drops of the mystery liquid into my coffee, quickly concealing the

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