Chapter 267

Mason

“I got this,” I sent out to my brother, Zane, and Lanie.

“We know you do. We’re just here in case you need us. We won’t interfere,” Xander thought in reply.

Asher’s mouth thinned. “Are you f ucking kidding me with this s hit? You’re mind linking with them? I’ve been trying to reach you for f ucking months. No wonder I couldn’t.”

off.

“It’s not something l

something I planned.” I did my best to keep my voice calm, even though he was really pi ss ing me

“No. I guess not. Because we had plans, dude. Me and you. You were going to take him out.” He jerked his chin toward Xander. “And then you were going to be the Alpha, and I was going to be your Beta. That was the plan. I guess all of that meant nothing to you.”

I shook my head. That’s not true. You know I wanted that more than anything. I spent years of my life festering with hatred for my father and my brother. But-

“Your brother.” Asher’s sneer seemed more forced this time. “That’s what you’re calling him, huh?”

I

I could. “All of this is f ucked up. You

I’d just better get it all out in

mate. Our mate,” I added. “Me, Xander,

heaved with something that could’ve been laughter or so bs, it was too hard to tell which. When he looked at me, his expression was

couldn’t determine.

a prank show or something. Right? C’mon, dude.”

apologize for finding my mate. For everything else, yeah. But not for that. You know

I chose, especially not to hurt

mate, but what about the rest of it? You’ve been back here in Stillwood for how long? And you never once reached out to me. In fact, if my sister hadn’t randomly run into Katie, or Lanie, or whoever the f uck she

question at me. “You

realized they were all standing far enough away that they couldn’t really hear our conversation.

sensing my distress, though. I didn’t want them to get involved and make it

my voice sounded sharp and harsh. “I got it. Just

that as an afterthought, knowing none of

fact, there was no

that’s the truth. It was never my intention.

he was pushing me away

from me, man.” The words came out harder than I’d meant them to, but dam

years of friendship wouldn’t be wiped out so quickly, but as he turned to leave, I saw the

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