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

he is,” I said as gently as I could. “All of this

took a breath and figured I’d just better get

Our mate,” I added. “Me,

head hung for a few seconds. His shoulders heaved with something that could’ve been laughter or so bs, it was too hard to

couldn’t determine.

got 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

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

chose, especially not to hurt

shook his head. “Naw, dude. You 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 uck she is, would we even be talking right

a question

far enough away that they couldn’t really hear our conversation.

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

Even through the link, my voice sounded sharp and harsh. “I got it. Just give us some space.

afterthought, knowing none of this was Lanie’s

fact, there

the truth. It was never my intention. But there’s been a lot of stuff going

hands, like he was

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

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 sed me