Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Chapter 386

Zane

When our food arrived, Lanie invited Greyson to stay, but he excused himself.

“Thank you, but no. Dragons don’t need to eat as often as wolves do,” he told us. He chucked Isaac under

the chin, making him giggle. “Especially little wolves.”

While my Luna was setting out the meal, I walked Greyson to the door. We both stepped into the hallway beyond. I closed the door most of the way behind me. I could still hear my Luna murmuring to our children, and their laughter. It was a good sound.

“I hope I didn’t overstep by coming here,” Greyson said. “It’s just that you ran out so fast. I could tell your

mates had messaged you about something important.”

I shook my head. He’d given us an explanation for why the lights had been acting weird. It was a good one, even if I did still have my suspicions that it was something more than a simple power surge.

“Nah. It’s cool,” I said. “Thanks for checking up on me. It’s…good. To have a friend.”

Our eyes met and held for a few long, tense seconds

The instant I said anything negative about Xander or Mason, I knew things would change forever, so again I bit my tongue. I wasn’t ready for things to change, even if it felt like every day we got closer and closer

to something being permanently different.

Greyson looked solemn. “Good friends are a real gift.

I hope you know that you can rely on me, Zane. I realize you have your pack-”

anymore.” I shook my head and frowned, wondering

we did, would they even accept us? We’d all be as likely to be

thing that was forever changed.

you grew up expecting to help your Alpha lead, but you, Xander, Mason, and Lanie.

are all your pack.” Greyson looked thoughtful. “Because it’s not simply who you’re born to, is it? It’s who

before, but he was right. “If that’s what makes up a

includes you, too.”

a hand

his hand for me to shake. When I grabbed it, he pulled me close for a

the backs and parted, both of us laughing. He

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hallway.

I could count on. How long had it been since I’d

as close with Mason as I was to

been that close

went back inside. All three of the

for me, too. She’d

single second, the entire scene imprinted itself on my mind, like a flash photo.

children just like this for the rest

and cozy and domestic.

Just us.

shoved the

a low growl I had to press my lips together to repress. I couldn’t tell if

the way those thoughts betrayed my mates, or if he was agreeing with