One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

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Audrey

1 slumped against Edwin, my entire body heavy with exhaustion as we

I out of that forest. Each step felt like painstaking, the icy ground too hard even beneath my wolf paws, and every movement sent a dull ache through my muscles.

Without Edwin’s strong arm wrapped firmly around my waist the moment I shifted back into my human form, I wasn’t sure I would have the strength to continue.

Ahead, I could make out the vehicles waiting for us where the road finally began again, their dark forms silhouetted against the fading twilight. Had we really been in the forest for that long? It felt like minutes and hours and seconds and days all at

once.

As soon as we broke through the treeline, a group of Edwin’s warriors rushed forward and took Fiona and Axel from us. The prisoners looked like mere shadows of their former selves-heads bowed low, shoulders slumped in defeat.

A small part of me twisted with satisfaction at their downfall, especially when I saw them being loaded into a bulletproof van, but I was too drained to dwell on it. I only wanted to collapse, to let this overwhelming fatigue finally consume me.

Edwin eased me into the backseat of a black SUV, and I immediately curled into his side the moment he settled in beside me. His warmth seeped into my bones, and I felt a faint sense of relief as the tension in my body began to uncoil, if only a little.

He wrapped his arms around me, cradling me against his side.

“You did great,” he murmured softly, his lips brushing the top of my head. “I’m so proud of you.”

I offered him a small, tired smile, my eyelids fluttering as I fought to stay awake. My gaze drifted to the window, where an ambulance was just pulling up.

I stiffened, watching as paramedics rushed to load Peter onto a stretcher. Even in my bleary state, the sight of him-pale, vulnerable, limping-sent a sharp jolt of worry through me.

“He’ll be okay, right?” I asked.

Edwin nodded. “He’ll be fine,” he promised. “You healed him. This is just precautionary. They’re making sure there’s nothing we missed.”

There was a pause, a brief flicker of hesitation before he added, “We can follow the ambulance to the hospital, if you want.” His tone was gentle, but there was something else there too-a quiet urgency that tugged at the corners of his words. I glanced up at him and couldn’t help the faint smirk that tugged at my lips, even through the exhaustion.

“I think you want to follow the ambulance more than I do,” I teased, my voice hoarse.

“Guilty,” he admitted, his eyes softening as they met mine. “But can you blame me?”

leaning my head

me, holding me tight

that you’ve fully shifted, Coldclaw shouldn’t be a problem anymore. You’re too strong for

was elsewhere-drifting back to the forest, to that moment when everything had changed. The power that had surged through me, the way my very soul seemed to have expanded, taking on new

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strengths.

then there was

inside of me, filling the air, carrying across miles of wilderness. It had been

to put into words the strange feeling that had accompanied it. “It felt

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smile. “Like a prophecy?” he suggested. I nodded, and he continued, “The legend says that when the Silver Star fully awakens for the first time, her howl can be heard by the entire world. Maybe you just fulfilled that little

his arms. Surely that

Edwin had been right. The streets were packed with people, the flashing lights of news vans nearly blinding my tired

near the hospital, straining to

Of me.

Goddess,” I muttered, shrinking back into the seat.

of the Silver Star is a very

we made our way into the hospital. His body was a wall between me and the reporters, his hand firm against the

inside, the cacophony of the outside world faded, thanks to the security officers who practically

might need to make a public appearance at some point. Just one to ease the

too exhausted to think much about

saw him sitting up in bed, his face far less pale than it had been in the forest. He was

it isn’t my heroes. Come to check

his eyes, but I could see the flicker of relief in his expression. “Just making sure

was mischievous, but there was

banter between them eased some of the weight from my chest, It

were

shifted, his expression becoming more serious. “Peter,” he began, “I’ve been thinking. You’ve been invaluable through this whole Coldclaw mess. I want to make it

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up, genuine surprise flickering across his face. “Spymaster?” he repeated, almost

serious?”