After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 292

Chapter 292

Elaine sat in the living room at Liam’s rental.

She stared off at nothing, yet her mind was far from still. It shouldn’t have surprised her, but it sickened her beyond belief. She had always known that Ayla was bad news, but this? This went further than anything else.

It made her feel so sick that she’d barely been able to get out of that building, let alone drive back to the city. Somehow she’d managed to get back.

Liam had already been gone, off to the airport to pick up Nancy. So Elaine was left alone.

She laced her fingers together and looked down at her hands. They were trembling so terribly her muscles hurt. It’d been that way ever since she got back. That folder was still in her car, tucked away where no one could casually look at it.

She’d simply taken it, didn’t know what else to do. Still didn’t know what to do.

Whatever that drug was, that ‘Fountain of Youth‘ experiment, it obviously hadn’t worked. It poisoned her instead. Elaine wouldn’t be surprised if it was the cause of her illness. For three years she’d been deteriorating slowly, until her wolf simply hadn’t been strong enough to keep going.

So now she was here.

Every day it felt like she was on the brink of death. If it weren’t for Raidant, she would be dead. It made her sick that she even needed it. A medication produced by the same company that had…

She closed her eyes, tears threatening to spill over.

Yet this time…she let them fall. She leaned forward, burying her face in her hands and sobbed. Her shoulders racked with each breath. Part of her wondered if all this pain would just go away if she weren’t

here.

The thought was terrible and brief.

She had suspected that whoever was involved with Rage, with Raidant, could be involved back then. Ayla had planted the seed in her mind that her miscarriage hadn’t been natural.

Yet the truth was far worse than Elaine could have ever imagined.

The door opened. Elaine sat upright, wiping away the tears desperately as she choked back any sound.

“We’re back!” Liam said cheerfully from the door.

“Oh, that flight was absolutely dreadful,” Nancy said, coming in the door with two suitcases. “I can’t believe the roads in and out of the pack have been all closed down.”

“Well, not closed down…just really hard to get in and out,” Liam said as he held the door for his mother.

Nancy stepped inside, spotting Elaine on the couch. “There you are! We have so much to… Elaine, are you alright?”

Elaine futilely tried to wipe the tears from her eyes again. She nodded. “I’m okay…”

“You’ve been crying,” Nancy said, her entire demeanor shifting as she went to sit beside Elaine. “Oh,

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deary, whatever is the matter?”

Liam eased his way closer, though remained respectfully back, his face suddenly stricken with worry.

“It’s just…there’s so much going on right now….I…” Elaine trailed off, not sure how to explain it.

“It’s alright. No need to explain if you can’t. Why don’t we get started on dinner? We can watch something and maybe take your mind off it. And if you’re ready later, we can talk,” Nancy offered.

Elaine managed a tight smile. “That’s kind of you, Nancy, but I think….I think I just need some air.”

She stood up, refusing to allow either of them to see her in such a state. She walked to the door and Liam trailed behind you.

“You want some company?”

“Not tonight, Liam,” Elaine replied. She stepped outside. The cold air hit her, and she inhaled deeply. Yet all she could smell was the smog of the city. There was no comfort to be had there.

There was a park nearby, and she decided to head in that direction but before she could take two steps, a car pulled up outside the house. Lucas‘ car.

Elaine hugged herself, her brow knit together as Lucas stepped out. What was he doing here…?

“You said you think. You said that. Elaine…I’ve messed up in the past, but if you could just give me another chance–”

“No! Lucas, you are not entitled to my time. To me. Our marriage ended. We owe each other nothing now! Yet you still keep trying to drag me back into the relationship that’s almost killed me!” she yelled

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