One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 86 Edwin

1 adjusted my mask for what felt like the hundredths time that night, trying to ignore the discomfort of the rough edge against my skin. The brown colored contacts I had put in to disguise my natural gray eye color were making my eyes burn, and my fresh**en face was itching incessantly. I usually kept a bit of stubble, but I couldn't risk being recognized tonight.

"This is quite the party. Charles mused from beside me, swirling his drink around in his glass. "I didn't expect so many people to be here."

"It's the spring equinox. It's a big deal around these parts." I replied.

"I see Charles turned in his seat, his eyes surveying the party. I had, of course, brought him with me; not so much because I felt like I needed the help tonight, although that was part of it in case the proverbial ***hit the fan, but more so for the

company. Company

The word almost made me scoff out loud. I had always been more of a loner, but lately. Well, ever since my last argument with Audrey, I had, for the first time in my life, felt a sensation that I never thought I would.

Loneliness

Goddess, what was becoming of me? I shook my head to dispel the thought.

Sipping my drink. I scanned the crowd yet again, in search of a familiar, slender figure in a green dress. Audrey had said she would be wearing green, right? With embroidery?

Still, I couldn't see her if she was here; the thick crowd of masked students who were in attendance tonight was making it difficult to see enough as it was, not to mention the flickering lights and the almost hazy atmosphere. I had been at this for over an hour now, and the constant vigilance with no fruition was starting to wear on me.

"Another drink, sir?" the bartender asked, eyeing my nearly emply glass.

I nodded, sliding my glass to him. He refilled it with scotch and moved on to the next attendee, leaving me and Charles alone again.

"You haven't spotted her yet?" Charles asked from behind the white mask that covered the left half of his face.

I shook my head. "No. Maybe she didn't come after all

"Perhaps Charles pursed his lips and looked around, then quickly excused himself. "I'll make the rounds. I'll let you know if I get eyes on her."

"Thanks, Charles.

With that, he slipped into the crowd and didn't return for some time. As the night wore on, I found myself growing increasingly uncomfortable. The mask was stifling, and the constant need to maintain my disguise was exhausting.

eye.

of this place when a flash of sage green across the room

of relief-and awe. There she was:

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her friends-Even with the mask obscuring half of her face and the dim, swirling lights, I

immediately. "You should go to her.

the urge to do just that, no matter how tempting it was. "No," 1 thought back to my

as well as I did how s***d it would

her friend, I couldn't help

mansion used to belong to the founder of Grayspring Academy?"

partner.

head. "Really? That's fascinating. I wonder what he would think

question. How times had changed since the academy's founding. As far as I knew, Audrey was the only human student at Grayspring, and humans

Audrey dance. It was difficult to keep the tiny smile

stunning girl on the dancefloor with flowers in her hair

was still

Audrey and her friend, and even from this distance, I could see the tension in Audrey's posture. All of a

for a moment, shouting something at the group before turning to follow her friend. I straightened up from my seat, my protective instincts kicking

watched as Audrey disappeared down a dimly lit hallway, presumably in pursuit of her friend. "Tina!"

tonight, then a dark hallway like this would be the prime location for it. So, keeping her in my line of vision,

my way toward the hallway, I overheard snippets of conversation from the group that had been

snickered. "Serves them right for

some **y pride parade. They

words-I mean, really, what century were we

1 focused on following Audrey. I

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and I could punish him accordingly come Monday. But

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