After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 302

It was another office. That fresh air she smelled? It came from a vent. Elaine looked up at the vent on the ceiling, glaring at it really. She’d thought it was a way out.

The door behind her rattled as May slammed into it again. Elaine ran around the desk, practically tearing the room apart to try and find something that could help her. Useless papers. Empty vials and bottles.

Yet in the desk drawer was a phone.

Elaine nearly cried she was so relieved. The door rattled again, the frame cracked and reminded her exactly where she was and the danger she was in. No time for emotion now.

She reached in and grabbed the phone, trying to remember the number. She mumbled it to herself as she put it in. The phone rang. The door rattled again. Elaine looked around for another way out.

Two more rings then the line connected.

“Hello?”

Liam. Elaine held the phone tighter to her ear. “Liam! I need help.”

That got his attention immediately. “Elaine? Where are you?”

“At Last Stand Labs,” Elaine replied sheepishly.

“What!” Liam’s voice snapped across the phone. “Where…how…”

“Focus, Liam.”

Elaine heard him take a deep breath. Then he spoke again. “I have no where where the labs are. You’re going to have to be more specific.”

“Do you remember the place we met Mia and May?” Elaine asked, casting a glance toward the door once more. It rattled, groaning against the pressure.

“Yeah, I remember,” he said, frantic now.

“Just past it through the woods is the labs. Head further east into the forest, you might be able to see smoke. I need you to get here like…right now,” Elaine said. There was no way Liam would ever make it in time to reach her before May broke through that door.

She’d need another way to stall so he could get here.

“You’re at the labs. I can’t believe it…Elaine.” The tone of his voice was obviously concerned. Maybe a bit tired. Elaine couldn’t blame him.

“It’s not my fault this time just…get here!” she yelled over the sound of the door cracking. Then she looked up at the vent again. It wasn’t a way outside but maybe it was a way out of this room. It was a large vent, and if she could pry the cover off she might be able to get up and through it.

She shoved the desk toward the wall.

“I’m on my way. Should I call anyone else?”

“I don’t know. I’m currently being chased by a giant wolf!”

“What?”

“Just hurry, Liam!” Elaine yelled then climbed up onto the desk. She reached up and grabb the vent. The cover didn’t need much force before it flipped forward, opening up. She tossed the phone up and into it before climbing up and shaking as she hoisted herself into it.

It was a tight fit, but she managed to pull herself inside. Right as the door gave way and May burst into the room. The giant wolf tore through the furniture, whirling around as she tried to spot her.

May’s nose twitched and she looked up at the vent. Elaine crawled forward as fast as she could, a massive paw striking at the vent behind her and taking it off its hinges. Elaine yelped, feeling the graze of its claws against her foot.

She kept going.

“Elaine? Elaine!” Liam yelled over the phone.

“I’m okay.” Her voice wasn’t steady anymore. She continued crawling through the vent. The metal was cold beneath her but she made her way forward. She could see another vent opening ahead of her and made her way toward that.

“How far out are you?” Elaine asked.