His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 214

#Chapter 214: The Omen

Moana

When I woke up, I found myself in a dimly lit hospital room with Edrick sleeping on my lap. I was no longer floating in a void, nor was Michael above me with a knife. Instead, I was safe and sound with my mate by my side.

But nothing felt right. That dream was too vivid to just be a machination of my own anxiety… It felt like an omen. Was Michael coming for me with that knife, or was it really all just a dream made up in my own mind?

Suddenly, Edrick must have sensed that I was awake because he jerked his head up and opened his eyes wide.

“Moana,” he whispered. He lurched forward suddenly, looking relieved, and kissed me deeply. I was comforted, but also taken aback at the same time, and when we pulled apart I gave him a puzzled look.

“What happened?” I asked quietly. My throat felt dry and cracked.

Edrick shook his head. “You’ve been asleep for three days,” he responded, his own voice shaking. “But you’re okay. You’re okay now.”

I felt my eyes widen as Edrick spoke. “Edrick, I have to tell you something—”

But before I could get a word out to tell him about my prophetic dream, the room suddenly became rushed with nurses and doctors who began taking my vitals, checking on me, and asking me questions. The room filled with a flurry of activity, and by the time all of the tests were over and they had finished wheeling me around to various rooms to get x-rays and scans, I felt utterly exhausted and disoriented.

When I finally was returned to my original room where Edrick was waiting nervously with dark circles under his eyes, the doctor came in to give me my results.

“It looks like both you and the baby are perfectly healthy,” the doctor said with a smile. “You can thank your wolf for putting you in a dormant state… And you’re lucky that you came out of it as soon as you did.”

“What should she do now?” Edrick asked. I noticed that he was holding my hand tightly, but I didn’t mind one bit.

“I would like you to stay on bed rest for the next week,” the doctor said as he scribbled furiously on his clipboard. “I’m going to send in a prescription for you for some special vitamins and some medicine to help you sleep if you need it, and I’d like you to come back when the week is over for a follow-up appointment.”

“A week?” I asked. I couldn’t stay in bed for a week! I had a job to do, and I had already taken enough time off because of the whole warehouse ordeal!

“It’ll be okay,” Edrick said gently, rubbing my shoulder with a worried yet relieved look in his gray eyes. “It’s just a week.”

Edrick’s eyes widened. “What?” he asked, rushing over to my side. “No. Of course not, Moana. I just want to make sure that you get the help you deserve.”

I nodded slowly and stared down at my lap. It was comforting to know that Edrick was worried about me, but at the same time it was frightening. I felt like a crazy person, someone who needed to be watched and monitored in case I had a sudden episode. But maybe Edrick and the doctor were right… Maybe some therapy would be helpful in the long run.

“Earlier, you said that you needed to tell me something,” Edrick said gently. “What was it?”

I was suddenly reminded of my horrible dream. At the time, I thought that it was an omen. But now, after being awake for a few hours, it didn’t feel so scary at all. It really was just a dream, and nothing more; and I didn’t want to worry Edrick any further by mentioning it, so I shook my head and smiled.

“It was nothing,” I said quietly. “Just a dream. I hardly even remember it now.”

“Oh.” Edrick furrowed his brow and sat down beside me. He seemed a bit disbelieving, but he didn’t push it further, and for the rest of the morning we dozed off together while the nurses floated in and out of the room.

Hopefully, it really was just a dream that would soon fade out of my memory completely.