His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Moana

I let out a yelp. I jolted, and then everything stopped. The rain, the wind, the grass… All of it turned back into the still, calm air of my bedroom. Michael’s hand no longer gripped my wrist, and the golden glint of the knife in his hand turned into the soft amber glow of the lamp on my bedside table.

“Moana?” Dr. Rhodes said, sounding concerned. “Are you there?”

I quickly sat up and rubbed my eyes. “Y-Yes,” I replied. “I’m okay. It’s just…”

“What is it?”

I shook my head. “Nothing,” I lied. “Dr. Rhodes… Will you be available to try again tomorrow?”

The therapist paused, then cleared his throat. “Sure. You can call me anytime if you want to try again, or even if you just need to talk. Are you sure you’re okay, though?”

“I’m fine,” I lied again, even though my hands were shaking. “Thanks, Dr. Rhodes. I’ll call you tomorrow.”

…

I didn’t sleep very much at all for the rest of the night. I was too nervous to try to sleep in case I sleepwalked again or had another vision, but at the same time I also couldn’t stop thinking about the vision I had during hypnosis.

felt… off. It almost felt as though there was something else in the mist behind Michael, another presence. Was there someone else

and my hypnosis session with Dr. Rhodes made me temporarily forget about my anger toward Edrick, so I quickly

the dining room, Edrick and Ella were sitting at the table while Selina scurried

said when she saw me. “Sit down. I made

was also something soft

hand, was picking at her eggs with her fork. She was leaning her cheek into her hand, and kept letting

miss school,” she

chided gently.

usually did during breakfast time, and she took the opportunity to stick her

your tongue back in your mouth.

at the fact that her father had seen her stick her tongue out without looking at

still not fair!” she whined. “I won’t be able to go to school

you wouldn’t be able to go back to school even if we were in the city,” he said, to which Ella scowled. “Besides…” He gestured toward the set of open French doors behind us that led out

she moaned. “But I

not always about what you

The table fell silent. Even Selina and I froze at Edrick’s sudden snap; it was extremely rare that he ever was so stern with her. I opened my mouth to say something, because

He sighed and set his coffee cup down. “That wasn’t very

but said nothing. His eyes then wandered over to me, and his

me wondered if he had overheard my conversation with Dr. Rhodes the night before. If he hadn’t heard it,

my hands with buttering my toast. It was also a way for me to break my gaze away from Edrick, but I could feel him still looking at me

miss school,” she

It’s Saturday,” Edrick chided gently. “You wouldn’t be at

okay,” Ella said with a sigh, breaking the silence. “I’m sorry too,

Ella was acting beyond her years. Sometimes I really did forget