After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 237

“You’re far too relaxed,” Ayla said, creeping toward the bars again and reaching out. Her fingers wrapped around the cold metal. “I’ll change that soon enough.”

“Why do you hate me so much?” Elaine asked, noting the bench on the far wall. She walked over to it to

sit down.

Ayla watched her with a sort of predatory stillness, eyes gleaming in the low light. “Why? Mmhm. You want to know why?” Her grip tightened on the bars. “Lucas is mine! That’s why. You keep trying to steal him from–”

“I’ve divorced him. Our marriage was never perfect, though we had some good times, yet at the end… even you saw how much it declined. You were part of it. Surely you knew I wanted nothing to do with Lucas,” Elaine said.

“Yes, yes! But he still was crawling after you — ”

“Then that’s on him, not me.”

Ayla shook her head. “Oh, naive little Elaine. Naive little witch of a girl–‘

“I’m older than you.”

“–It was never just about that! You entranced Lucas. The only way he’d truly be mine was to be rid of you. My Lucas. My previous savior…” Ayla leaned once more against the bars, placing a hand to her chest as if suddenly out of breath. “He is my one and everything. Just as I am his everything.”

She whirled back around to face Elaine.

“He will realize that soon enough and come crawling back to me. It’s only a matter of time!”

Elaine’s brow furrowed. She’d always known Ayla wanted Lucas, but this was closer to an obsession. To an unhealthy degree. Ayla had never been a healthy person but Elaine had never realized just how sick she was until now.

She stood up from the bench. “You’re really sick in the head, aren’t you?”

Ayla tilted her head. “Sick? No. I have never seen things with such perfect clarity before. Everything is coming together exactly as I planned!”

“You planned to be thrown in prison? For your goal of killing me to be made known to Lucas?” Elaine asked.

“Not exactly… But it will only make our bond stronger in the end. For he will love me for me. I know he does.” Ayla spoke with such certainty, it felt as if she were stating a fact. Not a delusion.

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