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."

fell on deaf

leave Claudia's bedside, not even to sleep or cat. I brought her meals, but they went untouched. I tried to get her to lay on the sofa and rest, but she

me.

and staring at her mother's face as

second day, I tried to physically move her to the sofa. "Audrey, you

up from her chair and

fangs bared. A snarl ripped from her throat, so feral and unlike her

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

her eyes, and her silver streak seemed dull and lifeless. I knew I had to do something drastic. "Audrey," I said firmly, "we're going

she rasped, her voice h**e from

trying to bite me. However, she was too weak to put up much of a fight. Her fangs scratched my skin, but

who had been standing guard outside.

position by Claudia's bed as I carried Audrey out. Audrey whimpered in

apartment, Audrey could barely lift her head

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

head

please." I pleaded. "You're wasting

name, Audrey's dulled eyes filled with tears.

she drifted off to sleep. I stroked her hair, my heart heavy with worry. I could barely feel our mate bond, just a faint flicker of her weak heartbeat. Even her wolf seemed subdued,

truly did blame herself. Fiona's

this situation felt off. The timing, the circumstances... there was more

quickly, moving away

through the speaker without so much as a

Yes, it's a

he said, his tone icy. "And one that affects us all. Claudia is a close