Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Chapter 419

Mason

I grunted as I hefted the weights and then set them down. Over the past few days, all the work Xander and I had been doing had been set aside. Useless.

Unnecessary. That put us right back where we’d been before…and for me, that was bored out of my f ucking mind.

Sure, danger loomed on the h orizon, but when hadn’t it? It felt like I’d spent my entire life waiting for something to happen, being held back from what I knew was coming. I was f ucking sick of it.

Working out helped to keep the frustration at bay, but I could only

refused to do a single more thing other than collapse.

I

for so long before my body

only ceilin

So, that’s what I did, in a big, sweaty heap on the mats. I stared at the and listened to the heave and grunt of everyone else working out around me.

Xander kicked my foot. “Bro. You ready to head back to the apartment?”

“Yeah. Let’s go.” I let him help me up.

the gym

didn’t talk on the way back. There didn’t seem to be much to

the past couple of hours, my brother had to be twice as tired, both in his body and his mind. After all, it was his mother who’d turned out to be

was all kinds

over the past week not to question Gabriela about her every move. She hadn’t seemed to be acting suspiciously, but she did seem quieter than usual. She’d had a nice little party for Stella to commemorate all the birthdays she’d missed, but that was the last time

too hard to be strong. I’d thought about asking Stella to work on him, but Lanie had guessed my plan and talked me out of it. She told me we needed to respect

own emotions.

she was right…all the same, I’d spent my life resenting my brother and a lot less time wanting the best for him. I hated doing anything, or rather, not doing something that I felt

on my arm before we went through the front door to our place.

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doesn’t feel right to wait around with our thumbs up our as s

bored as f uck, man.” I

learning about the spiders

trying to be careful

for all this waiting and watching bu

go for a run. Colt’s still pretty tired from the last time, but I’m

apartment opened to reveal

are you two doing standing

of them had wide grins and the giddy attitude of kids waiting to open their New Moon Festival gifts.

ran into him.