One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 240

Audrey

I stepped through the doors of the children’s ward, and the weight of the world settled on my shoulders. The room was quiet except for the soft hum of machines and the occasional murmur of low voices, the lights dim and surprisingly peaceful.

And then I saw her.

At the far end of the room, cradled by her parents’ arms, their faces streaked with tears, was Ivy. The little girl from the charity gala.

She looked so small in that bed, her tiny body dwarfed by the stark white sheets, her face pale and drawn. Her parents sat on either side of her, clinging to each other, grief etched into every line of their faces.

They had clearly been there for hours, days maybe, watching their daughter fade away.

“I-Ivy?” I whispered, taking a hesitant step forward.

Her mother snapped her head up first, her swollen eyes meeting mine across the dimly lit room. There was a moment of recognition-her mouth parted slightly in disbelief, her lips trembling.

“You’re… you’re the Silver Star,” she breathed. “You came…”

Inodded slowly, although I couldn’t bring myself to meet her gaze for long. Shame twisted painfully inside of me like a knife in my chest. I turned my eyes to Ivy, who lay so still, her breath shallow and uneven.

“What happened?” I whispered. The little girl had seemed okay at the gala just a couple of days ago-not healthy, of course, but awake and lucid and able to walk around on her own.

But now… she looked on

the

verge

of death.

Ivy’s father cleared his throat, his voice thick with tears. “After the gala…” he began, his words halting as if he was choking on each one. “She collapsed on the stairs. Hit her head on the way down. Between the blood loss and the cancer…. they don’t think she’ll make it through the night.”

His voice cracked, the last words barely escaping his throat.

“I should have carried her,” he whimpered.

your fault, honey. She wanted to walk on her own. She was so excited about being cured.” She glanced at me and let out a tiny

throat. The memory of that little girl’s hopeful face at the gala flashed through my mind-the

lied. To

had been worth the cost. If giving

you help her?” she asked softly, her voice trembling with desperation. “Please.

gut. The shame I had

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words sticking in my throat. “At the gala… I lied. I hadn’t shifted yet. I was afraid, and I said what I thought would protect me. I’m so sorry. I should have told the truth,

briefly flared in their eyes

14%

of the damage, “I

moment, they just stared at me, uncertainty and pain flickering across their faces. Then Ivy’s father slowly nodded, and her mother followed

Ivy’s father whispered.

+5

This was

at her parents one last time, “from this moment

who’d been silently standing in the doorway, sent a thread of

buckling underneath me. I was exhausted, so exhausted that I wasn’t even sure if I could heal anyone else

on her forehead. Her skin was cold to the

I closed my eyes, reaching deep inside of myself for the silver energy that had become a part of me in such a short amount of time. It responded more easily

through me, flowing into Ivy, and I could feel it-could sense the cancer in her body like a dark, insidious force clinging to every part

was a stubborn thing, deeply rooted

But I couldn’t

face, once pale and drawn, was now brighter, her

Star,” she whispered. “You

parents’ faces as they embraced their daughter, sobbing openly. I stepped back, feeling light-headed, my body drained of energy. It was only

me

alive

Empty.

suffering, their faces etched with the same pain that Ivy had endured. I couldn’t just

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help them all,”