Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 238: Buying Time

Edrick

I ran for a long time to try to find Moana.

Because of the fierce wind and the rain, her scent got a bit jumbled and my own wolf’s tracking abilities were slightly dulled. Not only that, but because of the rain there were multiple small mudslides in the forest, and more than once I found myself slipping and sliding and getting turned around on my path.

I could sense that something was wrong, though. I sensed someone else… And it wasn’t Kat or any of the other bodyguards.

Moana seemed to be in distress, beyond what was reasonable for someone who got lost in the rain. And after what Ella told me about my father, I could imagine what was happening.

I just hoped that I would get to her in time.

Finally, her scent became stronger. Before, it was faint and I was even beginning to think that I was going to lose it entirely and that I would never find her. It became a lot stronger all of a sudden, in fact. My senses were suddenly overcome by her scent, and I felt myself being drawn straight to her.

Feeling myself filled with a new sense of hope, I shot forward through the forest in the direction that Moana’s scent was emanating from.

“I’m coming,” I thought, pushing myself to run faster than I ever had. “I’m coming, Moana.”

Suddenly, I burst out from the treeline into a thick mist that had settled on the cliffside. I could hardly see in front of me, so I slowed down and stalked forward, keeping my head low as I sniffed the ground.

a bright golden light. I felt my

enough so that I could see up ahead,

it seemed like it. I had

eight feet into the air, with her head tilted back and her eyes rolled into the back of her head. Her palms were outstretched at her sides, and

wasn’t alone; my father was

was standing in front of her, holding up his arm to shield his eyes from the blinding light, and he had the Golden Knife in his other hand as he tried to push forward to get

now: she was about to shift, which would mean that the Golden Knife would be useless once it finally happened. All I needed

I used my mindlink with my

I

force that surrounded Moana, but he stood when he heard my voice. I froze, too, and watched

a dark, twisted grin

bolt of lightning flashed and lit up the dark sky and half of his face. That sudden flash only made

to speak without moving his lips. “You can’t get in

in the back of my throat. “I won’t let you

part of the hero? What happened to the Edrick that I knew all that time ago, who agreed that the Golden Wolf should be killed so that we

another step closer. “I’ve changed. I don’t

too, you know. I thought that the world could be a better place. But as it turns out, it’s impossible. Humans are evil, stupid, vile little creatures… I know that now. I don’t care if they suffer, so long as we get to keep living our

at my dad. Moana still floated above us, out of reach. She seemed to be in some sort of trance; maybe she was having more visions. I hoped that she would stay up there until she shifted fully, and it would be hilarious to watch my dad have to deal with the fact that she shifted right in front of him, just out of his