After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 77

Chapter 77

The book, which she’d dropped on the upper shelf, teetered, then fell to the floor. It landed with a loud thud behind her and she yelped in surprise.

“Shh!” someone from another aisle whispered-yelled at them.

Liam quickly set Elaine down on her feet and stood back. He busied himself with righting the ladder as Elaine grabbed the book from the floor.

“I told you to be careful,” Liam said.

Elaine pulled the book to her chest. “The ladder seemed stable. How was I supposed to know?”

“You’re lucky I was here to catch you.” Liam turned to face her, his gaze traveling over her as if he had to make sure she was okay. Elaine was glad he had been here, otherwise she would not be having a very good day.

“My hero,” Elaine teased but he puffed out his chest a bit.

“You should call me your Prince Charming. Cause I’m always there when you need saving,” he said.

Elaine rolled her eyes. “Is that one of your pick-up lines?”

“You say as if I tell that to every girl.”

Elaine laughed. “You probably do. That’s really corny.’

“How dare you. That is an Elly special, I’ll have you know.”

She shook her head, walking toward one of the tables in the center of the library. She sat down, plopping the book down in front of her. Liam came to sit next to her, leaning over to scan the title.

“Phycology & Biology of Mate Bonds,” he read. “Yikes. This sounds…so interesting.”

“It doesn’t have to be interesting. It just has to tell me how to get rid of a mate mark.”

She opened to the first page, looking at the table of contents. Liam pointed to chapter twelve, which was tilted, “The Mate Mark.’

“Bingo,” Liam said.

Elaine smiled at him before flipping to the chapter. They began to skim it together, searching for anything useful about removing a mark. So far, nothing. It wasn’t an encouraging start. It mostly listed the effects of

a mark.

Her phone buzzed.

Elaine glanced down, pulling it from her pocket as Liam slid the book closer to him so he could continue reading.

It was a text from Harriet.

Have you picked out a dress for the masquerade yet? I just found the perfect mask for you!

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