One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 155

Audrey

"Get out! Get out of my HOUSE!"

Tina and I burst out into the cold night air, bags in hand, hearts pounding. Tears streamed down my friend's face as screams echoed down the quiet street. The peaceful harvest feast had turned into a nightmare in a matter of moments.

"And don't come back!" Tina's father bellowed after us, followed by the slam of a door that was so hard it rattled the window panes throughout the entire house. In the background, her mother was still screaming. Not even screaming words-just- screaming.

Somehow, that was even worse than the slew of awful things that Tina's father had said.

We jumped into the car, the doors slamming shut as Tina fumbled with the keys. The engine roared to life, and tires screeched as she floored the accelerator. Her hands trembled on the steering wheel as we sped away from the house, the streetlights blurring into streaks of light.

"Tina, slow down." I said, my voice shaky as I gripped the dashboard. "You're going to get us into an accident." "Sorry."

Tina eased off of the gas, but her knuckles remained white around the steering wheel. "I can't believe they reacted like that," she whispered, her voice barely audible over the hum of the engine. "Like.. Like animals."

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I shuddered, wrapping my arms around myself as I remembered the scene that had unfolded just minutes ago. It was something I wouldn't soon forget. "I'm- I'm **y."

There was a long, palpable silence that seemed to stretch on for eternity. Her parents' faces went ashen, their mouths hanging agape. Instinctively, I pushed my chair back, my muscles tensing to move. My wolf had sensed Tina's father's fury before it came. I could smell it on him, that rage that he had no intention of containing.

He dropped his fork to his plate with a clatter, white hands trembling.

Tina's mother had set her own fork down more gently, although her hands shook even more than her husband's. She swallowed hard and said, "What's that, dear?"

"I'm g**y, Mom." Tina turned to look at her mother, a pleading look in her eyes. Then she looked at her father. "I'm tired of living a lie."

"During the harvest feast...." Her mother shook her head, staring blankly down at the tablecloth.

Tina shivered. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't wait. I thought-"

"No one gives a d** what you think." Tina's father's voice was thin, reedy. Slowly, he rose from his chair. I rose, too, my eyes darting to the door as his lip curled back to reveal his fangs Get out of my house. Both of you."

Tina didn't move."Dad-"

Isaid, get OUT!"

picked up the salt shaker at some point, although I hadn't noticed. I certainly noticed, however, when he suddenly crunched the entire

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we were moving. I was grabbing my friend's arm and pulling her away, my wolf all the while warning me that it wasn't safe, wasn't safe. Tina, face pale and body shaking, stopped in the

dared to growl. "Why is

in her chair. "What will the neighbors think-the church-we're

tears forming in her eyes now, reached for

a feral growl, slapped her hand

Or rather, I dragged my friend upstairs, where we grabbed our bags. The screaming began at some point while we were up

were, flying through

reassuringly. Her skin was clammy and cold. "No matter

trembled. "I'm dead to my parents.

hard, finding nothing to say. All I could do was grip

while, the only sounds the hum of the engine and Tina's occasional sniffles. The familiar suburban landscape gave way to darker, less populated areas. Eventually, Tina pulled over at a rest stop, the car's

shaken to drive

her body wracked with ***bs. The sound of her pain tore

relaxed into the embrace, her tears soaking into my shirt. I could feel her whole body

expected this," Tina hiccupped between

hair, "you didn't ruin anything. We can still have our own harvest feast. Just the two of us. Who

go grab us some snacks from the

my skin. Wandering the aisles, I grabbed various snacks: sodas, bags of chips, pretzels, donuts. It wasn't

"Hide."

voice

I wondered if Tina's father had followed us. But peering

what looked like enough food for a very long trip. The cashier was scanning item after

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water and chips and granola bars and even a carton of cigarettes. I didn't know she smoked, but that wasn't

was she doing here, so far from the

Edwin said that she'd stopped answering the phone and her house was empty when Claudia tried to visit. Something about a sudden business trip. But

against the shelf, holding my breath until I heard the bell