After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74

Lucas was ten steps away Eight. Six…

Aaron cut him off, stepping in front of Lucas before he could reach the pair. Lucas bristled but his younger brother wasn’t even looking at him, he was looking at Liam and Elaine.

“Why are you here?” Aaron asked.

Elaine glanced up at him. “What?”

“Why did you come here?”

She sits up a little straighter, still not sure why Aaron was asking her that question. Before she could respond, he continued,

“I’ve been watching you since I came out of the house. It’s Lucas’ birthday…you don’t seem to even be here for him. Just Liam. You didn’t even bring him anything.”

“Why does everyone assume that? I got Lucas a card,” Elaine said, then stood up with a sigh. ucas overhead her. He looked back at the gift table, walking over to search for her card. Elaine didn’t notice, she kept her gaze on Aaron. “Look, I didn’t know my presence was going to bring about so much fighting. I was trying to be civil. Ayla invited me.”

“You didn’t have to show up. Especially after what you did.”

“What I did?” Elaine asked.

Aaron nodded. “You left the pack in chaos. You could have at least tried to help us fix things before leaving!”

Elaine couldn’t tell if it was hurt she heard in his voice or not. Surely she was just hearing things. Aaron had never liked her.

“I left things perfectly fine. I’m not the one who has been acting Luna.”

“How dare you!” Ayla suddenly screeched. She walked over. “You can’t pin the blame for any of this on me! You sabotaged me!”

“I didn’t do anything,” Elaine replied calmly. “In fact, the past few weeks before the divorce even finalized, I’d stepped down from most of my duties, if not all.”

Ayla glared at her. Aaron, however, looked to actually be considering what she’d said.

“Funny how the chaos only started after the divorce,” Elaine said.

Ayla sputtered out a breath. “You are speaking to your Luna! How dare you imply I can’t do my job! I have been toiling day and night to fix the problems you left behind.”

“I didn’t mention your name, Ayla.”

“You implied it!”

Aaron stepped forward. “You’re really telling the truth?”

Elaine looked up at him. For the first time, someone on that side of the family was actually listening. She

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could hardly believe it.

“I am. Once I moved to Harriet’s, I left behind much of the duties, though I made sure everything could run stability without me. So long as Lucas did his job. My only duty was to appear in public with him,” Elaine explained.

“And the problems only started after the divorce…” Aaron puzzled together. He glanced at Ayla. “When you started to take up Elaine’s old responsibilities.

Ayla whirled around to him. “Don’t take her side! She’s lying to you!”.