After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 121

Chapter 121

Aaron didn’t even hesitate to answer it. He pulled his phone up. “Lucas!”

“Where are you?”

Even Elaine could hear the voice on the other line, practically shouting through the speaker. Aaron leaned away.

“I entrusted one thing to you, Aaron, and now I’m getting a call you never even showed up?”

“Shoot, the meeting…” Aaron muttered, then shook his head. Priorities. “Lucas, now really isn’t the time

“Yeah, no kidding. Because you missed the time! By an hour. This was important, Aaron. I thought I could trust you with one simple task. Show up. You couldn’t even do that!”

Elaine reached forward and before Aaron could protest, she snatched the phone from his hands. She knew when Lucas got in moods like this. Overworked. Stressed. Nothing going his way.

She brought the phone to her ear. “That’s enough, Lucas,” she said.

Lucas actually went silent. The last thing he’d expected was to hear Elaine’s voice. It shut him up fast

“Aaron missed the meeting because he was protecting me. I think even you can understand the urgency there,” she said.

“Elaine…” Lucas mumbled. Then seemed to snap himself into focus. “Protecting you from what?”

“Matthew. He tried kidnapping me,” Elaine said then paused. She looked around the warehouse. “Or, well, he succeeded in doing so. If it weren’t for Aaron….who knows what would have happened.”

She didn’t want to put words to what she’d assumed would. Matthew had never been that violent before. It was hard to believe he’d stoop to such levels yet…

“You…hold on a second,” Lucas said, Elaine could hear the near disbelief in his voice. Yet it was tinged with something else. A rising concern. “Your own brother kidnapped you?”

“Aaron followed us and got to me before Matthew could do anything. Lowe him my life. So if he missed some sort of meeting, fine. I think this warrants a reschedule. And we’re going to need some of the warriors down here to make an arrest. Sooner rather than later.”

“You’re…” Another pause. Lucas‘ mind was struggling to keep up. Then a breath, and he said, “Where are you?”

“Some old warehouse,” Elaine said, looking around.

“Outskirts of the city,” Aaron said, then cursed at himself. “I should have paid attention to the street signs…”

“I’ve got the phone’s tracking. I’m on my way,” Lucas said, urgency bleeding into his tone. He was coming himself? Elaine shook her head. As long as someone was coming, good.

She hung up.

Aaron took his phone back when she offered it, glancing briefly at Matthew again. The other was still on the floor. He might have thought him dead if he didn’t see the gentle rise and fall of Matthew’s chest.

“You should get out of here,” Aaron said, slipping the phone back into his pocket. “I’ll keep an eye on Matthew until help gets here.”

Elaine shook her head. “I’ll stay. You’re hurt and it’s not like Matthew can do much damage from where he is

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didn’t even argue. Didn’t seem like he’d actually wanted to be alone, just said it because it seemed like the right thing to say. Aaron slid down to the ground, holding his side.

“Can I see it?” Elaine asked.

“I don’t think anything is broken,” he muttered.

Elaine crossed her arms. “How would you know?”

Aaron opened his mouth to respond, then thought better of it. It hurt like hell. Any sort of movement sent bolts of pain shooting up his side. Maybe it was broken.

Elaine knelt down and Aaron lifted the edge of his shirt. She pressed gently along his ribs. Aaron hissed a breath but otherwise kept quiet.

“Hm. I don’t feel any break. Could just be badly bruised,” Elaine said.

Aaron nodded, then looked up at her as he lowered his shirt again. “You?”

“Me what?”

“Are you hurt?”

Elaine sat down beside him, leaning back against the pillar. “I’ll be okay.”

“Doesn’t sound convincing.”