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.

herbs that grow in the forest that can 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

down to small patches of weeds. She rifled through them, inspecting the leaves and flowers as she looked for the right plants that we needed. However, pretty soon the gap in the trees where we could see the house was becoming smaller, and

felt a bit clueless about all of this, but Kat seemed to know where she was going, and so I decided not to cause a fuss. As we kept walking further into the forest, I felt my anxiety starting

sort of static electricity to the air, like a thunderstorm

for a moment to stoop down behind a log and pick at some weeds.

spoke, the wind started to whip my hair around

shook her head and stood again. She was holding a few small flowers in her hand. They were a dark purple color, and she held them up to me with a

reassured me. “I already found some wolfsbane. Valerian might be a little more difficult to find, but we should be able to find some if we go just a little

my bodyguard’s warm smile, and followed her once again as she started walking

we find the valerian?” I asked. “Do we

ingest them, so long as

after that,

look into a hollow tree trunk. She muttered something

if you shift out here. I’ll keep an eye on you, so if it gets to be too much and you lose control, you won’t get

side when I shifted for the first time. It was scary to know that he wouldn’t be next to me when I shifted, and when I looked up, I realized that the house was no

a drizzle now, but I could tell from the wind in

the valerian tomorrow. This oncoming storm is making me uneasy, and besides…

turned toward me with a concerned look on

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