One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 250

Audrey

The charity gala was underway, and everything was exactly as we planned. Round tables were covered with white and silver tablecloths, glittering candles flickered on every surface, dim lighting creating an almost hazy atmosphere.

Edwin and I sat at a table near the front of the banquet, flanked by Peter and my mother. Eliza had opted out of coming so she could care for Joseph

My friends had places at the table as well, but they were nowhere to be found–last I had heard, Tina had pulled them all away for shots at the bar, so that they could “drown out all these stuffy socialites.”

I didn’t join them. My mind was still too busy being stuck on everything that had happened today, everything that I had seen in that little boy’s memories.

To think that we were here, drinking champagne and eating cake while children–children–were locked up in a factory somewhere…

“Hey.” Edwin leaned close and gently touched my hand, a gesture that a nearby photographer made sure to capture with a flash of his camera. “You know these things take time.”

I tried not to frown, because it wasn’t becoming for the Silver Star to frown at an event like this.

“I know. It just pisses me off that people do that to each other. To kids.”

Edwin’s hand tightened around mine. Without a word, he pushed his chair back and rose, leading me away from the table- away from Peter lounging back in his chair and sipping a glass of white wine as his eyes scanned the crowd for Betty, away from my mother clapping along to the music, away from our uneaten plates of food.

“Look at all this,” Edwin said as we meandered our way through the crowd. He gestured to the finely dressed attendees, many of whom were lining up outside the donation booth with their wallets in hand and grins on their faces. “This is making a difference for those kids as we speak.”

I couldn’t help but nod, no matter how badly a part of me–the same part that had stormed into Coldclaw territory to save Peter–wanted to rush off into the sunset and take down the bad guys like I was in some kind of movie.

“You’re right,” I said with a tiny sigh. “Just… promise that tomorrow, we’ll go pay a visit to Sophia in prison?”

Edwin nodded and brushed his thumb across my cheek, eliciting another camera flash from somewhere in the crowd. “Of course, my love. You know I enjoy letting you loose on those bastards.”

A smirk crossed my lips at that. More than once, the orphanage directors who I’d interrogated had referred to me as ‘Crescent’s dog. I didn’t mind the nickname, although it was meant to cut deep.

If I was like a hound guarding my people, then I considered that a good thing.

Edwin, seemingly relieved by my smile, pressed a kiss to my forehead and pulled away. “Wait here. I’ll grab us both a drink.”

I nodded and watched him go, then turned to take everything in The dance floor was practically swarming with people, skirts glittering in the candlelight with each dip and twirl,

It was funny, being at an event like this now. The last time I’d been to a charity gala had been for someone else’s cause- some other Alpha and Luna duo raising money for a good purpose,

Sometimes, it was easy to forget that I was a Luna now, since Edwin and I spent most of our time in that little apartment and things really didn’t feel all that different.

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I think I was

good. To be in a position in life where I

“Luna Brooks?”

took me a moment, but I quickly recognized the woman standing in front of me as the realtor from the empty storefront, although I

she said with a grin as if reading my mind. She held

I said, shaking my head slightly. “My mind has been elsewhere. How are

her hand dismissively and beamed at me. “This is a lovely event. I just donated to

you so much.

a little closer. “And just so you know, since you’re doing such wonderful things for our community, the price on that storefront may just have more wiggle room than we

blinked, surprised. “It’s still

with you, that damn fast fashion company that’s been getting bigger lately— Nightfall Threads, I think it’s called–is deterring a

of times over the summer; not just on the night we’d discovered that the thrift shop went

and more small clothing businesses in the area were going belly–up due to the company since it was so cheap. Apparently, they outsourced their production overseas, where they produced insanely crappy garments for a fraction of

technically breaking any rules, so there wasn’t

I finally said. “Well, that’s

that’s doomed to fail.” Grinning, she pulled her business card out of her clutch and handed it to me. “Seriously, consider calling me. We’ll work something out if you’re

really, I had no intention of calling her. Whatever the price was, I knew there was still no way I could afford it. And besides, I had way too much going on right now to think about starting my own business, especially not in the middle of a

my shoulder. I turned, expecting to see Edwin standing behind me with two glasses of wine, but instead I

again, I vaguely recognized this one. But I couldn’t quite place where I’d seen

the woman asked, nodding toward Mary. “You’re worried about the price

and shrugged. “Yeah, it’s just out of my

shy because you’re new to being a Luna, but you should just ask your Alpha

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leaning back a little. “And who are you,

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my emerald green gown. “Wife to the

I’d never been there myself. But she did

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