His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 157

#Chapter 157: To Trust Or Not To Trust

Moana

“He has it.” My wolf’s voice was steady and even-toned, but also agitated. “Check his pockets.”

I immediately trusted Mina’s instincts. She was too sure of it for me to even begin to question it, and she had never been wrong about these sorts of things before. And besides, by now I had spent so long frantically searching the apartment for my tooth that I was desperate. It was the only physical thing I had that was linking me to my past and my lineage. If I didn’t have that tooth, I felt lost, and I felt as though I might never find my parents or at least find out who they were.

“Show me what’s in your pocket,” I growled, holding my hand out flat as I glared up at Edrick with narrowed eyes.

Edrick looked taken aback.

“Why?” he asked, sounding a bit confused. He seemed innocent, but my wolf was insistent that he had my tooth. And I could sense it, too. The way that Edrick’s eyes widened for just a split second as I stormed up to him told me everything that I needed to know.

“You know why,” I replied. “I have a feeling that you took something of mine without permission.”

Edrick stared at me for a while, but I only stared back with my hand still outstretched. He had the tooth; I could sense it.

And I was right. Finally, with a sigh, Edrick reached into his pocket and retrieved the tooth. He placed it in my hand, and my fingers instantly curled around it as my eyes widened with a combination of anger and confusion.

“W-Why did you take it?” I asked, still gripping it tightly in my hand. “You should have asked first.”

Edrick looked a little embarrassed, and for a few moments he stared at the floor, chewing the inside of his cheek before he finally looked back up at me and let out another sigh. “I’m sorry,” he said quietly. “I just kept getting a feeling about it. I wanted to see if it was a real Alpha tooth, so I took it to a friend of mine to run some tests on it.”

I was still shocked by this. Why would Edrick need to know whether the tooth belonged to an Alpha or not? It wasn’t his tooth, and therefore it wasn’t really any of his business whether it was an Alpha tooth or not. Not only that, but he should have asked me. If he really was that interested in my lineage, he could have included me in these tests. I would have been curious to know, too.

But then, as I stared up at Edrick with surprise, my eyes widened even further as I remembered something. During my conversation with Olivia earlier that day, she had said that Edrick’s only goal was to produce the ultimate Alpha heir to take over someday as the next CEO of WereCorp. He wasn’t interested in having a loving relationship with a woman or with his child; he was only interested in continuing his legacy. If he was really that concerned as to whether my wolf tooth belonged to an Alpha or not, then that only solidified what she told me.