All Chapters of The Nanny and the Four Alphas: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

VictoriaSleep refused to come.No matter how many times I closed my eyes, the same face kept appearing in the darkness. Auburn hair that caught the light like polished copper. Gentle green eyes that carried far more sadness than someone her age ever should. There had been something strangely familiar about Olivia from the moment she walked through our front door, but I had dismissed it as nothing more than a mother’s instinct.Now I wasn’t so sure.Frank had gone to his office nearly an hour ago after Logan and Ethan confessed the truth about the nanny being their mate. I knew exactly what he was doing. When something didn’t make sense, my mate buried himself in old records until he found an answer.Normally, I would have left him alone.Tonight…Tonight I couldn’t.The hallway was silent as I made my way toward his office. The grandfather clock downstairs chimed midnight, its echo rolling through the enormous house before fading into nothing. Even with four grown sons living under t

LoganThe scent hit me before I reached the edge of the woods.Not rogue.Not pack.Not human.Fae.Ancient Fae.Every instinct inside me screamed that something had crossed into Hawthorn territory that never should have been able to.Ethan was beside me in an instant, matching my pace stride for stride as we tore through the forest beneath the moonlight. Branches snapped beneath our boots, leaves whipping against our legs, neither of us caring about the noise anymore. Whoever—or whatever—had been standing beneath Olivia’s window was already gone.Or so I hoped.I skidded to a stop near the flower beds where Olivia had pointed.The scent lingered.Fresh.Strong.Unlike anything I’d ever smelled before.It carried wildflowers, rain, and something strangely familiar, almost ancient, like the oldest part of the forest after a storm. My wolf surged forward inside me, nostrils flaring as though he wanted to chase it to the ends of the earth.“Find it.”“I’m trying.”Ethan crouched beside t

Olivia I knew I had walked into the middle of something the moment I entered the foyer with Lily holding my hand. Every adult in the room went quiet. Not gradually, either. One second there were voices coming from Mr. Hawthorn’s office, and the next it was so silent I could hear the faint hum of the chandelier above us. Logan stood near the office doorway with his arms folded across his chest, Ethan was beside him looking as if he hadn’t slept in several days, and Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorn were both watching me with expressions they clearly thought looked casual. They did not. Then I noticed the two unfamiliar men standing near the staircase. Twins. Of course they were twins. At this point, I was beginning to wonder if the Hawthorn family knew how to have one baby at a time. Both men were tall, dark-haired, and built like Logan and Ethan, though their expressions couldn’t have been more different. One of them wore an easy grin that made it look like he had walked into the room alr

OliviaThe first thing I did when I woke up was sit straight up in bed.For a few seconds, I just stared at the ceiling while trying to remember if last night had actually happened.Maximus.Brutus.The ride through the woods.The silver wolf.“Elara’s daughter.”A shiver ran down my spine.There was no way I had imagined hearing those words. I could still hear the deep voice as clearly as if someone had whispered it into my ear.I rubbed my face with both hands.“Okay, Olivia,” I muttered. “Either you’re losing your mind… or this family really does have the weirdest wildlife sanctuary on Earth.”The thought almost made me laugh.Almost.After getting dressed in a pair of jeans and a soft sage-green T-shirt, I brushed my hair into a loose ponytail before opening my bedroom door.I froze.Four pairs of eyes looked back at me.Logan.Ethan.Jeremy.Thomas.Every single Hawthorn brother stood in the hallway.Nobody spoke.Nobody moved.They all just… stared.I blinked.“…Good morning?”“

RichardThe moment the boys left my office, I remained seated behind my desk, staring out the window toward the woods.For the first time in years, I couldn’t see the forest as simply the land that surrounded our home. Every tree suddenly looked like it could be hiding answers I’d spent decades believing had died with the last Alpha King. If that silver wolf truly was who Victoria and I feared he might be, then nothing about Olivia arriving here had been a coincidence.The Moon Goddess hadn’t simply brought my sons their mate.She had dropped a storm into the middle of my family.The quiet knock on my office door pulled me from my thoughts.“Come in.”Marcus stepped inside, closing the door behind him before bowing his head respectfully.“You wanted to see me, Alpha?”“I did.”I motioned toward the chair across from my desk.“Sit down.”Marcus looked surprised. Normally, conversations like this were held standing. Whatever curiosity he had, he wisely kept it to himself as he lowered i