I Kissed My Professor And He Liked It novel Chapter 286

Ella’s POV

Colton quickly sat up in bed and looked at me with narrowed eyes. I sat up as well, trying to maintain a strong composure, but I always felt so weak when he looked at me like that. I felt my face reddening from the intensity of his stare.

“I’m not taking you to see that monster,” he said through his teeth, and I knew from his tone that there wasn’t going to be a discussion about it.

“I need to see him,” I said firmly, folding my arms across my chest. “I have to ask him questions of my own.”

“Tell me the questions and I’ll ask him,” Colton said, keeping his eyes locked on mine.

I shook my head, frowning at him.

“This is something I need to do,” I told him. “Can’t you trust me?”

“Of course, I trust you, Ella,” he said in return. “It’s him I don’t trust.”

“It’s not like I’ll be alone, Cole. I’ll have you with me and some of the gammas that are keeping guard of him. I’ll be safe.”

“Having you anywhere near him isn’t safe,” Colton said, pressing his lips firmly together. “I don’t understand why you want to see him suddenly. What answers could he possibly give you? Do you even think he’d tell you anything? He’s been through the wringer, and he hasn’t a word to any of us other than his usual nonsense.”

“That’s what I mean though. What if what he’s saying isn’t nonsense?” I asked, furrowing my brows together. “What if he is trying to tell us something?”

“Ella, he’s not trying to tell us anything. That’s the issue,” he said, shaking his head at me. “Why are you pressed about this?”

“Because I had a dream about him,” I admitted, looking down at my hands and tugging at my fingers nervously.

“A dream?” Colton asked; I could feel his eyes still on my face. “What kind of dream?”

“I don’t even know if it was a dream,” I said, looking back up at him. “It felt so real….”

“What happened in this dream?”

He sounded suspicious, but curious at the same time. He wasn’t angry, but he also wasn’t pleased if that makes sense.

“I think I was some kind of ghost or spirit,” I explained; trying to recall every moment of the dream.

“You were dead?”

“Not dead, no. But nobody could see me,” I explained. “I was in the dungeon watching my father beating Xander and asking questions.”

Colton’s body froze as he continued to stare at me; I could tell he was struggling with his thoughts.

“You watched that happen?” He sounded strained.

I nodded and met his eyes.

“Yes, and Xander kept saying that I was in danger. My father thought he was threatening me, but maybe he wasn’t. Maybe he was warning me.”

Colton raised his brows at my statement and then after a moment, he shook his head.

“He kidnapped you, Ella. Who knows what he’d do if we didn’t find you,” Colton said in return.

“But he kidnapped me and dumped me somewhere. Before I passed out, I remember him saying something about me escaping the inescapable. It was like some kind of test or something,” I said, recalling my last real moments with Xander when he was my professor.

He was tough on me and slowly poisoning me each day. He made me fight without my wolf and strengthen my human. He kept telling me that if I didn’t learn this stuff, I would find myself in a situation where it was life or death. He told me I needed to be prepared for all sorts of situations. Even then, it felt like he was preparing me for something.

But he was such an asshole that I saw past it. My main concern was finally beating him at his own game and winning a battle against him.

I didn’t actually stop to process his words; not until now at least.

I wasn’t sure how to explain any of that to Colton though. He was set in his ways, and I knew he wasn’t going to let me see him that easily.

“He’s dangerous, Ella,” Colton said, rubbing the bridge of his nose with his thumb and pointer finger as if he was getting a headache from this conversation. “I don’t know how else to say that.”

“You don’t have to say it any other way,” I breathed, gazing downward. “I know he’s dangerous. But Colton, I know what I’m capable of. I know I can handle myself in front of him. But I also won’t be alone.”

I inched closer to him, placing my hands on his chest as I peered up at him.

“My big strong Alpha will be with me,” I added, dropping my voice so it came out flirtatious.

A smile twitched at the corner of his lips, and he bent down so he could kiss me. I leaned into his kiss, loving how he tasted.

“5 minutes,” he whispered against my lips. “You get 5 minutes with him and you aren’t going into his cell.”

“Thank you,” I said, throwing my arms around him to hug him.

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Colton called for a couple of extra gamma warriors to stand guard while we went to the dungeon to speak with Xander. I had to admit, I was way more nervous than I thought I was going to be.