Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

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.

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

Moon Goddess. “I get the hint. No

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

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,

at me or asked what floor

blank again.

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Chapter 381

I could get into with everyone in the enclave seemingly thinking I wasn’t there. When I was a kid,

all, I wasn’t eight

games. I found a notepad and several pens, and I settled into the chair with the giant book in front of me. This was it.

the cover. The inside pages were of thick paper that had rough-cut edges. Instead of printed words, I saw handwritten scribbles that looked to be

When I pulled

I turned the first

regular book, making it

moved, too. Kind of like gifs, the illustrations ran on loops. I flipped through the entire book, fascinated

book been a witch?

Witches can read

jaw dropped. Did this book just…read my