The Alpha’s Nanny (Lori and Gabriel) novel Chapter 162

Chapter 162

“I knew your mother…”

“What?”

Lori asked as she stood up slowly.

“That’s a lie.”

She retorted and Astra nodded.

‘It’s been years but I still remember…”

“What do you remember?”

Lori asked and Astra shrugged.

“A pregnant nephilim on the run. She was in some sort of trouble with the father of her baby… she was avoiding everybody, even our kind.”

“Why? What did she do?!”

Lori asked as she gripped the edge of her seat. Astra gave her a pointed look.

‘Calm down. That sofa is new.”

She murmured and Lori relaxed.

Astra walked back to the window to check on their spy, he was no longer in the location he was before but Astra could bet that he was still around.

‘She didn’t tell me much. But she did tell me her name and you look a awful lot like her.”

‘Her name was lone.”

Astra answered and Lori furrowed her eyebrows.

‘Jone?’

It was the first time she was learning about her mother… anything about her. Lori didn’t realize how curious she had been about her until Astra had

mentioned her.

Jone.

What a strange namie… Lori wondered what she looked like. What she was like and why she chose to leave her.

‘And you’re sure… that she’s my mother?!”

She asked and Astra nodded.

I can. It’s just strange… that after all these years you also turn up.”

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“Why was my mother running?”

Lori persisted and Astra shrugged.

‘I don’t know. I’m not sure about what exactly happened and I wouldn’t lie to you about it. But we have more pressing matters than that.”

‘You have exposed yourself Lori.”

“What?”

Lori fired back and Astra nodded, her expression serious.

“Our kind has stayed hidden in the shadows for years. Centuries even! Do you think we did that by choice?!”

Lori shook her head.

“No.”

She whispered.

“Exactly! We did it because we were being hunted. Hunted for our blood, turned into blood bags for other supernaturals…”

“You really think Sabine will keep your secret?”

‘I’m not expecting her to.”

Lori added.

“Then what are you doing with her? That woman is not to be trusted. Not after all you’ve told me…”

Lori shook her head.

“What do you want me to do?! She has my son!”

Astra groaned.

“This is bigger than I thought…”

“What do you mean?’

Lori asked and Astra ignored her.

Years and years of hiding and staying undercover all for it to be undone by some nephilim all because of a man.

It was sickening! If she helped Lori… it would implicate her. Greatly.

Her and every other nephilim. It would topple their delicate balance and Astra wasn’t quite ready for that to happen.

“You! Your relationship with that alpha! Your issue with Sabine! Everything you have told me!”

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Lori went deathly silent.

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Wasn’t this woman meant to help her?

“What do you mean?! Are you helping me or not?”

She stood up as she confronted the woman. Astra looked away, her eyes still on the window, wondering where the spy was now and where he was poke

nosing.

‘I’m afraid I can’t help you. It was a mistake for you to come here. It was a mistake for Sabine to send you here.”

‘I cannot help you without putting my life and other nephilim lives at risk.”

“What… what are you saying?!”

Lori asked as her voice broke.

She needed help. She needed her help to control the monster that was in her…

Why? Why was she rejecting her?!

Her own kind! Her own people. Weren’t they supposed to help her?!

Astra slowly raised her eyes to meet Lori’s, they were filled with pity. Pity and despair.

“I’m terribly sorry Lori. For everything you’ve been through… for everything that has been done to you…

“No one deserves to go through all that… but I cannot help you… you must understand.”

She reached out to touch Lori’s hand and Lori slapped her hand away so hard that she felt the sting in her palm.

Astra didn’t even flinch.

Lori looked around the tiny apartment again, blinking back tears. She was stupid. Stupid and she had wasted time coming here. Thinking that someone

would help her.

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