I Hired A Nanny For My Daughter And Discovered She Was My Fated Mate | A Complete Werewolf Romance

Описание: My name is Cassian Thorne. I'm the Alpha King of the Western Territories.
I've ruled fifteen packs for seventy years. Survived wars. Negotiated impossible treaties. Rebuilt kingdoms.
None of that prepared me for bedtime with a grieving four-year-old.
Six months ago, my mate—my Luna, Elena—died in a rogue attack. Wrong place. Wrong time. The bond severed clean. Final. Like someone cut a cord holding me together.
And I was left alone with our daughter. Lily. Four years old. Asking every day when Mama was coming home. Crying herself to sleep every night.
I tried. God, I tried.
I did bedtimes. Made terrible meals. Attempted to braid her hair—even worse. Read the same story seventeen times because it was her favorite.
But I was failing.
Lily needed more than I could give. She needed stability. Routine. Someone who actually knew what they were doing.
She needed a nanny.
The first candidate lasted two days. Lily bit her. The second quit after one day—said Lily was "too difficult." The third walked out during the interview.
Then she walked into my office.
Autumn Rivers. Twenty-eight years old. Early childhood education degree. Five years experience with "high-needs children"—trauma and loss specialists.
She sat across from my desk, completely calm despite Lily screaming in the next room.
"That's quite a set of lungs," she observed.
"That's my daughter. She's going through a difficult time."
"I read the file. Lost her mother six months ago. Age four. Processing grief through behavioral outbursts. That's completely normal. Developmentally appropriate, actually."
The other candidates called her difficult. This woman understood.
"You're human," I said, catching her scent.
"I am. Is that a problem?"
"Most humans are terrified of wolf children."
"I've worked with three wolf families. I'm not easily frightened. Besides, Lily's four. Even shifted, she's a forty-pound wolf. I can handle that."
She sounded confident. Capable. Perfect.
"Can you start today?"
"Absolutely."
She walked straight toward the chaos. Met Lily mid-tantrum. Sat on the floor ten feet away and said something that changed everything:
"I lost my mom too. When I was eight. It's the worst thing that can happen to a kid. So I understand if you're angry."
Lily calmed down in two minutes.
I hired Autumn on the spot.

That was three weeks ago.
Since then, Autumn has been a miracle worker.
Established routines. Healthy meals. Consistent bedtimes. Activities that tire Lily out so she actually sleeps.
She handles tantrums with calm patience. Created a "memory box" for things that remind Lily of Elena. A place to honor grief without being overwhelmed.
And slowly, Lily started healing.
Less crying. More smiles. More laughter.
She was becoming herself again.
I was grateful. So incredibly grateful.
Until I felt it.
A pull.
Faint. Impossible. Tugging at my consciousness every time Autumn was near.
I ignored it. Had to ignore it.
Mate bonds don't form twice. Especially not with humans. Especially not with my daughter's nanny.
It was stress. Grief. Exhaustion playing tricks.
But the pull grew stronger. Every day. Every interaction. Every moment she spent in my home.
I started noticing things. The way she hummed making breakfast. How she braided Lily's hair with patient gentleness. Her laugh filling the house with life.
I was in trouble.
Then she resisted my Alpha command.
Humans can't do that. It's impossible. Alpha commands override human will completely.
But Autumn looked at me, completely unaffected, and said: "I'm not a wolf. Your supernatural woo-woo doesn't work on me."
Except it should have.
I called Dr. Saren. "Can humans resist Alpha commands?"
"No. Never. Unless... is she actually human?"
"She doesn't know she's anything else."
"Then she's dormant. A wolf who never awakened. Her wolf is protecting her even in sleep."
Autumn was a wolf.
A dormant wolf who didn't know what she was.
And she was my mate.
My second chance. The mate bond I never thought I'd feel again.
But I was terrified.
Losing Elena nearly destroyed me. The thought of bonding with someone again—of risking that pain—
I couldn't do it.
But I couldn't stay away either.


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