Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 187: The Hunt

Edrick

When I picked Moana and Ella up from school that day, I could tell that something was off. Moana seemed distant and cold, and stiffened under my touch. Was she really still that angry over what I had said the other day? I was only worried about her, and I didn’t want her to get hurt by going out by herself. Moana was normally a level-headed person, so for her to be so angry over something so simple for days was out of character for her. But I just figured that it was pregnancy hormones, or maybe the potion that the Mother Witch gave me to keep her wolf from emerging was making her a bit cranky.

Moana stayed in her room for the remainder of the day. She said that she wasn’t feeling well, so I figured that it really was the pregnancy after all. I decided to give her plenty of space to rest, but by the time I put Ella to bed that night, Moana still hadn’t come out of her room.

I thought about going into her room and checking on her. But after a few moments of standing silently outside her door, I decided against it, and instead went to bed without her.

A few hours passed after that. I tossed and turned the entire time, and finally I couldn’t take it anymore. I needed Moana by my side in order to sleep; maybe if I talked to her sincerely and apologized for making her angry, she wouldn’t be so cold toward me. I still hadn’t apologized for what I said during our last argument, after all.

I made my way over to Moana’s room and raised my fist to knock on the door.

But when I did, the door just swung open. And Moana’s bed was empty.

Figuring that Ella may have had a bad dream and that Moana was sleeping with her, I decided to go over to Ella’s room. I slowly cracked the door open and peered inside, not wanting to wake Ella up.

What I saw made my blood run cold.

Ella’s bed was empty.

as though they would

answer. My first instinct was to check the closet and the bathroom, which were, of course, both empty. My heart pounded then as I flung the window open and looked down at the street below, praying that I wouldn’t see their bodies laying on the sidewalk. But I couldn’t imagine why Moana would have jumped, and there was

the penthouse. Selina and the maids were all woken up by my shouting and banging, and when they came out of their rooms and

and Ella were nowhere

the city’s best police and investigators were at

Anyone who would kidnap her or give her a reason to run?” one

my head. But then… I remembered the

so fast that I felt as though I would be sick. “Kelly hates her.

be easy to contact her; but if she did kidnap Ella and Moana, then we would need to trace her call so we could find them. I just hoped that we could

voice shaking as she squeezed my arm

All I could do was stare numbly at the wall in front of me, praying that nothing horrible would happen to my

never let her go another day without knowing the extent of my love for her. Now, more than ever, my fear of commitment felt so silly. I should have married her on

to ring. The investigator waved me over,

possible,” the investigator said. “Just

swallowed and

“Hello?” I answered.

handsome,” Kelly’s voice croaked on the

needed to keep her on the phone. I decided to play dumb to keep her talking for longer, as though I hadn’t found