One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 252 Audrey

They always kept the interrogation room cold-to make the prisoners uncomfortable, and thus more likely to spill their

secrets.

It was too cold in here for me, but it had little to do with the temperature. I never liked being in here, having to use my Silver Star powers to root out evil. I'd rather be in the gala hall, using my abilities for charity and healing.

Sophia sat across from me, dressed in an orange jumpsuit. Her usually-immaculate hair hung down around her face, framing the dark circles under her eyes. She was going to crack. She had to.

And yet she met my gaze, unflinching, with a faint smile playing on her lips. It wasn't the warm smile I'd come to know-it was the smile of someone who believed they were still in control

"Sophia, I would really prefer if we could do this the easy way," I said, trying not to come across as angry as I felt. "Just tell me why you've been sending kids to Coldclaw and where you've been sending them, and maybe we'll consider reducing your sentence." Sophia shook her head. "We both know that's not true, Luna Brooks. Even if I told you anything, and I won't, you're not actually going to do anything to help me."

Sighing, I narrowed my eyes and reached out with my mind, pushing past the surface of her memories. But the moment I tried, I slammed into a barrier so solid that it was like running headfirst into a brick wall.

The force of it made me gasp. Pain shot through my skull like I'd just been shot. I immediately pulled out of her mind, pressing a trembling hand to my temple.

Sophia just sat there. Calm. Unmoving.

"What's wrong?" Edwin's voice echoed through the bond, instantly sensing my pain and confusion. "You okay?"

"She's blocking me somehow," I replied silently. "I've never felt anything like this before. I knew it was possible, but... not quite to this extent."

I could feel my mate's frustration simmering through our bond. I tried again, this time pushing harder against the invisible wall in her mind. But the first beads of sweat began to form on my forehead, and the pressure mounted, like I was trying to break through steel with my bare hands.

Soon enough, I felt a warm trickle running down my upper lip.

"Alright, that's enough." Edwin was suddenly beside me, his hands gripping my shoulders and pulling me away from the table.

I hadn't even realized that he had entered the room, nor had I noticed just how long I'd been straining against the adamant walls surrounding Sophia's mind.

As Edwin pulled me out of the interrogation room, I reached up and wiped my nose, my fingers coming away smeared with red blood. But I didn't care. I needed to find out what was happening to those kids.

done," I protested weakly, although my

me-his anger was directed entirely at the woman sitting smugly in

widened. "An hour?" I sputtered mentally, glancing at the clock

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out." His gray eyes flashed with something dangerous as he turned his glare on Sophia one

was smiling again, that same placid smile, as if we were

smugness in her voice sent a spike of irritation through me but the pounding in my head kept me from retorting. Edwin's grip on

and Edwin handed me off to him. I leaned into my brother-in-law's shoulder. "Take her to the break room," Edwin whispered. "I'll handle

but it was too late. Peter was already guiding me away, and my legs were trembling too much to resist. "Come on, little star," he said, wrapping an arm around me. "Let's

he faced Sophia. The door

room, by contrast, was warm and quiet. I sank miserably into a chair at the small round table while Peter prepared the coffee. A few minutes

for my tastes-he always made it too bitter-but I sipped it

her mind," I finally growled after a beat of silence. "How is it that the most normal-looking people are always

sighed. "Now that, I don't have an answer to, little star," he said quietly. "But Edwin, while he doesn't have your has his own... charm. He'll get her to

wasn't so sure about that, but I

I asked. "Any evidence found there

abilities,

his expression darkening. "Nothing. Whatever she's doing with those kids, she's covering her tracks eerily well. No paper trails, no digital

some of the coffee sloshing over the rim and onto the table. "So that poor little boy

then closed it again and simply

would

both of us too tired to say much more. Not that there was anything to be said, anyway. All we could do was wait and

the breakroom with an

we already knew the

He turned to Charles, who had been standing guard outside the room. "Put her in solitary confinement for a couple of nights. Maybe some time alone will loosen her tongue." Charles nodded and

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