One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 157 Audrey

I knelt beside Edwin, helping him clean up the splattered sauce. His hands shook slightly as he wiped the floor, and I noticed. how pale he had become. Guilt gnawed at me; I felt like I had violated him by slipping into his mind without permission..

"Edwin, I'm so sorry." I said softly, wringing out the cloth into the sink.

Edwin looked over at me, his eyes still wide with shock, but shook his head. "Audrey, it's okay. I'm not upset with you."

"But I invaded your mind." I insisted, my voice trembling slightly. "I saw your memories without permission."

He shook his head again, curling his fingers around the edge of the counter. He was silent for a long time, and growing worried, I finally murmured, "Edwin?" "Sorry." He leaned back, dropping his arms to his side I'm just fascinated. How did you do that?"

I furrowed my brow. "I... I don't know," I admitted. "One moment I could feel your fear and your pain, and then the next, I was... Inside your memories. Not just seeing them, but living them through your eyes, Was it the mate bond?"

Edwin was silent again for some time before he swallowed and said. "It wasn't the bond. What you just did.. Tve never heard of anything like it." He turned to me, and his face was stony. “Except for one legend My face paled. The Silver Star. "Mind reading?" I whispered.

"Perhaps.” His face softened, and he murmured, “I'm really not upset with you, Audrey"

I let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding. Edwin opened his arms for me, and I stepped into them, inhaling his familiar scent. He held me like that for a few moments, stroking my hair, before he pulled back and leveled me with a steady

*I want you to practice this skill," he said. "It could be the link we need to figure out if you're the Silver Star. You can practice

I hesitated, remembering how Edwin had always prided himself on his private nature. The thought of breaching that barrier again, even with permission, made me uncomfortable. "I don't want to take your privacy from you."

Edwin took my hands in his. "Audrey, listen to me. You're my mate. I would willingly share my entire life with you if you want. There's nothing I want to hide from you. Not anymore."

a warmth spread through my chest. But before I could respond, my stomach let out another loud growl, breaking the

reverberating through the kitchen. I think that's our

eat. Your new werewolf

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un talk

couldn't help but think about what I had seen

around the kitchen table, both of us still stunned from

Fiona,"

that again, but I have a feeling it would be

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cheeks heated Edwin added, "But I can't be mad at you. Just If you're going

own cars, "I can do that." I paused, chewing a piece of

even for her. And with how elusive she's been lately..." He shuddered

relative silence, both of our minds buzzing with the implications of everything. When we were finished, we cleaned up the dishes and beaded to the living room. My body ached from a night of practicing

Edwin, it seemed. had other plans.

if you can pick up on simple

of exploring this new ability was both exciting and terrifying "Okay, but.... tell me if it becomes too much. I

thumbs traced soothing

said. "Try to follow our bond, then go deeper. Describe what you see in my

trying to find that connection I had felt earlier. At first, there was nothing but darkness. I furrowed my brow, frustration building as I followed that silver thread deeper and deeper and deeper, but found

muttered, resisting the urge