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…”

she said quietly, “you

to resurface–the warmth of his blood on my hands, the overwhelming surge of wild desperation that came over me, the feeling of wanting to save him so badly that I would

reached up to touch my chest, feeling the steady pulse of our bond, still strong, still there. “I kissed him, and I just… I wanted to trade my life for his. I was ready to do whatever it took to keep him

him during those moments. That act of love…” “But how?” I asked, my gaze drifting

know,” my mother admitted, her eyes lingering on my face for a moment before flicking to my hair. “But perhaps… it was something

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about the way she said that made me frown. “What do

mother smiled softly and nodded

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up, grabbing a lock of my hair between my fingers–and froze. Instead of the black strands with a single silver streak that I had grown so used to,

temporary transformation like I had seen before. This

“It’s… beautiful,” I whispered, the words leaving my mouth before I even had

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.

to my cheek. “I promise I didn’t bleach your hair in your sleep,

but before I could speak, a soft groan from the other bed caught our attention.

chest humming with

“Audrey…”

my legs buckling beneath me as I stumbled toward him Pain shot through my body, but I barely felt

burying my face in his neck. “You idiot,” I sobbed, the word coming out without really meaning anything. “Don’t

up slowly, his fingers tangling in my now–silver hair, and I felt him exhale softly, his breath warm against my temple. “Hm. You’re one to talk,” he murmured, his voice gravelly. “Refusing to leave me

slightly, looking into his eyes as he brushed a thumb across my cheek. “I should be thanking you,” he said softly. “Your love… I think it gave me the strength to

death–to those moments that I had been lost in that void, following that invisible

kissed him again, this time soft and slow, savoring the

door burst open then, and

in, throwing herself at us with a cry of joy, her arms wrapping around both Edwin and me. Peter was right behind her, his eyes

just enough to sting a little–before she threw her arms around me. I reeled for a moment, but hugged her back with a chuckle. “Nice

me like that again, you dumb fucking bitch” Tina

“Tina! If you’re sharing a