Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 157: To Trust Or Not To Trust

Moana

“He has it.” My wolf’s voice was steady and even-toned, but also agitated. “Check his pockets.”

I immediately trusted Mina’s instincts. She was too sure of it for me to even begin to question it, and she had never been wrong about these sorts of things before. And besides, by now I had spent so long frantically searching the apartment for my tooth that I was desperate. It was the only physical thing I had that was linking me to my past and my lineage. If I didn’t have that tooth, I felt lost, and I felt as though I might never find my parents or at least find out who they were.

“Show me what’s in your pocket,” I growled, holding my hand out flat as I glared up at Edrick with narrowed eyes.

Edrick looked taken aback.

“Why?” he asked, sounding a bit confused. He seemed innocent, but my wolf was insistent that he had my tooth. And I could sense it, too. The way that Edrick’s eyes widened for just a split second as I stormed up to him told me everything that I needed to know.

“You know why,” I replied. “I have a feeling that you took something of mine without permission.”

me for a while, but I only stared back with my hand still outstretched. He had the tooth; I could sense

in my hand, and

it tightly in my hand. “You should

before he finally looked back up at me and let out another sigh. “I’m sorry,” he said quietly. “I just kept getting a feeling about it. I wanted to see if it was a real Alpha tooth, so I took it to a friend of mine to run some

wasn’t his tooth, and therefore it wasn’t really any of his business whether it was an Alpha tooth or not. Not only that, but he should have asked me.

she had said that Edrick’s only goal was to produce the ultimate Alpha heir to take over someday as the next CEO of WereCorp. He wasn’t interested in having a loving relationship with a woman or with his child; he was only interested in continuing his legacy. If he was really that concerned as to whether my wolf tooth belonged to an Alpha or not, then that only

wasn’t one hundred percent Alpha, did that mean that Edrick would potentially leave

grin on her face and her arms outstretched. “I shifted all on my own at training today! I didn’t need any help at

face, causing his gray eyes to shine

Like this!” Ella suddenly took a big, deep breath and squeezed her eyes shut, and as she did, her ears began to grow more pointed and her fingernails began to extend; the first signs of her shifting. Edrick and I both gasped as she started to shift, and I took a few steps backwards and clamped my hand over my heart. Even a little werewolf that was only Ella’s size could wreak havoc indoors, and children were notorious for not controlling their

open her eyes and giggle before she shifted. Her ears returned to their normal state and her claws retracted, and I watched as Edrick kept tossing her in the air with a grin on his face, causing her little laughs to float

way that Olivia was right; Edrick clearly loved Ella more than anything, and the way that he laughed and played with her only proved it. He was now zooming around the room with her on his back, both of their arms outstretched as he made airplane noises, and I