One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

C Chapter 235

Audrey

Time slowed, each second stretching into an eternity as the silver arrow sliced through the air, its deadly point trained directly on Edwin’s heart. The world blurred around me, narrowing to that single glint.

“Save yourself!” Edwin’s voice echoed down the bond.

But there was something that they didn’t know-something that not even Edwin knew. Something that I didn’t even know until this very moment.

Something that changed everything.

Fiona and Axel believed they had us cornered, trapped within their grasp, but that couldn’t have been further from the truth.

At that moment, I thought back to the moments just before dawn-when the sky held onto the last vestiges of night, the moon hanging low, pale and ghostly as the first traces of light began to thread across the horizon.

Barefoot, I stood in the clearing, the cool dampness of the grass brushing against the hem of my dress.

Tina pressed a bundle of wildflowers that she’d picked into my hands

“I figured you’d at least need a bouquet,” she whispered, her voice choked with tears. “Every bride needs a bouquet.”

I managed a tiny smile. “We’ll have a real wedding, you know. Once we’re able.”

Tina sniffled. “I know. It’s just… This should be special, too.”

I nodded, glancing down at the dress I’d picked out. It was the same silver one I’d worn to the charity gala, the closest thing to white I could find in my closet. It was no wedding gown, that was for certain, but it worked in a pinch.

Across from me, Edwin was grumbling with annoyance as Charles fiddled with his hair and Gavin adjusted his shirt. He was dressed simply, a pair of black trousers, an untucked button-down with the first few buttons undone, hair tousled.

He was barefoot, like me, so that we could both feel the earth beneath us.

My heart swelled at the sight of him looking so simple and free, and I blushed, looking away.

“You’re sure you want this?” Betty asked softly, her fingers brushing my wrist. “You’re sure it’s not too soon?”

I nodded. “Yes, I… I want this,” I murmured. It was last-minute, unexpected, but… lives hinged on this. Not just Peter’s, but ours, our friends, that little girl with cancer.

It was time for the Silver Star to emerge.

ready

felt… right. Edwin and I had marked each other a thousand times over whenever we’d

wasn’t quite what either of us had expected, but we both knew in our

hand. He sent a thread of love down the bond,

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light of the moon,” Charles began, “witnessed by the spirits

the sacred bond

ceremony, and for a moment, I let my gaze slip away from Edwin, drawn to

large oak tree, its gnarled branches stretching upwards into the sky. Moonlight filtered through the leaves, casting intricate patterns on the forest floor. The air smelled of night-blooming jasmine,

picked it out quickly, just needing somewhere quiet and beautiful to

turned to Edwin. “Do you swear to honor and protect Audrey, to stand by her through all trials, to be her anchor in the

tightened around mine. “I swear

Edwin, to be his strength when he falters, his light in

I took a breath, deep and

took a step back. “Then let the marking

darkened as we turned to face each other. His hands, warm and familiar, cupped my face as he leaned in,

I tilted my head, baring myself to him, trusting him

it quickly dissolved into something else-something deeper, a wave of warmth and belonging

the bond we’d come to know, far deeper than that.

us.

his neck met his shoulder, sinking into his flesh, drawing the taste of

words. When I pulled back, we were both breathless, our foreheads pressed together, little trails of

in me by

distant to me, m***d by the sensation of my own heart pounding through my ears. Edwin’s hands cradled my face, pulling me into

I turned to face

as quickly,

at Edwin, my eyes filling with

of power, no sensation of my body

tiny chuckle

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I looked down at my hands,

it, but there was silver light pouring from my skin, soft but growing, brighter with

gasp from Avis caught my attention, her eyes wide as she whispered,