Chapter 230: A Promise
Moana

Seeing Edrick finally tell Ella about her real mother made me soften toward him.

I softened even more when Ella said those sweet things, and it made me feel as though we really were a little family despite everything that was going on. I couldn’t help but hug both of them tightly, and I felt comforted when Edrick buried his face in my hair.

But when we pulleNanny and the Alpha Daddy By Eve Above Story Chapter 230Nanny and the Alpha Daddy By Eve Above Story Chapter 230d apart and I watched them reconcile Edrick’s lies, I felt my smile fade because something just felt off.

I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. It almost felt like some sort of sixth sense, but for what was still a mystery.

All I could do was stare wistfully out the window as I tried to rack my brain over it. Maybe I was just feeling cooped up…

“Do you feel strange?” I asked Mina.

“A little,” she replied. I could tell that she was just as confused as I was. “Some fresh air could be nice.”

I? I turned to Edrick then, who was sitting back down at the dining room

for a walk, if that’s alright,” I said. “Just by myself so I

the estate surrounded by a constant patrol, and I knew that he went out there himself last night to check. Besides, there

like it might rain, though. Do you need

my head. “No. I’ll be back

a far cry from the day before, but I wasn’t complaining. Maybe a night of sleeping alone changed his attitude a bit, although I still wished that he would just tell

pine trees, and it was

a while and took in the view of the freshly pruned hedges and mossy fountains. I sensed Kat’s presence from afar, and

head closer to the trees. The air in the forest was cool and inviting, and with one last look over my shoulder, I

sound of twigs crunching behind me.

putting my hands on my

tall girl stepped

me to keep you

you’re nearby, can I at least enjoy the forest a little bit?” I asked. “It’s

the woods. The further we walked, the more I felt the air temperature drop, and soon I had to stick my hands into

Edrick made us come here so suddenly?” I finally asked after

to look up at some birds overhead that were making a bit of a racket. “Not really,” she said. “As far as I know, he just gave me orders to keep watch over you, and he gave the other guards orders to keep a constant patrol going and not to let anyone onto the property.

I take it if you’ve been keeping such a close eye on

nodded. “Yeah. I won’t tell

happy to have someone nearby who I was beginning to see as a bit of a friend. Kat and I didn’t know each other terribly well yet, but I liked her. She was sweet, and I didn’t

and mossy fountains. I sensed Kat’s presence from afar, and decided to push

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