One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 145

Audrey

"Tell me again."

Edwin's warm thumb traced circles on the back of my hand, those gray eyes never leaving mine. We hadn't let go of each other once since it had all happened-much to the chagrin of the EMTs, who were cramped in the ambulance with us.

Throughout the entire ambulance ride and multiple tests and scans for broken bones or a concussion, he had never left my side. And I was glad for that, because something told me that if he left my sight or I left his for even a moment, we would both go mad.

I had told Edwin my recollection of the events several times now, but he kept asking to hear it. At first, I thought that maybe he was just trying to piece together what had happened. But now I realized that he just wanted to hear my voice.

Because he had come so close to never hearing it again.

The hospital room was quiet except for the steady beep of the heart monitor and the mu**ed sounds of the hallway beyond. The antiseptic smell was making my head spin, or maybe that was just the lingering effects of being legally dead for three

minutes.

Dead. I had been dead, they told me, in every sense of the word. My heart had stopped there on that shore, my lungs unresponsive to the CPR that the EMTs had given me.

Until Edwin had shoved them aside and pressed his lips to mine. It was then that his scent, the string tying our soul together, had found me in death. And I had followed it back to the world of the living. I took a deep breath through aching lungs, trying to organize my sc****

Edwin leaned closer, his eyes intent on mine. The golden flecks that hadn't left his irises all night seemed to glow a little brighter.

"And what did it say?"

eyes, trying to recall. The memory was hazy, like trying to remember

again, meeting Edwin's gaze. "Is it my wolf?" I

the presence since I had awoken on that shore. It was... comforting. But also jarring. Familiar yet alien. Like

softly in my mind. "I

My

paled a bit, because Edwin squeezed my hand

get used to it he said quietly. The

bit stiffly-both from pain

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quiet for a moment, his brow furrowed in thought. Then he asked, "You were adopted, weren't you?" "Yes,

out to tuck a strand of damp hair behind my ear. His touch sent a shiver down my spine, and I felt my wolf stir in response. "Mate," she purred. She must have said it a thousand times by now. Maybe

any regular werewolf would have known their wolf's presence since childhood. But before I

scanning her notes, "I've got to say, you're one lucky girl. For your wolf to suddenly emerge before any harm could befall you..." She shook her head. "Your wolf protected you." I exchanged a glance with Edwin. My heart was

silk pressing against the inner walls of my skull. "I had been waking for some time, but when you were in danger. I had to protect you. Protect us." The doctor checked me over one last time, finding no injuries. Edwin still didn't let go of my hand once. When she was finished, she pulled her stethoscope out of her ears and took a step back. "I'll get your discharge papers ready. You're free to go home whenever you're ready. But I'd advise taking it easy

shivered and turned to Edwin. I was still wearing my dress, which was still a damp and cold against my skin. The beading had been ruined, but I hardly cared

for the doctor, a thought struck

door as if she would walk in right now. "You told me she might try to-" Edwin's face darkened at the mention of her, his jaw clenching. I'm not sure. I suspect she heard that you're my mate and she ran for the hills knowing that

coming from his lips: mate. Just hearing him say it made my wolf growl

while with my discharge papers, and after signing them with shaky hands, I was free to go. As we prepared to leave, I wracked my brain, trying to remember what