After She's Terminal, The Alpha Regrets
Or perhaps she was simply trying to avoid thinking about it altogether.
“There!” Elaine said, pointing to one of the shelves in the very back of the library. Only of the few shelves that went from floor to ceiling. The book she indicated, Phycology & Biology of Mate Bonds, was at the very top. “That looks like it might have something useful. Can you reach it?”
“Not without a ladder,” Liam said, scratching the back of his neck. “We should get the librarian and--”
“Found one.”
Liam blinked in surprise as Elaine had, indeed, found a ladder in the corner and was dragging it back toward the shelf. He chuckled, walking over to help her move it. They set it up in front of the shelf, and Elaine test