One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 267

Audrey

I jolted awake with a gasp, still tasting the acrid sensation of ash and rubble on my tongue. Only I wasn’t in the collapsing building anymore.

Harsh fluorescent lights glared down at me, making my eyes burn as I squinted against their brightness. My body felt heavy, every inch of me aching as I slowly became aware of my surroundings.

I was in a hospital.

My heart stuttered in my chest as the memories of what had happened began to rush back all at once.

Edwin.

No, no, no. I shouldn’t be here. I should be with-

Panic took hold of me. I tried to sit up, ignoring the sharp pain that suddenly ripped through my abdomen.

“Edwin!” I rasped, looking around wildly. “Where is he? Where

“Shh, sweetheart.” A familiar voice cut through my panic, and a hand pressed gently against my shoulder, pushing me back down onto the bed. “He’s right here. Look to your left.”

My head snapped to the side so fast that the room spun, my vision blurring for a moment before it settled.

And then I saw him.

Edwin was lying in the hospital bed next to mine, his chest rising and falling slowly. His skin was pale, and thick bandages wrapped around his torso, but… he was alive.

He was breathing.

The sight of him sent a rush of relief through me. A sob caught in my throat, tears welling up in my eyes as the memories of the warehouse came crashing down on me. The blood. The knife. The way I had felt him dying through our bond, slipping away right in front of me.

“But… the knife,” I whispered, my voice trembling as I turned to my mother, who was sitting perched on the edge of my bed, her hand still resting on my shoulder. “I felt it. I felt him dying. How is he–how are we both still…”

expression softened, her hand squeezing mine gently. “Whatever you did in there,” she said quietly, “you saved

my hands, the overwhelming surge of wild desperation that came over me, the feeling of

of our bond, still strong, still there. “I kissed

out of my eyes. “Maybe you saved him during those moments. That act of love…” “But how?” I asked, my gaze drifting back to Edwin’s

face for a moment before flicking to

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she said that

mother smiled softly and nodded toward my

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my hair between my fingers–and froze. Instead of the black strands with a single silver streak that

temporary transformation like I had seen before. This

at the strands of hair. “It’s… beautiful,” I whispered, the words leaving my mouth before I even had time to think about

so long hating that silver streak, seeing it as a reminder of how different I was, how it was once the source of my torment. But now, this… this felt right. It felt like it belonged to me. Like I had finally

a warm kiss to my cheek. “I promise I didn’t bleach your

from the other bed caught our attention. My head snapped back to Edwin just as his eyes fluttered open, that familiar gray

chest humming with

“Audrey…”

me, I was suddenly out of the bed my legs buckling beneath me as I stumbled toward him Pain

my face in his neck. “You idiot,” I sobbed, the word coming out without

my now–silver hair, and I felt him exhale softly, his breath

should be thanking you,” he said softly. “Your love… I think it gave me the strength to get us out. I felt it,

I had been lost in that void, following that invisible

down and kissed him again, this time soft and slow, savoring the feeling of his lips on

open then,

with a cry of joy, her arms wrapping around both Edwin and me. Peter was right behind her, his eyes lighting up as he joined the hug,

to sting a little–before she threw her arms around me. I reeled for a moment, but hugged

you dumb fucking

widened. “Tina! If you’re sharing a home with