Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

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

gently as I could. “All of this

and figured I’d just better

is my mate. Our mate,”

something that could’ve been laughter or so bs, it was too hard to tell which.

couldn’t determine.

This is some kind of setup for a prank

For everything else, yeah. But

especially not to

made your choices, and you apparently forgot I existed. Okay, so you don’t get to choose your 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

question

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

though. I didn’t want them to get

my voice sounded sharp and harsh. “I got

added that as an afterthought, knowing none of this

there was

it about leaving you hanging, and that’s the truth. It was never my intention. But there’s been

was

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

think years of friendship wouldn’t be wiped out so quickly, but as he turned to leave, I saw the end of our relationship happening right in front of me. And that pis