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.”

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

next day by spending the day with me, he had still not apologized, which made me think now that his nasty side was his true nature. Not only that, but the way

I paced back and forth 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 to keep me tucked away on

I had an idea as to how I could potentially ease my worries and find out for sure if I really was being poisoned, if I

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

that, I hit record and

room dressed for work as though I had just woken up. And just as I suspected, my coffee and breakfast were waiting for me

where she stood by the kitchen sink.

to only 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. Selina came back

Edrick walked with Ella and I to school and we said our goodbyes, and the entire time I felt as

did was sit down at my desk and pull my phone out of my purse. With shaking hands, I opened it up and clicked on the video

in and ground up the coffee beans, then filled the pot with water and put

two mugs out of the cupboard and poured coffee and creamer into them; one for himself, and one for

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

pound straight out of my chest as I watched in horror. Edrick glanced

his pocket and pulled out a small vial of liquid. He put two drops of the mystery liquid into my coffee, quickly concealing the vial back in his pocket

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