After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 204

He turned and headed back to the parachute fabric, readjusting it and the palm fronds around it to a more comfortable position.

“Goodnight,” Elaine said, her voice firm and distant. Once he alid down and turned his back to her, she set the spear and knife aside and retreated to her own makeshift bed.

She settled into it with a heavy sigh, then turned her back to him.

And fell asleep.

The next morning, Elaine woke groggily. She hadn’t slept well. Her body felt weaker today than it had yesterday but that wasn’t anything new. Her argument with Lucas had weakened their bond.

She could feel it.

If only she’d had that medication from her bag, though her suitcase had been lost for days now. Likely somewhere at the bottom of the ocean.

She pushed herself up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes as she looked toward the fire. New branches were stocked, keeping it well fueled. She hadn’t done that.

Elaine swung her legs off the side of the bed and looked around.

Lucas was gone.

Elaine pushed herself up. “Lucas!” she called. No reply.

Her heart skipped a beat. With his injury and weakess, what if he’d gone off somewhere and collapsed? What if he was hurt? What if–

Elaine ran out onto the beach, stumbling as her ankle shot pain up her leg. “Lucas!”

She turned a circle, then jogged limping steps back to camp. She readied herself to go searching the jungle, thinking he might have gone to the spring for fresh water

It was then that he emerged from the underbrush, a bundle of sticks in his arms. She stopped as she saw

him.

“You asshole!” she shouted. “Where were you?”

“Collecting wood for the fire,” Lucas replied.

“You didn’t hear me yelling?”

“No

Elaine glared at him, knowing his wolf senses were better than that. Lucas dumped the sticks beside the

fire

Nice to hear you still care though,” he mused.

“on ignored me on purpose,” Elaine snapped

Lunes shrperá “I didn’t hear ya

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Elaine was about to yell something else at him before she realized how futile this all was. She went back to sit on the edge of her bed, collapsing against it.