After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 319

Slater rubbed his hands together. He took a deep breath. In and out. Then he motioned for Elaine to sit down as well. He sat in the chair across from the couch.

“Alright, I owe ya that much. It started right after you and Liam fled. I fought for as long as I could but once I knew you were back across the border, there was no need to prolong it. The rogues managed to overtake me, and I thought I was dead for sure,” Slater said, shaking his head as he remembered the day. “Lost an eye. My side was slashed open. I lost consciousness after that.”

He shifted in his seat.

“They’d taken me back to their camp. Woke up their prisoner.”

Another shift and he rubbed the back of his neck. Elaine caught the gesture, saw the furrow in his brow.

“These aren’t pleasant memories,” Elaine said.

Slater shook his head. “You must know them all the same. They called me a traitor, course. Thought I was a foolish man for having protected you and turned on my own brothers. At least they wanted to call themselves my brothers.”

Harriet snorted. “Do all rogues just consider themselves that?”

“Like a pack considers itself family, so do the outlaws,” Slater mused.

“Rogues are not outlaws,” Elaine said.

“They are now.” He looked up at Elaine. “There is no pack a rogue can go to anymore and be welcomed. Lucas’ law as expanded from Wind Wolf to others. I could not find asylum in any one of them, even if I asked. Not Moonwatch, nor Blood Wright. Not East River or Green Hills.

“None of the smaller packs in the country would even take us in.” Slater sighed heavily. “Thought I resent the fact, I suppose we started this conflict.”

“We,” Harriet repeated.

“You’re not one of them, Slater,” Elaine insisted. “It’s not fair.”

Slater grunted. “Life seldom is fair.”