After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 193

Lucas inhaled deeply, trying to catch anything out of the ordinary around him. He was so certain his wolf would have picked up on something like this. Something so obvious. Yet it hadn’t.

If the pilot was nearby, Lucas had no idea. That unsettled him more than it should.

This guy wasn’t just an airplane pilot hired to sabotage his own flight. It couldn’t be. All of this reeked of a professional on a mission gone wrong.

But a professional none–the–less.

“We go back to the camp. Now.” The order came with no room for argument. He didn’t like being here and something told him they shouldn’t.

Elaine dropped the jacket and pulled away. “If he’s out there”

“I’ll kill him,” Lucas said, turning to her. “He won’t touch you.”

She looked up at the certainty in his eyes and nodded. After everything the two of them had been through together, after how much trust she’d lost in him, for some reason she felt as if she could trust him in this.

Elaine followed Lucas as he led the way back, though the two of them stuck close together. Paranoid as she was, she kept glancing back over her shoulder.

“Why would he leave that there to find?” Elaine asked.

“I don’t know.”

“It could be a misdirection. Or a trap. Do you think he’s at our camp?”

Lucas gritted his teeth. “I don’t know.”

It was all he could say.

They passed by the boar tracks again, and he didn’t even give them a second look. His wolf was clawing at his insides, demanding to be let loose. To take over this situation and protect her.

Elaine meanwhile struggled to keep up with the relentless pass that Lucas kept. He was pushing himself to get back to camp, to make sure it was safe. So Elaine tried to push herself as well.

Yet she knew, as her chest began to ache and she felt the anxiety of the situation crawling at her insides, that this wasn’t good for her health.

She’d already had one episode, and wasn’t looking forward to having another.

A wave of protectiveness wash over her. The feeling wrapped around her like a shield. She looked up at Lucas as he continued hurrying through the jungle.

This was his feeling. He wanted to protect her. To keep her safe. It was clear as day through their bond and it gave her a surge of strength. That ache in her chest vanished as quickly as it had begun to rise.

She picked up the pace, jogging more easily behind him. He took that as an invitation to speed up. His stride lengthening as he left Elaine catching up to his side.

It took far longer than Lucas would have hoped to reach their camp once more. Though the terrain was uneven and treacherous to cross to quickly. He might have shifted right then and there, though he had a feeling Elaine wouldn’t follow his lead. He stuck to human form. 2

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When they emerged from the thick canopy, both of them stopped.

Baine’s eyes widened.

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The parachute had been torn off from where they’d hung it and now lay on the ground, rustling with the wind and threatening to blow away.

The suitcase Lucas had dragged up was gone as well. So was the medkit.

“He was here,” Lucas growled, hands tightening into fists. “The bastard was just here!”

He stalked forward into the camp, pulling the fabric aside to see if anything had been left.

Elaine stayed near the treeline, hands clutched to her chest. It wasn’t just about the stuff. That pilot knew they’d been here. He’d known. This was his way of showing it.

It unsettled her. He could still be around.