Craving My Alpha Professor のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 121 - チャプター 130

Emberlyn:For a few moments after the results were announced, everything became a blur.People surrounded us from every direction. Professors congratulated our team, cameras flashed almost nonstop, and students from other universities stopped to shake our hands before making their way toward the exits. Everyone seemed to be talking at once, their voices blending into one another until I could barely separate one conversation from the next.I smiled because everyone else was smiling. I laughed when my teammates laughed. I accepted every congratulation that came my way. Yet beneath it all, my thoughts kept drifting back to the corridor.I was still trying to decide whether I was excited or terrified.“Ember!” I barely had time to turn before my mother wrapped both arms around me. The hug almost knocked the breath out of my lungs.“Oh my goodness.” Her voice cracked with emotion.“You did it.” I laughed softly against her shoulder.“We did it.”“No.” She pulled back just enough to cup my

Emberlyn: The front door was only a few steps away. I reached for the handle before reality finally caught up with me. The city outside was dark, the roads nearly empty. But where would I go? Kim would ask questions. My mother would know something was wrong the moment she saw my face. Elias wasn’t even an option at this point. And I wasn’t ready to explain something I couldn’t even understand myself. My hand slowly slipped away from the handle.Behind me, I could still feel Jaxon’s presence. He hadn’t followed me after I left the hidden room. He was giving me space, probably because he knew that if he came any closer, I would either scream at him or fall apart completely. Neither of us wanted that. I stood there for another long moment before turning away from the front door.Without looking at him, I walked deeper into the penthouse. The silence followed me through the living room. The place looked exactly the same as it always had. The expensive furniture, the floor to floor ceilin

Jaxon: The holding room was silent. I stood on the other side of the reinforced glass, one hand tucked into the pocket of my trousers as I watched the woman seated inside. Cassandra Romero looked nothing like the monster Lewis's files had described. She sat with perfect posture, her legs crossed neatly, one hand resting in her lap while the other lazily traced circles against the arm of the chair. Her dark hair was pinned back, revealing a face that could have belonged to a diplomat instead of one of the most feared hunters in the underground bloodline market. If someone walked past this room without knowing who she was, they'd think she was waiting for a business meeting. Our eyes met through the glass. Then she smiled. I didn't return the smile. For several long seconds, neither of us moved. She tilted her head ever so slightly. Almost like she was studying me. Or maybe she was wondering whether I'd finally walk inside. I didn't because there was no point. Lewis had already

Emberlyn:“Now we do something fun.”“I’m voting for going home,” I said.“Your vote has been rejected.”“I didn’t know we were voting.”“We aren’t.” She slipped her arm through mine before I could protest.“We’re kidnapping you.”“I don’t think that’s how kidnapping works.”“It does today.” Noah laughed as we crossed the parking lot.“I’m just here for the entertainment.”“You always are,” Kim replied.A short drive later, the amusement park came into view. The towering Ferris wheel slowly rotated against the bright blue sky while screams from the roller coasters echoed through the air.The smell of popcorn, sugar, and grilled food drifted on the breeze. Children ran between the attractions with balloons tied around their wrists while families queued beneath colorful signs advertising every ride imaginable.I stopped walking. “You brought me here?”Kim looked pleased with herself.“You need a day where your biggest problem is whether you’re brave enough to ride a roller coaster.”“I

Emberlyn:The first thing I became aware of was the pounding. It started somewhere behind my eyes, a slow, relentless throb that felt as though someone was driving nails into my skull one careful strike at a time. Every beat of my heart made it worse, sending another wave of pain through my head until I couldn’t tell where the ache ended and the dizziness began.A bitter, chemical taste coated the back of my throat. I swallowed instinctively and it burned. My tongue felt heavy, my mouth painfully dry, and my limbs refused to obey me no matter how hard I tried to move them.For a long moment, I stayed exactly where I was. Darkness pressed against my eyelids, comforting in a strange way. Opening my eyes meant facing whatever had happened. The light overhead was dim, filtering through grimy windows set high into cracked concrete walls. Dust floated lazily through the narrow beams of sunlight, turning slowly in the stale air.I didn’t recognize the room. The floor beneath me was freezing