His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 7 Captive

Moana

“Hey! Stop!” the scar-faced man shouted.

I ran as fast as I could, willing my legs to pump harder, to push me further away from the imminent danger that I sensed. I could hear the sound of footsteps pounding on the sidewalk behind me; I was just a human, and these men were werewolves. I should’ve known I wouldn’t stand a chance trying to outrun them.

I screamed for help, but no one came — no one ever came when a woman screamed for help in the city, and I cursed them for that in that moment.

The sound of the men running behind me came closer. I felt as though my body didn’t belong to me, like I was watching from a third person perspective as I ran for my life.

The two men gained on me. They were so close now that I knew that one misstep on my part would allow them to catch me. I felt a hand brush my shoulder and I shrieked, pushing myself faster as I glanced over my shoulder to look…

Whack!

I ran into something hard and gritty: a corner of a brick building. As I stumbled backwards, my head reeling from the impact, all I could feel were hands grabbing me. My vision faded, and the last thing I saw was the scar-faced man…

I came to in the back of a car. My head was throbbing and I felt as though I would vomit, which kept me from being able to scream or fight. Where were these strange men taking me?

“She’s awake,” the gravelly voice that belonged to the scar-faced man said.

came out was garbled nonsense. They stopped the car and got out, opening the back door and lifting my limp body out

my head lolled back on one of

Edrick Morgan’s penthouse.

up fully, carrying me in through the

I blacked out again.

again, I was laying on something soft. The room was dim, lit only by

attempted to sit up; somehow, I managed to do it, although the

a familiar male voice said. I winced as I felt a damp cloth touch my tender forehead, another hand supporting my back from

“Where am I…?”

in the

times. Finally, Edrick Morgan’s devilishly handsome face came into focus. He was crouching in front of me with a concerned expression as he dabbed at my forehead with a damp cloth. I

me back here?” I whispered, too weak to speak

his face turning cold

the washcloth and propped a couple of soft pillows under me to help me stay upright, then stood and walked

contract,” he said. “It’s rude of you to run off like that. I’m

two terrifying men to attack me on the street in

me. His

you. From

again and shut my eyes, tenderly touching my fingers to my forehead as a wave of dizziness took over me. Through my closed eyelids I saw Edrick’s tall form approaching me once more and crouching down in

he said. I cracked my eyes open to see the housekeeper hand him a bottle of pills. He opened it and dumped two out into his palm, then held them out to me along with a glass of water. “It’s just Advil,” he said, noticing

mouth, washing them down with the glass of water. I heard Selina’s footsteps receding, followed by the sound of the door clicking

it turns out, you left your phone here by accident.”

I said, slipping my phone into my own pocket. “But you should know that I don’t have any intention of continuing to work

you would say that,” he replied. “I suppose I could just as easily find someone else to fill your position, and would honestly prefer it myself at this point, but it seems Ella is quite

too upset by our… brief history… to