Chapter 198: Hideaway

Edrick

Moana was right about the fact that I needed to tell Ella the truth about her mother. It was time that Ella knew what her mother was really like, especially after that whole ordeal. But at that moment, although I promised Moana that I would tell Ella about Olivia soon, I had more pressing matters to deal with.

First thing in the morning, I took Moana to the doctor’s office for a full checkup to make sure that both she and the baby were healthy. Thankfully, they were. The baby was as healthy as an ox; in fact, when Moana was being strangled by Ethan, I remembered seeing her suddenly overcome with a burst of light that launched Ethan backwards. I didn’t know if it was the baby or Moana’s own abilities that protected her at that moment, but it didn’t matter. All I knew was that that burst of light saved Moana from being strangled to death by Ethan when I was still too weak to move.

However, as the day went on, it quickly came to my attention that the whole ordeal had already made its way to the news. Somehow, those damn paparazzi got footage of Ethan being escorted into the cop car and Moana’s terrified face. Those clips were already circulating various news outlets with all sorts of speculations on what happened. I didn’t know if I would bother having a press conference about it, though. At that moment, I just wanted to get Moana and Ella away from the city.

last time we had gone to the mountain estate, it had gone poorly. My father had sent a hired rogue to intimidate us and we had left abruptly as we no longer felt safe there. And I supposed that we could easily run into trouble again if we went back, but the city was just too dangerous right now. There was a good chance that Moana could shift at any moment now that her wolf had emerged, and I wanted her to be out of the city for two reasons: for starters, a wolf

twenty new guards, all of whom were the best of the best. They were all Alphas with extensive combat experience, and I vetted them thoroughly to make sure that they wouldn’t turn on us if Moana turned. I paid them well, too; I didn’t care how much it cost so long as Moana and

was left was to tell Moana that we would be leaving first thing in the

up suddenly from the armchair by the

to pay any attention to the incredulous look on her face. “I’m sorry,” I said. “We’ll be staying until the baby is born. Potentially longer than that if I still think it’s unsafe for you in

head vigorously and frowned deeply. “We can’t leave!” she pleaded as she stormed up to me and

city. Until she shifted and until the baby was born, I wouldn’t feel comfortable bringing them back here. And besides, my father was still a threat. He would find out about Moana’s true nature eventually, and I wouldn’t have been surprised if he was the very first person to try to hunt her down. He had too much at stake as one of the wealthiest and most corrupt men in the world to let the Golden Wolf bring a new era in which humans and werewolves could live in harmony. He had built his entire empire off of the backs of underpaid

come back. I know you love your job, and we’ll find a substitute to fill in for you until we come back. You can claim it as maternity leave; you can tell them that you’re having complications with the

decided against it and

low, so

I also needed to figure out how Moana would continue to be safe as

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