His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 225: Pulling the Rug

Moana

I woke up after a night of dreamless sleep to the sound of someone rushing around the room. When I cracked open my eyes, I saw Edrick pacing back and forth. He had a pile of shirts in his hand, and I watched in a state of shock as he walked over to a suitcase and quickly shoved the shirts inside.

“What are you doing?” I asked, sitting up.

Edrick didn’t even look up at me. “We have to go,” was all he said.

My eyes widened. “Go where?”

“We’re going back to the mountain estate for real this time.”

As Edrick spoke, I felt my heart sink. My limbs still felt too heavy from the sleeping meds to move quickly, and as I threw the covers off and swung my limp legs over the edge of the bed, it felt as though I was moving through a thick mud.

“Why?” I asked. “You didn’t mention that we would be leaving before. Was it because of last night?”

watched with wide eyes as he stuffed more clothes into his suitcase. “Come help me zip this up?” he asked. I nodded slowly and walked over, then

“please tell me what’s going on. Is it because of last night? I’ll be okay,

into a bag. “It’s not that,” he said. “It’s for your own safety. And that’s all I’m going to say. Go get dressed; we’ll get breakfast on the

my heart sink even further.

around and glared intensely at me. His gaze wasn’t mean, but it was stern and his eyes were still glowing silver, as though he was on edge. “Just do it, Moana,” he demanded. “Selina already packed your bags. Just

Edrick

with you,” my wolf said as I painfully

know. It

Other than that, my other necessities were all packed up. Everything except my valuables and sentimental items were packed away, like Selina was rushing to get just what I needed into my bags. In Ella’s room next door, I could hear the sound of Ella whining while Selina

why?” Ella cried. I walked over to see her tugging on Selina’s skirt with tears streaming down her cheeks. “I don’t wanna leave! I wanna go to

quite defeated herself. “But

Selina yanked her skirt away so she could continue to pack Ella’s bags and Ella, in a childish fit, plopped down on the ground and wailed loudly. Sighing, I

me leave!” Ella wailed, sobbing loudly. “I don’t wanna

I knew that this was my fault. “Here, love,” I said. I grabbed

hers away, and then led her to my room with me and let her sit on my bed while I got dressed, so that Selina could pack up her

Ella and I were both in the same boat of being forced to leave with no say in the matter. But I, unlike Ella, had a pretty good reason why. It certainly had something to do with my dream and my sleepwalking episode from the night before, but I knew that I

was a bit

mostly in silence, with only Ella speaking up on occasion to whine about how she wanted to go home or how she needed to go potty.

vacation. That time, the mountain air felt fresh, the view was beautiful, and the trees calmed me. However, this time it just felt like we were ascending into a prison made