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

is,” I said as gently as I could. “All of this is f ucked up. You got

breath and figured I’d just better

is my mate. Our mate,” I

head hung for a few seconds. His shoulders 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

couldn’t determine.

to be f ucking joking. Right? This is some kind of setup for a prank show or something. Right? C’mon, dude.” His voice stretched into a low, thin whisper. “You can’t be

for finding my mate. For everything else, yeah. But not for

chose, especially

your mate, but what about the rest of it? You’ve been back here in Stillwood for how long? And

Lanie pushed a question

standing far enough away that they couldn’t really hear our

though. I didn’t want them

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

as an afterthought, knowing none of this was

fact, there was no

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

he was pushing me away without actually touching me. “What the

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

so quickly, but as he turned to leave, I saw the end of our relationship happening right in front of me. And that pis sed me