Knot Your Forever: A Jaded Omegas Standalone by Jarica James

Author:Jarica James [James, Jarica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Sixteen

Shaye

Drew started acting strange the moment we found out we were going to the library. I, on the other hand, was more than a little excited—libraries were definitely my happy place. They’d been my escape during childhood and the divorce. It had been too long since I curled up and lost myself in a good book.

The old building was obviously still open, unlike the train station.

The librarian stood up as we walked in, almost falling over her feet to greet us. Clearly not enough people visited.

“Hello, you’re all new faces. Can I help you find anything?” she asked. She was a sweet, old woman. She was dressed in a hot-pink pant suit and had her curly, gray hair in a pile on her head.

“This is going to sound a little crazy,” I said, figuring we might as well go all in. She seemed the type to have an open mind. “I lost my mate a year and a half ago. He set up this—”

She let out a gasp, both her hands covering her mouth.

“Wait. Was this the alpha with dark hair? It was long, he was beefy, had a sweet smile, bright-turquoise eyes. Yes, I see those eyes,” she said, pointing at Lake with a gnarled finger.

“You’re the only ones here. Give me one second,” she nabbed a sign on her desk that said ‘out to lunch’ and hung it on the front door, closing and locking the doors behind her.

“The library is yours. I’ve been waiting a long time to see how this pans out. Don’t mind me if I just grab my lunch and watch the show.”

She grabbed her bag and hurried off. I blinked at her retreating back in surprise.

“That’s not how I saw this going,” Lake mused, “but I guess that gives us space to work without disturbing anyone.”

When I tapped on the app, the video was already ready to play. I’d silenced my phone before coming in here, so we hadn’t heard the notification this time. I was trying to be respectful, but now we didn’t have to worry about being quiet.

Having a library to myself was always a dream. I shouldn’t be as giddy as I was at that moment, but I was more than willing to spend our afternoon here, even if we did find the clue quickly.

Everett’s face filled the screen, but his voice was hushed this time. He was tucked away in the corner of the library, sitting in a comfortable chair, with books visible behind him.

“I think it’s pretty obvious why we’d come here,” he said. “Shaye would spend every minute she could here. Hell, I think she was the only reason that Lake and I passed any of our book assignments in school. That’s one of the things I love about you, Shaye. You’re brilliant and you’re always willing to learn and explore new worlds. You had your books, and I had my video games.”

“I never thought of it like that,” Lake mused as he huddled closer to me, his scent of saltwater and summer breeze filling my senses.

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