One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 201 Audrey

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The apartment was quiet. Far too quiet.

"Open up, Fiona!"

Edwin,thrust his shoulder into the door, the wood creaking under his weight as it swung open. Immediately, I was hit with the scent of Fiona's perfume. But something was off.

"She's not here," I whispered, clutching the silver necklace around my throat. I couldn't explain how or why, but I could just

sense it.

Peter and Edwin exchanged wary glances before stepping into the dimly lit apartment.

"Fiona?" Edwin called out.

"Alpha Edwin? Over here." It wasn't Fiona who answered us; it was a man. One of her guards.

We rounded the corner into the living room to find Fiona's two guards-one male and one female-standing in the middle of the space, looking bewildered. Their eyes darted between us and the open window, where the sheer white curtains were billowing in the cool breeze..

"Where is she?" Edwin demanded. "She's under arrest by decree of Crescent Pack."

One of the guards, a burly man with a close-cropped haircut, rubbed his hand along the back of his neck. "We... We don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?" Edwin growled. "It's your job to watch her."

The two guards glanced at each other. "She was here one minute, and then..." The male guard trailed off, gesturing helplessly at the open window.

With a huff, Edwin strode over to the window and leaned out to examine the fire escape. "She must have slipped out." He whirled on the guards, fury flashing through his eyes. "What were you two dimwits doing while she was escaping?"

The other guard, a woman with steely gray eyes and black hair pulled into a neat bun, shook her head. "We were both in the room," she insisted nervously. "Turned our backs for all of three seconds and then she was gone."

Peter scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Some guards you are."

the nightstand, still plugged in. Nothing had been touched; no clothes sca**ed, no bags half-packed,

I

appeared in the doorway, Peter and the two guards peeking over his shoulder. "Someone must have helped her," he said, glancing at the mess. "There's no

you see where she went once she got

nodded, looking altogether sheepish by now. We... We saw

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his fist against the doorframe so hard that the wood groaned beneath his blow. The guards both jumped. "We have to go after that car. We can't just let her run

and now she was gone with the wind. It wasn't fair-wasn't fair that she could slip away like this after what she had done. Especially not after Claudia had treated her with nothing but

me.

stepped forward. "I'll go after her with the guards. We'll track

shoulders slumped slightly with

I'll have the b**h in handcuffs." Peter turned halfway to leave but then paused, looking Edwin and me up and down. A knowing smile played at the

that, he turned and left, the guards trailing

to Edwin. Peter was right; there was still so

need to talk,"

he nodded. "Let's go home. We'll talk

only slightly. The familiar scent of his home-our home-was comforting, but it couldn't quite soothe the ache in my

sank onto the couch, Edwin taking a seat across from me in the armchair. For a moment, we just

you to send me away like that. To not give me a choice." My voice trembled slightly, and I bit my lower lip to quell it before continuing. "I know you want to protect me, but I deserve to

"Audrey, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you

made me feel like I was nothing more than a porcelain doll to be kept hidden away. Like I couldn't make my

few moments, processing, his gray eyes fixed on the floor

What you did for your siblings was incredibly brave and

I nodded.

knees. I watched as he dragged a hand through his dark hair. "I guess I've never realized exactly what you're capable of," he said. "I mean, I always knew in a way, but tonight, when you did... that to my father, I finally