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.”

I only stared back with my hand still outstretched. He

into his pocket and retrieved the tooth. He placed it in my hand, and my fingers instantly

I asked, still gripping it tightly in my hand. “You

embarrassed, and for a few moments he stared at the floor, chewing the inside of his cheek before he finally looked back up at me and let out another sigh. “I’m sorry,” he

or not? It 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

something. During my conversation with Olivia earlier that day, 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

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

turned to see Ella running toward Edrick with a grin on her face and her arms outstretched. “I shifted all on my own at training today! I didn’t need

his face, causing his gray eyes to shine in the sunlight that was streaming in

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,

air playfully, causing her to 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

anything, and the way that he laughed and played with