One Night With My Alpha Professor novel Chapter 268

Chapter 268 

Audrey 

Night had settled over the hospital, a dull quiet filling the air as the fluorescent lights dimmed to a muted glow. The bustling corridors had gone quiet, save for the occasional nurse patrolling past. Everyone was asleep except for me. 

I couldn’t sleep. How could I? 

My body ached, muscles that I hadn’t realized I’d pulled during the fighting now thrumming with discomfort. My wolf was exhausted after everything that had happened today, and so I was healing slowly. Far too slowly. 

I turned my head, my eyes adjusting to the dim light. Across the small gap between our beds, Edwin lay in silence. His gray eyes were already on me, studying me. 

“You should be resting,” I whispered, although I couldn’t help the small smile that tugged at the corners of my lips. 

Edwin shifted slightly to face me, his body tensing from the movement. His hand hovered over his bandaged abdomen, a grimace flickering across his face. “So should you.” 

“We almost died today,” I murmured. “It’s a bit hard to sleep after that.” 

“We seem to do that a lot, don’t we?” Edwin replied, a soft, humorless chuckle escaping his lips. “Although I would prefer if we didn’t make it so much of a habit.” 

“Might be a little late for that,” I teased. 

I reached out across the small space between our beds, my fingers searching for his. When they found him, our hands intertwined easily, the familiar warmth of his touch immediately soothing the pain throbbing through my body. 

“The kids,” I said softly, unable to hold back the images that flooded my mind. The warehouse, the children hunched over at machines, the terrifying people in uniforms with those big electrified batons. “I’m so glad they all made it out.” 

Edwin nodded, and even that small motion seemed to pain him a little. “Yep. All ninety–nine of them thanks to Peter and Betty.” He paused, then added, “It would have been a hundred, were it not for Joseph already being with Eliza.” 

I shuddered a bit at the thought of that poor, sweet little boy being so terrified. We still didn’t know if there had been others before them, others that hadn’t made it through that torment. If there was some sort of mass grave nearby… 

Well, I wouldn’t have been surprised, but I didn’t really want to think about it right now. 

“When I saw what they were doing to those children…” I swallowed hard and shook my head. “I’ve never felt anything like that before, Edwin. That kind of rage.” 

“I felt it through the bond,” he replied quietly, glancing at me with those gold–flecked eyes. “It was like wildfire.” Another shiver ran through me at his words, the memory of that hatred bubbling beneath the surface. I had never felt such raw, unbridled fury. It wasn’t just anger–it was something deeper, something that had been sitting dormant for far too long. 

I could have been one of those kids. And I never thought I’d say this, but I almost felt lucky for the upbringing I had. Because it could have been worse–far worse. I could have died. 

“Come here,” Edwin said suddenly, as if reading my mind. 

Fraised an eyebrow, glancing at him. “I’m pretty sure the nurses told us we’re supposed to stay in our own beds.” Edwin shrugged, the corner of his mouth twitching upward. “Since when do you follow the rules?” 

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Chapter 268 

And then suddenly, I was moving. Slowly and carefully, I was swinging my leg over him and straddling him, feeling his warmth beneath me. He stared up at me, wide–eyed, as I gently began to rock my hips against his.