Chapter 184: Escape Plan

Moana

After I saw the video of Edrick putting something in my coffee, I knew that I needed to get out.

It both broke my heart and made me sick to think about leaving. I had been falling deeply in love with Edrick, and yet this entire time it turned out that he was secretly plotting something against me; I didn’t know what it was exactly that he was planning, but whatever it was certainly wasn’t good.

I needed to get myself and my baby out of there, and I planned on returning Ella to her rightful mother, too. Even though I knew that taking Ella and returning her to her mother could land me in prison, I was willing to take that risk for the sake of getting little Ella out of a household with a father who was dangerous and up to no good.

That afternoon, during my lunch break, I made my escape plan. I called Olivia as soon as I could and explained everything.

“Okay,” she said, taking a deep breath after I had told her all about the video evidence I had. “We’ll get you out of there.”

“And Ella, too,” I said.

sniff, and it made me wonder if she was crying. When

after a few more moments of silence, she seemed to have come up with something. “Here’s what

pained me to see his smiling face as Ella ran up to him. He picked her up and put her on his shoulders, and as we began to walk home he slipped his arm around me. I felt myself instantly

we should do this?” my wolf asked, sounding unsure.

time. “Yes,” I replied.

“Alright.”

was understanding of the situation. It

straight to my room. I locked my door

hotel room for me and Ella all the way across town. Once Ella and I would get there late that night, the plan was to change our clothes, wait for a couple of hours, and then leave.

fake ID, and that the “original” Olivia had essentially dropped off the face of the earth.

and my wallet in the river on our way to the airport, and Olivia would give me a new ID. Once we were in Europe, I could convert all of my money and open a new

by planning all of this. My wolf kept reminding me of that. But I felt as though I had no other choice, and it was the only way to protect myself, my baby, and Ella. Edrick and his family were far too powerful and dangerous, and

day, I stayed in my room. Selina tried knocking on the door a few times, but each time I either pretended to be asleep or I said that I

to bed in her room next door. I stayed quiet, listening through the

was their last time that they would see each other. I listened tearfully as he read her a

voice said. “I

love you

leaving the room, followed by the sound of Ella’s bedroom door closing. There was a pause,

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