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.

mother shook her head. “It’s not your fault, honey. She wanted to walk on her own. She was so excited about being

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

To protect

worth the cost. If giving her false

she asked softly, her voice trembling with desperation. “Please.

gut. The shame I had been trying to suppress bubbled to the surface, my

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tell you something.” I murmured, the 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

had briefly flared in their eyes extinguished

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“I have shifted now.

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

Ivy’s father whispered.

+5

even though my heart raced. This was different from

parents one last time, “from this moment forward, I will never

silently standing in the doorway, sent a thread of approval down

closer to Ivy, my knees almost buckling underneath me. I was exhausted, so exhausted that I

I placed my hand. on her forehead. Her skin was cold to the touch, clammy beneath

a part of me in such a short amount of time. It responded more easily than I thought it

Ivy, and I could feel it-could sense the cancer in her body like a

The cancer was a stubborn thing, deeply rooted and pervasive, resisting every effort to

my teeth, focusing all my strength, pushing deeper. Sweat beaded on my forehead, the strain making my body tremble. But I couldn’t stop. I wouldn’t stop. Slowly, agonizingly, I

after what felt like hours, Ivy’s eyes fluttered open. Her face, once pale and drawn, was now brighter, her eyes clearer than I had ever seen

Star,” she whispered.

her parents’ faces as they embraced their daughter, sobbing openly. I stepped back, feeling light-headed, my body drained of energy. It was only then that I realized that Edwin had moved to me while I had

giving me a gentle

Ivy, alive and smiling,

Empty.

their faces etched with the same pain that Ivy had

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help them all,” I said,