One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 234

Audrey

I slid down off of Edwin’s back, my legs quivering as they hit the ground.

Axel and Fiona stood in front of us, their expressions unreadable, but I could feel their gazes burning into us, waiting for our

next move.

My heart thudded violently in my chest-not from fear, but from anticipation. I was more prepared than they would ever know, but I needed to be careful. So I did exactly what we had practiced: I forced my face into a mask of terror, letting my wide eyes tremble, my lower lip quivering as if I were on the verge of breaking.

From the porch, Peter’s voice tore through the air like a wounded animal’s cry.

“Audrey, run! Get out of here!” His voice was raw, cracked from screaming. “Edwin, how could you? How could you bring her here?!” he shrieked, struggling against his bonds.

I turned slightly, stealing another glance at him. He looked even worse up close. His skin was pale, almost translucent, his veins close to bursting beneath his skin.

I’d seen this before-when my mother had almost died in the hospital.

Silver poisoning.

His eyes, though, burned with a fury so intense it was as if he were clinging to life solely through sheer willpower.

“You f****g m***on, Edwin!” he cried, each word more frantic than the last. “You’re a fool! A b***dy fool! Take! Her! Home!”

Beside me, Edwin shifted back into his human form. His eyes were full of barely contained fury, his hands balled up into tight white fists at his sides, the lines of his shoulders taut and hard.

“How could you do this, Axel?” His voice was hardly more than a low growl. “We’re family. You’re betraying your own blood.”

Axel laughed-a cold, jagged sound that sent shivers skittering down my spine despite my preparations. It was the laugh of someone who no longer cared about right or wrong. Fiona had been one thing, a brainwashed pawn of Coldclaw, but Axel.

Axel was just evil. Cruel. Hateful.

“Family? Don’t insult me with that word, Edwin,” he spat out as if the words were venom on his tongue. “The Brooks were never a family. All we’ve ever been were enemies, clawing at one another to try to get on top.”

“Maybe you,” Edwin growled. “Maybe Mother and Father and Malakai. But not me. Not Eliza. Not-”

him off with his hand before he

because you were older, you got the position instead.” His eyes glittered with a dangerous light as he turned

sick feeling coiled in the pit of my

Pack.

a pack, Axel,” Edwin practically laughed. “Don’t be ridiculous. And even if it were possible to wrangle all of the rogues beneath some semblance of control, you’d be wiped off the

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“Because I beg to differ. Once I have the Silver Wolf as

I didn’t flinch. Instead, I lifted my chin, silently

men and women with crazed looks in their eyes, haggard pawns who seemed caught somewhere between detached amusement

I felt Edwin’s voice ripple down the bond, bringing with it a sense of calm.

nod. Edwin and I had talked about this-about making

with you,” I said, my voice trembling in just the right way. I pulled my shoulders inward, as if curling myself away from the oh-so-terrifying rogues. “Just let

as I took a step forward, “Audrey, no! Don’t do this!

stretching further across his face. “Ah. Smart

brother back.”

Peter, her expression cold as she untied his restraints and shoved him roughly toward us. Peter stumbled across the clearing, his legs barely supporting him, but Edwin

he

the

you have to stop

and rancid against my ear. “Don’t worry, little thing,”

and I couldn’t suppress the snarl that ripped through my throat. My fangs bared, and I felt the familiar burn

“I’m not a thing.”

feisty. I like that. She’ll make

Edwin, he continued, “You have Peter back. Good luck finding an antidote for the

face fell. My stomach dropped.

b****d-” Edwin snarled, but Axel wasn’t listening anymore. He was already dragging me away, pulling me toward the dark outline of the cabin.

supposed to get the antidote, give it to Peter, and fight off Axel, Fiona, and the rogues together. Peter was on the

grip, my heels digging into the snow. “Wait! You promised to give us the antidote!”

as he looked down at me,

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