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…”

there,” she

wild desperation that came over me, the feeling of wanting to save him so badly that I would give anything, everything, to

my chest, feeling the steady pulse of our bond, still strong, still there. “I kissed him, and I just… I wanted

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

for a moment before flicking to my hair. “But perhaps… it

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said that made me frown.

nodded toward my hair. “Take

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single silver streak that I had grown so used to, the hair that now slipped through my fingers was pure, brilliant silver, shimmering like

I had seen

gasp escaped me, my fingers trembling as I stared at the strands of hair. “It’s… beautiful,” I whispered, the words leaving my mouth before I even had time

had spent 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

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

our attention. My head snapped back

chest humming

“Audrey…”

was suddenly out of the bed my legs buckling beneath me as I stumbled toward him Pain shot through my body, but I barely felt it. All I could think about was getting to him, feeling his arms around

tears flowing freely as I wrapped my arms around him, burying my face in his neck. “You

tangling in my now–silver hair, and I felt him exhale softly, his breath warm against my temple. “Hm.

cheek. “I should be thanking you,” he said softly. “Your love… I think it gave

I had been lost in that void, following that invisible thread connecting us. Our bond had saved me then. Maybe it had

time soft and slow, savoring the feeling

then, and suddenly the

me. Peter

two out of the way and slapped me across the face–lightly, but just enough to sting a little–before she threw her arms around me. I

me like that again, you dumb fucking bitch” Tina sobbed

sharing a home with me, you’d better watch your tongue.”