Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 174: Emergency Care

Moana

That night, I tried to fight the tears. But no matter how hard I fought and tried to keep my head up, I couldn’t entirely stop myself from crying just a little bit.

After all, I had just discovered that Edrick not only knew all along that I was his mate, but that he also still didn’t plan on ever being with me despite this. The thought of it made me feel incredibly sick, and I felt helpless. All I ever wanted was to give my baby the happy home life with two loving parents that I never got to have, and yet I had somehow managed to be the fated mate of someone who simply couldn’t even bear the thought of being with me. Was there something wrong with me? Was that why I had such bad luck in love?

My wolf, however, was surprisingly quiet throughout all of this. Even though she supposedly released her scent and that was what made Edrick “lose control” and kiss me passionately, I didn’t feel much from her. In fact, when I reached out and tried to talk to her for some guidance, she seemed different than usual.

“Mina?” I called out in my mind. Even though it had only been a short few months since I had discovered that I even had a wolf, talking to her telepathically was becoming more and more natural. I rarely ever accidentally spoke out loud, and it felt much less awkward now to talk to her in my mind. In fact, on occasion I even felt as though I could picture her whenever we talked.

“Hmm… Yes?” she responded. Her voice sounded like a distant echo. There was a sleepy, almost giddy quality to it. It almost sounded as though she had too much to drink, although that was just a silly thought.

“Are you alright?” I asked. “Were you sleeping?” Even though it didn’t make sense that she could have been sleeping with everything going on, I supposed that I still didn’t quite know everything about how werewolves worked.

Mina took a long time to respond. When she did, her voice sounded a little closer, but it still had that sleepy quality to it.

just

wiping the leftover tears off of my face with the back of my hand as I stared up at the ceiling. It was a bit worrying to hear my wolf sounding like this, and I had noticed that she seemed to be acting a bit off lately. But I decided that it was likely just from the pregnancy, or maybe the stress of the incident with the Rogues. Either way, I thought for sure that

…

manage to sleep that night. There was a bit of tossing and turning, but it did finally happen. And when

window. Maybe it was both. Either way, as I got out of bed, I decided that I was going to go over to Edrick’s room to talk to him. It was Saturday, so Ella would have training later, but there was still time. Maybe I could even convince Edrick to go to the orphanage with me, and seeing the children would make both of us feel

threw on my robe and pulled my hair into a bun before heading over to Edrick’s room. When I arrived, I

There was no response.

brow, however, when I saw that the bedsheets were unkempt but the bed was empty, as though he had gotten out of bed and left without making the bed. He always made his side of the bed as soon as he woke up, so it was out of character. Was he really so upset last night that he

bathroom door was open and the light was on, which was only more confusing, so I slowly

when I did, my jaw

he had fallen in the middle of the night. I struggled to roll him over, but I finally managed to get him

saw it: the empty bottle of pills laying on

want to believe it. Had Edrick really tried to… kill himself last night? My eyes filled with tears, and I began to shake him roughly.

the room. She clapped her hand over her mouth and let out a sharp yell of