After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Elaine inhaled sharply. Pain radiated throughout her entire body and it was difficult to think about anything else.

Somehow she wasn’t dead yet.

Perhaps it was simply the thought keeping her alive. She didn’t want to die here. So she wouldn’t. Her body was giving her that chance. A breeze picked at her skin, still damp from the river. Her body shivered.

Yet despite the cold and the pain, Elaine turned over to her stomach. She reached a hand out, clawing at the sandy bank, and pulled herself forward.

It was only a few inches, but even that felt like a mile.

She did it again. Slowly but surely trying to pull herself a little closer to the forest line. So close. She reached her hand forward again, nails digging into the sand. Then dirt. It felt warm.

Not just the dirt, her hand. A tingling numbness that swept up her arm. How delightful it was, yet she knew it was anything but. Her body couldn’t do it. She simply couldn’t go anymore.

With the remainder of her strength, she turned back over onto her back, looking up at the sky, framed now by trees. The stars were bright tonight. Brighter than usual. It was pretty. And quiet.

So quiet.

Elaine inhaled softly.

There was still so much she wanted to do with her life. So much she wanted to see and accomplish. There were a few things still left on her bucket list, though she couldn’t even remember them now.

She tried to go through it in her mind.

She’d gone to the amusement park. Gone to the beach. She’d stopped apologizing to those who didn’t deserve it. Started saying no. She’d gotten a dress that was far to expensive. A tattoo.

So many days now where she’d slept in, woke up early. Stayed out late. Those were what she had done. She tried to think of the rest. Dance like no one was watching. Cut her hair…

Kiss someone just because she wanted to.

That one came to her mind, and her fading thoughts latched onto it.

Liam.

That’s who it would have been, if things were different. Yet here she was now, barely able to keep her eyes up on the sky. At least her body felt warm now. Numb. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to die here.

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