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.

a few moments,

doing in my daddy’s

him? While the simple agreement was that I was only there to sleep beside him to help him sleep and not

to come up with an excuse. “…That he

felt a wave of relief

her excited voice turning into a

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

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 pair of sandals. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail, and by that point, Ella was already excitedly banging on

breakfast together, however, something new

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

it said, sounding distant

in shock, nearly dropping the forkful of crepes as

wolf. You can just talk to me through… our

“I had a wolf? But… I was human! Well,

weak, but I’ve been awakened by someone close

c****d her head, speaking with her mouth full. “Are you okay?” she said, breaking

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

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,

their wolves, and to get the chance to shift freely in a

time, so once we dropped Ella off at her training, I agreed to meet the driver when her training was finished as he had other work to do in the meantime, and 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 my lineage, and could tell me

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