One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

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Chapter 204

Audrey

"Darling..."

My mother held her arms out to me as I burst into her hospital room. Her skin was so pale it was almost translucent, her cheeks gaunt and her eyes hollow, but...

She was alive. And sitting upright in the hospital bed.

A s**b escaped my throat as I rushed forward, practically throwing myself into her arms. I buried my face in her chest, inhaling her familiar scent beneath the sterile hospital smell. Her arms, though weak, wrapped around me as tightly as she could manage.

"Mom," I choked out, my tears soaking straight through her thin hospital gown. "I thought I had lost you again."

Her hand stroked my hair gently. "Shh, it's okay," she murmured, her voice h**e from nearly two months of disuse and from having a tube down her throat. "I'm here, Audrey. I'm here"

We stayed like that for a long moment, both of us crying softly. When I finally pulled back, wiping my red-rimmed eyes, my mother cupped my face in her thin hands.

"Oh, my sweet girl," she murmured roughly. "I heard everything you know. While I was in the coma."

blinked in surprise and leaned back to look at her. "You... you did?"

She nodded, a small smile playing on her lips. I did. I heard you talking to me, reading to me all those times you came to visit. And..." Her voice lowered to a whisper. "I felt you trying to heal me when it first happened."

My breath caught in my throat. It had been so long, and I had been in such a haze during that time, that I'd almost completely forgotten about those hours I had spent desperately trying to heal my mother to the point of almost going into a coma myself.

"But it didn't work," I said, shaking my head. "I tried, but I couldn't..."

"It did work, Audrey," my mother insisted. "I felt my body strengthen in response to your efforts. It might have been small, but it made a difference."

I could respond, the doctor cleared his throat from the doorway. I turned to see

is right, Audrey," he said, stepping into the room. "We were surprised to see some of Claudia's test results improve when it seemed she was only getting worse.

you know, darling," she

will need to stay in the hospital for a while longer.

little at his words.

few weeks, at the very least," the doctor explained. "Likely a month. She'll likely need some physical therapy,

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morning indicate that there are still trace amounts of silver

stop myself, I turned to my mother and whimpered, "So.... you won't be able to attend my thesis presentation?" My cheeks instantly heated as soon as I realized how selfish that sounded. "I'm

me off. "I'm terribly sorry I won't be able to go.

dispel the tears that were pr**ng at the backs of my eyes. "No, no, it's okay. All that matters is that you're alright." And I meant it.

and cupped my face with one hand. "I know you will do great, whether I am there in person

in and kissed her cheek, feeling overwhelmed with

slightly. "Audrey, what about

to bring up. As far as I knew, Edwin and Peter were still trying to hunt her down and bring her back to Crescent, but I hadn't heard anything from Edwin about

but before I could, a familiar male voice came from the

Fiona and bring

a crisp white button down tucked into black

bouquet of flowers, his gray eyes meeting mine for a brief moment before flicking back to Claudia. I looked away quickly, my heart racing. Edwin stepped into the room, placing the flowers on the bedside table. "I'm glad to see you're awake,

emotions through me. I stiffened, keeping my face impassive even as I felt

I told

despite her happiness to see

Fiona

whispered, shaking her head.