After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 288

Chapter 288

It was as safe as they could be.

The meeting spot was in the middle of nowhere. Though when they stepped out of the car, the smell of smoke and chemicals permeated the air. Elaine had a feeling the lab was closer than expected.

Though impossible to see through the trees.

“You sure about this?” Elaine asked.

“I talked with them on the phone last night. Before the whole Lucas situation. Safer than texting, and now I know why. Lucas would have stopped this meeting if he knew…but they’d given me directions. Right here.” Liam turned a circle around himself. “Remote. Quiet.”

“Stinks to high heaven,” Elaine muttered, wrinkling her nose.

Liam just chuckled.

The crunch of branches drew their attention to the opposite road, where a vehicle slowly pulled into the clearing. Black with tinted windows. Elaine noted no license plate.

Two rogues stepped out. Women. They looked nearly identical to each other. Black, short hair, and pale skin. One wore glasses, the other didn’t.

“You must be Liam,” the one with the glasses said, smiling. “My name is Mia. This is my sister, May.”

“Mia and May,” Liam mused. “Nice to meet you.”

May just grunted, unimpressed, though said nothing.

“Forgive her. She does not speak,” Mia said, smiling still. Elaine shifted uneasily on her feet. The two of them stepped forward, right foot first. “I hear you need a source of Raidant.”

“A steady supply would be nice. I’m more than willing to pay,” Liam said.

“You went out of your way to bypass other means of acquiring it,” Mia mused.

“I’d rather get it from the source.”

“Fair enough!” Mai said, looking far too cheerful for the circumstances. She turned to the car. “We’ve brought a supply with us. You have the money?”

“You’re…I thought we were discussing a deal,” Liam said, tilting his head.

“Yes. A deal. You bring money, we give drugs,” Mia replied simply.

Elaine raised a brow. “You’re giving them to use just like that?”

“Oh, honey, I can smell the sickness on you. You need it.” Mia motioned to May, who turned and walked back to the car to get them.

“You can smell it on me…?” Elaine said, taken aback.

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