After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 159

Liam didn’t need further encouragement. He rushed forward but just before he could get to the door, the doctor stepped into his path.

“Hold on,” he said. “There are a few things you should know before going in.”

Liam grumbled out his frustration but stepped back with a placating gestufe. “Alright, alright.”

“What is it?” Lucas asked as he stood up though didn’t approach quite yet.

The doctor adjusted his glasses. “She is stable but still in serious condition. Her constitution is quite weak at the moment. It was her mate bond, I believe, that was the only thing keeping her alive.”

The words were like a punch to the gut. Lucas had to steady himself by the wall. Sure, it was because of him that her condition was improving now. But it was also because of him that her health had gotten so weak in the first place.

Their failing mate bond.

Was that really the answer to all of it? It couldn’t be it, yet Lucas did not try to argue with the logic.

Their bond had slipped so far that she was struggling to recover because of it. The guilt from before deepened, and he felt almost sick. Nauseatingly so. Lucas pushed away from the wall.

“And now?”

“Now it should be helping in her recovery. Though it is still…weak.”

Lucas looked away, contemplating. He couldn’t believe he’d allowed something like this to happen. Yet he had never before realized just how much Elaine meant to him. Now she was slipping away from him.

He should have done better.

“I want to see her,” Lucas said.

“No,” Liam snapped. The answer immediate and final.

Though Lucas wasn’t about to accept it. “What do you mean no? You may be an Alpha, Liam, but this is still my territory–”

“I mean that she is still weak right now. She needs stability, not emotional distress.” Liam turned to look at Lucas. “Even you can’t deny how much negativity and instability you bring her. Letting your mate bond fail this much.”

Lucas wanted to lunge at him, yet he knew, deep down, Liam had a point.

“You don’t know what I’ve provided her.”

“No more arguing,” Nancy intervened. “Liam has a point, Lucas. If Elaine’s condition is that thready, she needs support. She will not believe she is getting that from you. Not when you’ve, time and time again, chosen another over her.”

Lucas‘ jaw nearly dropped at such a candid truth. He stared at Nancy with disbelief but couldn’t even argue. He had always chosen Ayla.

With a low breath, Lucas turned. “Fine.”

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It was all he said before walking out. Just like that. Kyle trailed out after him. No one moved until they were both gone.

Liam looked to his mother. “Thank you.”

“Don’t thank me. I wasn’t doing that for you,” Nancy said simply.

Liam turned to the doctor. “Can I see her now?”

The doctor nodded. “Low voices. Calm. It would be best not to aggravate her in her condition. And I advise only a few minutes. She needs rest.”

Liam nodded. “Of course.”

With that, he followed the doctor back. The halls of the hospital were quiet. It felt empty and still. Liam flexed his fingers, a nervous sort of energy creeping up the back of his spine. He hadn’t seen her since she’d been kidnapped.

Now she was here…

The doctor opened the door. Room 112. Liam stepped inside. The lights were dim, the only really illumination coming from the window, where the sun was slowly beginning to rise on the horizon.

Elaine was there, in the bed. Lying down with her eyes closed. Liam glanced briefly back toward the doctor, who was now pulling the door shut.

He swallowed and stepped further into the room.

“Hey, you…” he said softly.

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