One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

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Days passed, and Claudia remained in her coma. She showed no signs of improvement, but no signs of her health worsening, either. The doctor said that that was a good thing -that stability was the best we could hope for right now.

But Audrey didn't see that. In her eyes, her mother-the woman she had been ripped from as a baby and only just reunited with-was dying. Audrey didn't seem to care if she was dying herself.

Over the next four days, I watched helplessly as Audrey wasted away. Her desperation. was so palpable that I could feel it radiating across our bond, dark shadows rippling outward from her mind. On the night of the first day, I slipped out to get a couple of coffees and something for us to eat, figuring that she would be okay on her own for a little bit. Oh, how wrong

was.

I

I was only gone for fifteen, maybe twenty minutes at the most, and I entered the room. again to find Audrey hunched over Claudia's still form, her hands pressed against her mother's chest. She

Was muttering under her breath, her face pale and drawn. Her body was shaking, and tears were slipping down her face.

"Audrey," I said softly, setting down our food and approaching her. "What are you doing?"

She didn't respond, just kept muttering, her entire being focused on Claudia. But I knew what she was trying to do; I could feel her energy draining through our bond, her life force dimming like a flickering candle.

She was trying to heal her mother, even though she had no healing skills yet. And she didn't care if she killed herself in her attempt to do it.

"Audrey, stop!" I lunged forward, pulling her hands away from Claudia. She slumped against me, barely conscious. "You're going to hurt yourself."

"I have to save her," Audrey mumbled, her eyes glazed over. "It's my fault... I have to fix

I cradled her face in my hands, forcing her to look at me. Her blue eyes seemed to roll

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in her head, as if she were struggling to keep herself awake. Or alive. Either way, I don't think she even really saw me standing there. She was somewhere else. Somewhere far away.

"This is not your fault. And killing yourself won't help Claudia. You need to rest."

my words fell

sleep or cat. I brought her

me.

staring

the sofa. "Audrey, you need

finish, she leaped up from

from her throat, so feral and unlike her that I stumbled

the time I blinked, she was back in her chair, face expressionless once again as she

skin. Dark circles ringed her eyes, and her silver streak seemed dull and lifeless.

rasped, her voice h**e from disuse. "I'm not leaving

weak to put up much of a fight. Her fangs scratched my skin, but didn't pierce it.

had been standing guard outside. "Watch over Claudia. Call me

Claudia's bed as I carried

her head enough to eat.

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my shirts. She didn't move or protest the entire time. Finally, I propped her up in bed and brought

her head away.

pleaded. "You're wasting

tears. She allowed me to

feel our mate bond, just a faint flicker of her weak heartbeat. Even her wolf seemed subdued, weakened by fear and

truly did blame herself. Fiona's words

bones that Audrey hadn't poisoned Claudia. The very idea was ludicrous. But something about this situation felt off. The timing, the circumstances... there was more to this than met the eye. I knew that Fiona

rang suddenly, startling me from my thoughts. I answered quickly, moving

my father's cold voice came through the speaker without so much

stiffened. "Father. Yes, it's

that affects us all. Claudia is a close family friend, and