Chapter 10: Mina
Moana

Smiling to myself with closed eyes, I nuzzled deeper into the warm embrace of my bedmate, inhaling the smell of his chest.

Wait…

My eyes shot open, as did his at the same time. We stared at one another in disbelief for several long seconds before I felt my face get hot. There was no denying the chemistry in the air between us as we gazed at each other beneath the warmth of the sheets, but I knew deep down that this was wrong. Edrick was my boss, and I had signed a contract to not get romantically involved!

Blushing, I quickly pulled away and climbed out of the bed. I noticed that the cardigan I had worn to bed the night before now lay on the floor, so I picked it up and quickly put it on to cover myself while Edrick sat up slowly in bed.

“I’m sorry,” I said, my back turned to him as I buttoned my cardigan. “Maybe this isn’t the best idea.”

“Perhaps,” he replied. His voice was low and gravelly from sleep, and it admittedly made me feel even more attracted to him. “But I have to say that I haven’t slept that well in ages. Excluding our night in the hotel, of course.”

As I finished buttoning up my cardigan, I felt my face flush an even deeper shade of red. No response came to mind, so without a word, I quietly slipped out of Edrick’s room and hoped that no one would see me.

Unfortunately, that wish did not come true as I almost immediately bumped into Ella, who was standing outside of her father’s room.

“Oh! Good morning, Ella,” I said, trying to act nonchalant as I smiled at the little girl.

at me for a few moments,

you doing

was that I was only there

Your daddy just called me in here to tell me that…” My voice faltered as I tried to come up with an excuse. “…That he wants me to

face lit up, and I felt a

her excited voice

“Really. Go get ready. We can have crepes for breakfast at

with delight and ran off. I pulled my cardigan tighter around myself, letting out a sigh of relief once she was out of sight. At least I had a

comfortable cotton dress and a pair of sandals. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail, and by that point, Ella was already excitedly banging on my door and singing a made-up song about crepes. As we made our way downstairs

we were eating our breakfast together, however, something new

my own inner thoughts. It was a woman’s voice, but it was fading in

it said, sounding distant and

jumped a bit in shock, nearly dropping the forkful of crepes

can just talk to me through… our

“I had a wolf? But… I was human!

still weak, but I’ve been awakened by someone close to

her head, speaking with her mouth full. “Are you okay?” she said, breaking my train

inside my mind just yet. “Yes, I’m fine,” I replied, reaching out to wipe a bit of whipped cream off of Ella’s mouth with my napkin. “Don’t talk

can no longer connect to Mina after that, but what happened was real. I just realized that I never really knew who my real parents were. This ‘Mina’ said that someone near me had a close connection. I thought of Ella, of the housekeeper, the maids… Could it be possible that I was related

was Saturday morning, which meant that Ella had her weekly werewolf training today. As Selina informed me, Ella had to go to these training sessions every week along with other werewolf children to learn how to use their abilities, control their wolves, and to get the chance to shift freely in a safe space. I had attended the first training with Selina and Ella, but this week,

decided to take a taxi to the orphanage. Not only was I missing the children there, but I also wanted to speak to someone about my records… Maybe they would have some answers about

preoccupied with arts and crafts, but a few of them perked

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