Chapter 270

Mason

The party had been a great time, but I’d spent the rest of it unable to stop thinking about how easily 2

Zane

had calmed me down. If he hadn’t come along, I might really have kept pushing Asher. Both of us would’ve let

our wolves out to fight. It would’ve ruined Quinn’s party, but also wrecked whatever remained of our friendship

and made it unsalvageable. I was still hoping that even if we couldn’t be as close as we’d been, at least Asher

and I didn’t have to be enemies.

“I owe you,” I told Zane. “You really saved my a ss.”

He smiled a little. “Yeah, I know. But it wasn’t my place.”

“It could be,” I said boldly.

I’d been pacing up and down, my body full of nervous energy about everything that had gone on. Now I

stopped to face Zane on the couch. Xander was at my side, but respectfully quiet.

“I don’t want you to feel like you have to be my Beta just because of the connection. You and Xander have

were pups. You’re under no obligation to pledge

from the same source. That doesn’t make us the same men or the same

want you to feel like you have to pick me just because

I know you and Asher had a strong

or break that

know that.” I shook my head. “And it didn’t feel like that’s what you were trying to

admitted and turned to Xander. “Alpha, you know

to you.”

“I know that, Beta.”

the point. I felt a pulse of soft, comforting Luna energy, and a slightly harder and more forceful but reassuring pulse from Xander. Their combined forces mingled,

been tightening didn’t go away, but it eased. Became less like a rubber band, ready to snap, and more like a ribbon wrapping a gift we were both about

open

triangle became a circle. “You both are trying so hard

on each other’s toes, but it’s obvious to me and also to Xander that this feels right for

We can’t keep dancing around this. It’s been at the back of my mind

able

been thinking about it,

narrowed his eyes. The two of you

idn’t vous

1/2

had to be something

***

Zane

the two Alphas had been talking about me behind my back, but Instead, a rush of gratitude flooded me. Clearly, both of them cared enough to want me to be all right. I

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