His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 231: Shifting Early

Moana

I felt my eyes go wide at Kat’s proposition.

“Really?” I asked quietly. “You could actually help me shift… today?”

Kat nodded with a smile on her face. “It’s easy,” she replied. “You could get it over with really quickly.”

I could feel my wolf reacting strongly to this. It had felt as though Mina was coming close to shifting for a while, ever since Edrick and I marked each other, but it still hadn’t happened. And maybe, just maybe… shifting could finally make all of this ambiguity stop.

“What do you think?” I asked Mina.

She seemed excited. “We should do it,” she replied. “I’ve been feeling stuck, like I keep coming close to shifting but I just can’t make it happen all the way. This could be what I need… And I trust Kat.”

I agreed with Mina. With a smile, I nodded at Kat. More than anything, I was just excited to finally be able to shift. Maybe then, Edrick wouldn’t think that I was so incapable of taking care of myself.

Maybe if I shifted, I could actually be my own person again, and not a damsel in distress who needed a man to protect me.

do it,” I finally

her shoulder at the house. We were still within sight of the house itself despite being in the forest a little ways. Suddenly, she took my hand and began to lead me deeper

walked, the more quickly the air temperature lowered. Soon, I let out a little shiver just from the

It shouldn’t be too hard to find either

the leaves and flowers as she looked for the right plants that we needed. However, pretty soon the gap in the trees where we could see the house was becoming smaller, and the house was turning into a small speck in the distance. I started to get worried that we would eventually lose our way in the

a bit clueless about all of this, but Kat seemed to know where she was going, and so I decided not to cause a fuss. As we kept walking further into the forest, I felt my anxiety starting

electricity to the air, like a thunderstorm could

go of my hand for a moment to stoop down behind a log and pick

wind started to whip my hair around me even

simply shook her head and stood again. She was holding a few small flowers in her hand. They were a dark purple

little more difficult to find, but we should be able

as she started walking down a gradual slope with the wolfsbane in her hand. She kept

valerian?” I asked. “Do we make

head. “You can simply ingest them, so long as you do it at the same

after that,

tree trunk. She muttered

“It’ll be easier if you shift out here. I’ll keep an eye on you,

of this; I wanted Edrick by my side when I shifted for the first time. It was scary to know that he

It was just a drizzle now, but I could tell from the wind in the

the valerian tomorrow. This oncoming storm is making me uneasy, and besides…

turned toward me with a concerned look on her

up an excuse or

for a moment. She seemed genuine. Something felt amiss, but maybe it was just my nerves getting to me. Maybe