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!"

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

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while warning me that it wasn't safe, wasn't safe. Tina, face pale and body shaking, stopped

so angry?" she dared to growl. "Why

was rocking back and forth in her chair. "What

eyes now,

letting loose a feral growl, slapped

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

were, flying through

here for you, I said, reaching over to grip Tina's hand reassuringly. Her skin was clammy and cold. "No matter what, okay? We'll figure this

out." Her voice trembled. "I'm dead to my parents. They're dead

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

a while, the only sounds the hum of the engine and Tina's occasional sniffles. The familiar suburban landscape gave way to

was too shaken

the car stopped, Tina slumped over the steering wheel, her body wracked with ***bs. The sound of her pain

leaned over, wrapping my arms around her. Tina relaxed into the embrace, her tears soaking into my shirt. I could feel her whole body

Tina hiccupped between s**, her words

We can still have our own harvest feast. Just the two of us. Who needs them

go grab us

way into the store, the cold air nipping at my skin. Wandering the aisles, I grabbed various snacks: sodas, bags of chips, pretzels, donuts. It wasn't healthy in the slightest,

"Hide."

voice

ducked behind a shelf and pulled my hood up, my heart racing as I wondered if Tina's father had followed us.

was at the counter, buying what looked like enough food for a very long trip. The cashier

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even a carton of cigarettes. I didn't know she smoked, but that wasn't why I

she doing here, so far from

that she'd stopped answering the phone and her house was empty when Claudia tried to visit. Something about a sudden business trip. But we were out in the middle of nowhere now. What sort of business' could she have all the way out here, at the edge

against the shelf, holding my breath