After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 113

Chapter 113

Elaine nodded.

It was dark by the time the car pulled up to the house. Elaine got out, looking to the driveway first. Harriet wasn’t home yet.

The house was dark.

Elaine froze there, hand still on the car door. Alone in a dark house. That’s when it’d happened, last time. When the man had been in there. Waiting for her. Her jaw tightened.

“Everything okay?” Liam asked.

“Harriet’s not home.”

Liam didn’t need her to say more than that. He knew. He’d burst into that very door. Part of him still didn’t understand how she could even return there, but she did. The assassin had been killed. It was a done deal.

But Elaine still hesitated at the car door.

“Would you walk me inside?” she asked. Her wolf was to weak to even defend herself now. Elaine wasn’t sure she cc Id even call upon it anymore if she had the need. 1

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Liam turned the car off and got out. He followed her to the front step. Was the first one inside as well.

He did a sweep of the house. Checked every room. Every closet. Every window. Anywhere someone could hide, Liam checked. The house came up clear. Though Elaine was still uneasy as she waited in the living room.

“Harriet should be back soon,” Liam said, just taking a guess. It was already late, so surely she wouldn’t be out to much longer.

Elaine nodded. “I know, I just…” She glanced around the living room, then back at Liam. “Would you mind staying until she does?”

Liam’s expression softened. “Not at all.”

Elaine sighed in relief. She simply didn’t want to be alone in this house. Not at night. Not again. She ran her fingers through her hair, looking toward the kitchen, then the couch. She shifted back on her heels.

“Want to watch a movie?” she offered.

Liam smiled. “I’ll make the popcorn.”

An hour later, Harriet stepped through the front door, with dark circles under her eyes. She glanced around the house, gaze landing on the living room, where the credits to some movie were starting to roll. And Elaine and Liam were sitting there. Together.

Next to each other.

Elaine shot up to her feet as she heard the door, turning around to see Harriet. “There you are!”

“I text you I’d be late,” Harriet replied, setting her briefcase down and undoing the buttons on her coat. “I see Liam is here.”

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