Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Chapter 280

Mason

I did my best to keep my voice level, but it still came out hard as iron, cold as ice.

“Be very, very f ucking careful if you intend to keep going in that direction,” I told him. “I do not want to drag you out of here and throw down in the street, but I will.”

Asher rocked his chair back. I knew he could tell I was dead serious. A begrudging look of respect crossed his face, and finally, he gave a small, firm nod.

“Okay, so you really did manage to find your way to brotherly bliss. And get yourself a brand-new Beta, too. Forgive me if I’m not quite as overjoyed as you are about it.” He dug back into the platter of wings.

“I never wante

wanted to choose someone over you, Asher. But when Malachi killed Orion, he passed his Alpha powers along to me, meaning that Xander and I both hold them.”

Asher gave his head a stubborn shake. “That’s not how it works.”

acknowledged son, the role of Alpha, along with his powers, when he decided it was time. But according to Gabriela…Xander’s mother,” I reminded Asher quickly, “every Alpha holds on to some residual power, even if they choose to step down and

turned out that I’m

the true Alpha!” Asher cried in triumph, smacking a fist against the

take him down!”

sure, if he hadn’t already granted the title and his powers to Xander. Me getting them didn’t strip them away from someone who already had them.

happened. For so many years, all you talked about was getting revenge on your deadbeat dad. You hated your

f ucked up,

I nodded. “Is it something we can change? No. So we decided it was better to find a way to work together. And all those years of me hating my brother for something our father did? I had to let it go. It

his fingers while looking me right in the eyes. “I don’t

all still sounds like b ullsh it to

hoping he’d be able to sense my genuine sincerity, even if he wasn’t close enough to be my Beta anymore. “We really just don’t know. We’re trying to find out, but in

meantime-

because I felt Zane in my head. Carefully, I made sure to put up my shields. I knew he was

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you’re linking with them right now, aren’t you?” Asher demanded, jabbing a finger