Mated to the Alpha and His Beta (Lanie Stanton) novel Chapter 381

Chapter 381

Lanie

Instead of opening the book, I clutched it to my chest. I sent up another grateful prayer to the Moon

Goddess.

“And thank you for not losing patience with me,” I added in my head. “For trusting that I can and will always follow you.”

I didn’t think anyone would pay attention to me reading a book. Everyone was doing the same thing.

Since I wasn’t sure what I was going to find, though, I wanted to take the book back to our quarters. I wanted to be able to take better notes than on my phone, too.

The first thing that happened when I stood up was that the book was so heavy I had to use both hands to carry it. And then when I headed toward the desk where the ledger was, I tripped and almost fell over. I barely hung onto the book!

Luckily for my pride, nobody seemed to notice my clumsiness. When I tried again to get to the desk, I stubbed my toe and let out a sharp cry. This time it was much more noticeable that nobody turned to look at

I went still, looking around. Seriously, nobody was looking at me or even seemed to notice I was standing in the aisle, based on how someone nearly ran me over. I had to jump out of the way. They looked back, though, surprised when I muttered, “Excuse you.”

So…I wasn’t invisible.

But every time I tried to get that book to the desk so I could check it out using the ledger, something stopped me. Something was shielding me from anyone in this library seeing that I carried that book.

“Okay, okay,” I thought to the Moon Goddess. “I get the hint. No paper trail.”

It felt wrong to take that book out without following the rules. Like stealing. But for a good cause, I told myself as I carried it out of the library without anyone shouting after me that I should come back and sign it out. Once the door closed silently behind me the book itself got instantly lighter.

I couldn’t do anything about the sheer size of it, so I tucked it under my arm and scurried through the hallways and staircases, heading for home. I’d have an hour or so to read it before I had to pick up the children from school, and then hopefully some more time after that.

Just like in the library, nobody seemed to pay me any attention. I got on an elevator just before the doors closed, and nobody so much as looked at me or asked what floor I needed them to push. I did it myself, and the woman standing in front of the panel looked surprised, but as soon as I moved back a step, her face went

blank again.

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Chapter 381

I did find myself wondering what kind of mischief I could get into with everyone in the enclave seemingly thinking I wasn’t there. When I was a kid, I’d always been fascinated by the stories about magic cloaks and whatnot…the book in my hand seemed like something of an equivalent. I wasn’t going to risk anything,