One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 266

Audrey & Third Person

Audrey

The building trembled around us, the walls groaning as if the entire structure was on the verge of collapse. Dust choked th air, thick and suffocating, as chunks of ceiling began to rain down in showers.

But I didn’t run. I couldn’t. I stayed right there, cradling Edwin’s head in my lap.

“Get up!” Peter’s voice cracked as he crouched next to me, desperately gripping my shoulder. “Audrey, we have to go! The whole place is coming down!”

I didn’t answer, didn’t look at him. My vision was blurred by the tears streaming down my face, my focus only on the man bleeding out in my arms. I pressed my hands into his wound, willing it to close, but it was no use. That scream that had ripped from my throat had drained every drop of my power in one burst.

Edwin’s blood had already soaked through his shirt, a dark stain that was spreading too quickly, like a deep crimson flower. The bond between us pulsed with our shared pain as his life force slipped away.

I had to stay. I needed to be with him. If he wasn’t going to make it, then neither was I.

Edwin’s chest rose and fell in shallow gasps, and his hand trembled as he lifted it, his fingers brushing my cheek. “Co. The children,” he rasped, his voice barely audible over the deafening noise of the collapsing warehouse. “You have to… get them out. Get yourself out.”

I shook my head fiercely, choking on a sob. “No,” I whispered, the words breaking as they left my throat. “I can’t–Betty and Peter can handle that. I’m not leaving you.”

Betty appeared beside us then, her face streaked with dirt, her wide eyes shimmering with the same fear I felt curling in my chest. She knelt down, grabbing my blood–soaked hand. “Audrey-”

“I’m staying,” I said, yanking my hand away and jerking my head toward the door. “You and Peter get the children out. All of them.” I met Peter’s gaze. “That’s an order from your Luna.”

Peter clenched his jaw, torn between his duty and his desire to stay. He looked like he wanted to argue, but he knew there was no time. He gave a single, stiff nod, then rose to his feet, pulling Betty up with him. They were already calling out to the children below as they sprinted toward the stairs.

it

of his mouth, his fingers twitching

head as I pressed my forehead against his. “I’m not leaving

the air as part of the roof collapsed nearby dust and debris filling the space around us. I could feel the building trembling

he begged, his voice barely a whisper now, “Live…

whispered back, my throat tightening as I gripped his hand,

at all, I won’t let you

up at me, but his gaze was soft, filled with

break me in two.

words so quiet, I almost didn’t hear them. “In this

salt, and all

whispered back. “In this life and the

then the ceiling

Third Person

carrying two children with them. The cool wind hit th like a slap to the face, the sudden shift from

time to breathe befor

older ones, poured

earth–shaking groan sounded from behind them. His only thought was to get as f away from the collapsing building as possible, his arms tightening around the children he carried. He turned as he ran, glancing over his shoulder, and saw the warehouse beginning to fold in on itself,

the earth itself. A large, jagged rift in the dirt had begun to open, threatening

Peter shouted, his voice

arms filled with children, but her face was pale, eyes wild with fear. They had barely cleared the distance when the building finally gave out, collapsing

debris hurtling toward them, knocking both Betty and Peter off their fe They hit the ground hard, twisting mid–fall to shield

chaos. Children cried out, some screaming, others too shocked to make a sound. Betty struggled to her knees, her breath coming out in ragged gasps. Peter, releasing the children in his arms, crawled to he and

wasn’t looking

her voice breaking as she lifted a trembling hand toward the rubble.