One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

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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.

I was ready for it or

that that was driving me to do this-it felt… right. Edwin and I had marked each other a

wasn’t quite what either of us had expected, but we both knew in our hearts that now was the

I strode up to Edwin and took his hand. He sent a thread of love down the bond, and I held onto it, if only to

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the light of the moon,” Charles began,

sacred

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

on the

just a small clearing behind campus-a place where countless people had walked before. We’d picked it out quickly,

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

tightened around mine. “I

me. “Audrey, do you swear to honor and support Edwin, to be his strength when

a breath, deep and steady, before I

and took a step back. “Then let the

His hands, warm and familiar, cupped my face as he

I tilted my head, baring

his fangs sank into my skin, the pain was sharp and swift, but it quickly dissolved into something else-something deeper, a wave of warmth and belonging that pulsed through

I felt him—his love, his devotion, the very essence of who he was, pouring into me. It was more than the bond we’d come to know, far deeper than that. It felt as if our bodies were one, as if there was

us.

didn’t hesitate when it was my turn. My fangs found the place where his neck met his

myself into the act-my love, my commitment, every promise I could never put into words. When I pulled back, we were both breathless, our foreheads pressed together, little

said. “By the power vested in me by the Moon Goddess, I pronounce you true

friends, although the sound was 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 a kiss that was

we finally pulled apart, I turned to face our friends,

just as quickly, my

up at Edwin,

of power, no sensation of my body

Edwin shook his head, a tiny

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as I looked down at my hands, my eyes widening in

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

attention, her eyes wide as she