One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

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Chapter 238

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?”

murmured, leaning my head against his

we started after the ambulance, Edwin leaned closer to me, holding me tight against

way, and now that you’ve fully

changed. The power that had surged

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strengths.

then there was the

deep inside of me, filling the air, carrying across miles of

into words the strange feeling that

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quirked into a small 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

into the warmth of his arms. Surely that was just a

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

the hospital, straining to

Of me.

muttered, shrinking back into the

“The awakening of the Silver Star is a very big deal. But don’t worry, he assured me, “I won’t let them overwhelm

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

the cacophony of the outside world faded, thanks to the security officers who practically had to shove the frenzied reporters back onto

media will calm down eventually,” Edwin said softly as we walked through the white hospital corridors. “Although you might need to make a public appearance at some point. Just one to ease the frenzy.

exhausted to think much about

his face far less pale than it had been in the forest. He was dressed in a set of clean clothes, his eyes once again full of that spark that had nearly

“if it isn’t my heroes. Come to check on little

of relief in his expression. “Just making sure you haven’t

grin was mischievous, but there was a softness in his gaze when it lingered

my chest,

were

invaluable through this whole

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flickering across his

serious?”