Alpha's Nanny: Bears of the Wild by Gabriel Lola

Author:Gabriel, Lola [Gabriel, Lola]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

11

Ash

Ash looked in on Penelope, who was sleeping in her sea of cuddly toys, a hand in her mouth. He went over to kiss her on the forehead and push back her hair, slightly sweaty with hot sleep.

Then he did something he hadn’t done for a long time. He picked Penelope up and placed her carefully, still asleep, in her crib. He took out the board books and some of the cuddly toys, and then he walked out of the room, turning off the main light so that only Penelope’s star-shaped night light glowed. He left the door half open so he would hear if she called out for him.

Ash brushed his teeth, looking at himself in the mirror. He wondered how old he looked; late twenties, early thirties? There were a few lines on his forehead, and he occasionally found a gray hair. But those were the only signs of aging. He found it easy to stay slim, muscular. Just his time shifted was enough, really, and anyway, shifters tended toward his build. When he was done with his teeth, Ash took a deep breath. He was looking himself in the eyes in the mirror. He almost nodded at himself, but that felt silly. He’d freaked out and been rude to Easton. It had felt like… well, it had felt like a lot.

He left the bathroom and pushed open his bedroom door—or his and Rebecca’s, he supposed. It was chilly in there, but the sheets were clean, and the bed was soft. He could spread out, and so he did, stretching as he lay there.

He’d been rude to Easton. He felt terrible about it. And today was Friday, and he wouldn’t see her until Monday, and he’d be feeling bad all weekend, and… Maybe this was him just imagining his actions had weight to her, but maybe so would she.

Easton was human. He couldn’t get away from it. She was so breakable; she would be here for such a short time.

Ash rolled over, hiding his face in the fluffy pillows he was just realizing he’d missed. He wanted her so, so badly. Could he tell her? Could he let her make her own choice? It wasn’t something they were supposed to do, but this was his pack. This was his mate. How would he ever know if he didn’t try? One of her best friends was a shifter, for goodness’ sake. Didn’t she deserve to know that, too?

Or was he just trying to justify the thing he wanted to do? He was trying to convince himself that being so madly, stupidly, blindly in love with Easton was okay. He was. He couldn’t help it. And he felt terrible for earlier, and wonderful about their day together, and horribly confused. His brain was like scrambled eggs. He was an alpha! He was supposed to be able to handle things. But there was very little training for being an alpha, and even less for love.

Ash knew he was unlikely to sleep that night.

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