After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 269

Chapter 269

Elaine felt like the room was spinning. She reached out to place a hand on the wall and steady herself. Of course, she’d known Ayla was never the perfect angel she wanted everyone to be. Elaine knew Ayla had a dark streak in her.

But this?

This was a lie she’d kept for years. A lie she’d used to get in with Lucas‘ family and gain his sympathy. A He she’d used so that Lucas always made sure she was taken care of because she had no one else

Except she did. Ayla had a father.

“You alright?” Slater asked

Elaine nodded, swallowing thickly. “And her father knows about her?”

“Yup.”

“And she knows about him?”

“Yup.”

“And they’ve–”

“Gonna go out on a limb here and say yes Ayla has been in communication with him for as long as I can remember. He was actually at the Swindler’s Den the night you were there with that Alpha boyfriend of yours,” Slater said.

Elaine blinked in surprise. “He was

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“I don’t pay much mind to him. Not exactly my type of company, but he knows his way around the streets. Never know where he’s going to crop up, though Never really in the same place twice.”

Her mind was sent reeling again. “Knows the streets? What kind of job does he have?”

Slater rubbed the back of his neck, hissing out a breath between his teeth. “Aw, shoot That’s not the kind of thing I should be talking about with a lady”

“Slater.”

He chuckled. “Alright, alright. No need to be like that, was only teasing Look, he’s not the kind of man you want to go on and ask questions about ”

“Yet here I am asking questions,” Elaine said firmly. She wasn’t going to drop this now that Slater revealed Ayla had a father. “You’re the one to bring him up.”

“Only cause I know you and Ayla had a spat or something together. Seen it on the news. Her father might try to get her out was all I might be implying,” Slater said.

“Tell me more about him,” she insisted.

Slater sighed heavily. “Look, he’s a rogue now, but he used to be part of Wind Wolf Still lives in the pack, but doesn’t consider himself a part of it now. He runs with his own group. Sells things most folk didn’t know could be sold.”

“Black market sort of deal?” Elaine asked.

“You could say that, yeah. Real unpleasant fellow once you get to know him, but he acts all nice up until then.” Slater shoved his hands in his pockets. “He couldn’t get away with his business being part of the pack, so he abandoned it

“Probably thinks he isn’t beholden to Pack Law then,” Elaine muttered.

“Nope. He runs his own laws. Caught him saying nothing is illegal if ya don’t get caught.”

“Sounds like a real charmer,” she said sarcastically but her mind was working overtime. This was simply another thread she needed to follow Maybe Ayla’s father would know more than Ayla ever did.

Maybe Ayla was a puppet gone mad in all of this