After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Though she was still grateful he’d come.

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“Are you…are you sure you’re okay?” Lucas asked. He could feel a kind of tightness in his chest that he didn’t like.

This wasn’t the reaction from her he’d been hoping for. But maybe it was the one he deserved.

Elaine nodded, then glanced over at Aaron. “Could I borrow your phone?”

He nodded and stepped forward to hand it to her. Elaine walked away from them both, making a call.

Aaron stood awkwardly, looking up at his brother.

“He bit you,” Aaron said.

“Didn’t break skin,” Lucas replied, gaze trailing over the red marks at his brother’s neck. “I shoulda killed him.

“It’s better you didn’t.” Aaron wanted Matthew gone to, but it only would have made things messier.

“He stays in prison this time. No more outs.”

Lucas was the one who’d released him the first time. Under his deal with Walter. He wouldn’t be making any other deals like that again. Not after tonight.

Elaine returned a minute later, handing Aaron his phone back.

“You have a ride?” Lucas asked.

“Liam’s coming to get me.‘

Lucas‘ brow furrowed but he said nothing else. The three of them waited there.

The authorities showed up first. Two higher–ranks were getting Matthew loaded up in the back of their car as Aaron explained what happened. Liam arrived several minutes later to spot the flashing lights outside the building.

He ran out to find Elaine, who was sitting in the back of an ambulance with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders.

“Elly…” Liam said, rushing forward to her.

Lucas stepped in his way.

Liam stopped in his tracks, looking at his old friend with a furrowed brow. If Lucas had learned anything tonight, it was that anyone could be a threat. Elaine’s own brother had tried to attack her.

And his trust in Liam had waned.

Liam held his ground.

“Lucas,” Elaine said, standing up from the back of the ambulance. This protectiveness from Lucas wasn’t something she was used to. And it was no longer needed.

Lucas grit his teeth as he looked over his shoulder at her. “You’re still recovering.”

“And I trust Liam,” Elaine said. Liam took the opportunity of Lucas‘ distraction to push past him and rush over to

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