After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 219

Chapter 219

The next morning, Liam was on his way to the foundation to deliver the good news to everyone. He’d spent the night researching how to trace radio signals, since the worker at the tower had been unable

too.

Now he felt ready for the day. Ready and willing to intervene with Walter and Ruth’s plans. And whatever Ayla was doing now to ruin Elaine’s life further. On the way, however, he got a call.

Liam noticed the number and picked up. “Hey–”

“Get to the Council Chambers. Now,” Harriet’s desperate voice cut through.

Liam tilted his head. “What’s wrong?”

“Walter and Ruth aren’t waiting. They’re in front of the Council now, trying to win over her property!”

“What?” Liam asked, eyes widening with shock.

“Just hurry!”

Liam hung up, and jerked the wheel, abandoning any notion of going to the foundation as he sped toward the Council Chambers.

The building loomed ahead of him yet Liam barely noticed the sullen mood in the air. He ran up the steps and into the building. The lobby was practically empty, and he could hear voices coming from the main chambers.

He rushed for the doors.

A hand grabbed his shoulder before he could reach it. Liam jerked forward, them rammed in elbow backward. The grunt from behind him was not one of an assassin ambushing him, but of a very startled Kyle. T

“Damnit! Don’t sneak up on me,” Liam said.

Kyle held his abdomen. “You got quick the reflexes…”

Liam rolled his eyes and reached for the door.

“Wait!” He stepped forward to block Liam’s path. “Hold on, Liam. I know you want to tell them all that Elaine is alive. That Walter and Ruth have no claim, but think about it…Ayla is in there.”

“So?”

“She already knows that Elaine and Lucas are alive. She still brought Walter and Ruth here.”

Liam made a motion for Kyle to hurrt this up. “Get to the point.”

“The point is that she has a plan. A plan to make sure that Lucas comes back and Elaine doesn’t.”

That made Liani still, is brow furrowing in consideration.

“She could act sooner if we let her in on the fact that we know Elaine is alive Until she and Lucas are back here, safe, I don’t think it’s wise to let Ayla know what we’ve found out.”

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Liam sighed heavily, pacing away from the doors as he ran his fingers through his hair. Kyle had a point.

If Ayla had some grand plan with all of this, then she’d likely try and speed things along if Liam burst in there saying Elaine was alive. Elaine was not safe. She wasn’t out of the woods yet and any delay in getting her back home could be costly.

Ayla was the kind of person to do something drastic. She’d proven that time and again.

Liam exhaled slowly, lowering his hand. “What do we do?”

“We don’t tell them she’s alive yet,” Kyle replied. “Same with Lucas. We operate on the information we had before. With hope, rather than fact.”

“If Walter and Ruth get the foundation…”

“This is highly irregular,” Elder Maria muttered.

Liam growled, stepping forward as Ruth continued.