#Chapter 225: Pulling the Rug

Moana

I woke up after a night of dreamless sleep to the sound of someone rushing around the room. When I cracked open my eyes, I saw Edrick pacing back and forth. He had a pile of shirts in his hand, and I watched in a state of shock as he walked over to a suitcase and quickly shoved the shirts inside.

“What are you doing?” I asked, sitting up.

Edrick didn’t even look up at me. “We have to go,” was all he said.

My eyes widened. “Go where?”

“We’re going back to the mountain estate for real this time.”

As Edrick spoke, I felt my heart sink. My limbs still felt too heavy from the sleeping meds to move quickly, and as I threw the covers off and swung my limp legs over the edge of the bed, it felt as though I was moving through a thick mud.

“Why?” I asked. “You didn’t mention that we would be leaving before. Was it because of last night?”

Edrick didn’t answer. I watched with wide eyes as he stuffed more clothes into his suitcase. “Come help me zip this up?” he asked. I nodded slowly and walked over, then pushed down onto the top of the suitcase so he could zip it up.

“Edrick,” I continued, “please tell me what’s going on. Is it because of last night? I’ll be okay, I promise. We don’t need to leave—”

that,” he said. “It’s for your own safety. And that’s all I’m going to say. Go get dressed; we’ll

sink even further. “But,

his eyes were still glowing silver, as

how unfair I found it to be, it didn’t seem to matter anyway. Edrick clearly had made up his mind, and there was no way to get around it this time; whatever went through his head last night after

you,” my wolf said as I painfully made my way

It still

was left out for me on the bed, and a few toiletries so I could get ready for the day. Other than that, my other necessities were all packed up. Everything except my valuables and sentimental items were packed away, like Selina was rushing to get just what I needed into my bags. In Ella’s room next door, I could hear the

why?” Ella cried. I walked over to see her tugging on Selina’s skirt with tears streaming down her cheeks. “I don’t wanna leave!

replied, sounding quite defeated herself. “But

down on the ground and wailed

leave!” Ella wailed, sobbing loudly. “I don’t wanna

heart break just a little bit more; especially because I knew that this was my fault. “Here, love,” I said. I grabbed her stuffed duck off of the dresser and put it in

own tears as I wiped hers away, and then led her to my room with me and let her sit on my bed while I got dressed, so that Selina could pack

with no say in the matter. But I, unlike Ella, had a pretty good reason why. It certainly had something to do with my dream and my sleepwalking episode from the night

for that, I was

on occasion to whine about how she wanted to go home or how she needed to

the view was beautiful, and the

of the maids on her heels to keep an eye on her. Edrick immediately started unpacking the car, and I circled around

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