One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 195 Edwin

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

Audrey simply refused to 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.

sat in the same chair day after day, holding Claudia's hand and staring at her mother's face as if she could will

physically move her to the sofa. "Audrey, you need to sleep. Just

she leaped up from her chair and

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

time I blinked, she was back in her chair, face expressionless once again as she clutched Claudia's

Audrey was alarming. She had visibly lost weight, her cheekbones sharp under her pale skin. Dark circles ringed her eyes, and her silver streak seemed dull and lifeless. I knew I

she rasped, her voice h**e from disuse.

a choice." I moved to pick her up, but she bared her fangs again, trying to bite me. However, she was too weak to put up much of a fight.

who had been standing guard outside.

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

could barely lift her head enough to

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dressed her in clean underwear and one of my shirts. She didn't move or protest the entire time. Finally, I propped her up in bed and brought her a bowl of warm soup. "You need to eat," I said, holding a

turned her head away. "Not

pleaded. "You're wasting away. Claudia wouldn't

tears. She allowed

my heart heavy with worry. I could barely feel our mate bond, just

herself. Fiona's

about this situation felt off. The timing, the circumstances... there was more to this than met the eye. I

thoughts. I answered quickly, moving

so

stiffened. "Father. Yes, it's a terrible

said, his tone icy. "And one that affects us all. Claudia is a close family friend, and Silverbite has