Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 231: Shifting Early

Moana

I felt my eyes go wide at Kat’s proposition.

“Really?” I asked quietly. “You could actually help me shift… today?”

Kat nodded with a smile on her face. “It’s easy,” she replied. “You could get it over with really quickly.”

I could feel my wolf reacting strongly to this. It had felt as though Mina was coming close to shifting for a while, ever since Edrick and I marked each other, but it still hadn’t happened. And maybe, just maybe… shifting could finally make all of this ambiguity stop.

“What do you think?” I asked Mina.

She seemed excited. “We should do it,” she replied. “I’ve been feeling stuck, like I keep coming close to shifting but I just can’t make it happen all the way. This could be what I need… And I trust Kat.”

I agreed with Mina. With a smile, I nodded at Kat. More than anything, I was just excited to finally be able to shift. Maybe then, Edrick wouldn’t think that I was so incapable of taking care of myself.

Maybe if I shifted, I could actually be my own person again, and not a damsel in distress who needed a man to protect me.

“Let’s do it,” I finally said.

Kat grinned, then glanced over her shoulder at the house. We were still within sight of the house itself despite being in the forest a little ways. Suddenly, she took my hand and began to lead me deeper into the forest.

“Where are we going?” I asked. The deeper into the forest we walked, the more quickly the air temperature lowered. Soon, I let out a little shiver just from the chill in the pine-filled air.

help induce the shifting process. We need wolfsbane and valerian roots. It shouldn’t be too hard to find either of those around here…” Kat looked around as we walked,

the house was becoming smaller, and the house was turning into a small speck

cause a fuss. As we kept walking further into the forest, I felt

static electricity to the air, like a thunderstorm could happen at any

up at the sky as Kat let go of my hand for a moment

started to whip my hair around me even through the trees, which only solidified my

her hand. They were a dark purple

worry,” she reassured me. “I already found some wolfsbane. Valerian might be a little more difficult to find,

reassured by my bodyguard’s warm smile, and followed her once again as she started walking down a gradual slope with

happens when we find the valerian?” I asked. “Do we make it

them, so long as you do it at

after

then crouched down to look into a hollow tree trunk. She muttered something to herself, then

only be five to ten minutes before you shift,” she said. “It’ll be easier if you shift out here. I’ll keep an eye on you, so if it gets to be too much and you

wanted Edrick by my side when I shifted for the first time. It was scary to know that he wouldn’t be next to me

fall. It was just a drizzle now, but I could

stopping. “Maybe we can get the valerian tomorrow. This oncoming storm is making me uneasy, and besides… I don’t

with a concerned

she said, sounding somewhat stern. “He’ll just make up an excuse or tell you that it’s too dangerous for the baby— which