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

a breath and figured I’d just better get it all

is my mate. Our mate,” I added. “Me,

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

couldn’t determine.

joking. Right? This is some kind of setup for a prank

mate. For everything else, yeah. But

I chose, especially not to hurt

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

question at

all standing far enough away that

I didn’t want them to

my voice sounded sharp and harsh. “I got it. Just give us some space.

an afterthought, knowing none

fact, there was no

the truth. It was never my intention. But

hands, like he was pushing me away

words came out harder than I’d meant them to, but dam n it, I was really f ucking over

wouldn’t be wiped out so quickly, but as he turned to leave, I