Chapter 252

Zane

My body ached from the hours I’d spent with the ax. We had enough firewood to heat the entire house for a dozen winters by the time Xander came out and told me that we were giving our wolves a run. Now my muscles ached with a different kind of soreness.

Xander stretched, naked, next to the small stream. He bent to cup the water and drink deeply. I admired the strong lines of his back and shoulders. When he turned around to see me staring, he shot me a wide, arrogant grin.

“Like what you see?”

“Always,” I admitted. “Just thinking how much you’ve changed over the years.

His smile faded and softened. His eyes lit with a glow from his wolf that mine immediately answered. “We

both have.”

“Did you ever wonder what it would’ve been like if you’d had a different Beta?” I joined him by the side of the stream and bent to scoop up my own drink

my face and then over each shoulder to stream down my bare back. The water wasn’t deep enough to swim

if the urge to dive in had been my own, or if

Beta for me than you.” He nudged my shoulder with

ran over our calves. I curled

I was born to be your Beta. But

frown. “What’s going on with you, dude? The Moon Goddess gave you to me the same way she gave Lanie to us. What’s the point in worrying about things that

you’re right. I just….” I kicked at the water a bit and pulled my feet up to the edge of the stream. “You have a brother now. You have another Alpha. What do you even need a

stream to the trees beyond. A deer had come out

there doesn’t seem to be much we can do about that. But he could

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were pups, I could feel it. I rubbed at my eyes, pressing the heels of my hands into them. “Since that night, I’ve just

me what night I meant. “I know I just don’t know what

can do for me, either,” I admitted. “I feel

love what you had to do…I f ucking hate the thought of you being with her but you did not betray us. You got that?” Xander’s

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