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.

me for a few moments, processing, before

you doing in

to a child that her father was paying me to sleep with him? While the simple agreement was that I was only there to sleep beside him to help him

me that…” My voice faltered as I tried to come up with an excuse. “…That he wants me to take you out for

up, and I felt a

her excited voice

ready. We can have crepes for breakfast at the bakery next door. I know

letting out a sigh of relief once she

point, Ella was already excitedly banging on my door and singing a made-up song about crepes. As we made our

our breakfast together, however, something new came to my

was clear as day, and sounded nothing like my own inner thoughts. It was a woman’s voice, but it was

it said, sounding distant

bit in shock, nearly dropping the forkful of crepes as

just talk to me

But… I was human! Well, if you are really my wolf..Where were you

I’ve been awakened by someone close to you. I’m not

full. “Are

a weak smile and nodded, not wanting to reveal what was really going on 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 with

I just realized that I never really knew who my real parents were. This ‘Mina’ said that someone near me had a

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, I took Ella alone and was allowed to leave her there for a few hours, which gave me some time to

and decided to take a

and crafts, but a few of them perked up when they

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