After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 194

Chapter 194

Baine stumbled backward and tried to get out of the way but the pilot had the jump on her. He lunged forward, grabbing her arm before she could fully get away.

She gasped, the shock and fear stealing her voice and preventing a proper scream. He yanked her forward and she lost her balance. He took advantage and immediately shoved her backward. Her feet tripped over each other and she landed hard in the sand.

The pilot loomed over her, that glint in the sunlight she now recognized as a knife. He was going to kill he

Elaine rolled as he stabbed toward the ground. The blade dug into the sand. She scrambled away, getting to her

feet.

He grabbed her ankle.

She tried to scream but he pulled backward again and she fell on her chest, the wind rushing from her lungs and leaving her gasping.

He pulled her backward, readying the knife in his other hand. Elaine kicked, managing to strike his fingers that were wrapped around her ankle with the heel of her opposite foot.

He growled in pain and jerked backward. It was just enough for her to get to her feet and sprint towards the jungle. He was blocking the direction Lucas had gone in. But right now all she could think about was getting away.

She burst through a clump of bushes, the thorns on the branches seemed to reach out and snag at her clothes.

She tore herself through them, ignoring the cuts that scraped along her arms and legs.

The pilot was just behind her. Elaine felt panic searing its way up to her throat. She cried out as he reached for her, but a particularly nasty branch caught his shirt and stalled his movements.

Elaine broke free and sprinted. She didn’t look back. She jumped a gnarled log and landed heavily on the other side.

Slick moss tripped up her feet, and she grabbed hold of a rock to yank herself back into motion.

Footsteps stared after her.

Elaine kept going. Pushing herself fast and faster, as hard as her legs could carry her. That strength that radiated through the mate bond focused itself. Her adrenaline kept her body moving.

Faster and faster.

For a moment, those footsteps behind her began to fade. She was outrunning him. Then she tripped.

It was a gnarled set of roots that did it; past a boulder, she jumped. Her ankle twisted awkwardly and she fell, her shoulder hitting a patch of moss.

His footsteps approached.

Elaine scrambled behind the same tree that had tripped her. She pressed her back to the trunk and covered her mouth with her hand, muffling her own panting breaths.

His footsteps slowed, though she couldn’t tell where he was. “Where did you go? Damnit!”

His curse echoed through the jungle. Those steps followed the path she had taken, then faded.

Elaine listened carefully, straining to hear for any sign of him. She didn’t even dare breathe for fear he was still

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around the corner of the trunk. When a minute passed, she exhaled softly.

Then dared to look. 1

He wasn’t there and relief flooded her. Now all she had to do was find Lucas. Hopefully he’d felt her fear through the bond and was already on his way…

Elaine carefully stood up, rounding the tree and looked back at the path she’d taken. She put pressure her ankle and winced. That was going to hurt for a while. She limped away from the trunk. 1

Only to hear running steps behind her.

Elaine jerked, a scream tearing from her throat as the pilot lunged at her.