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.

gym shower and headed for

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

mind. After all, it was his mother who’d turned out to be a spy for the High Council. Worse, she somehow was totally unaware of it, which meant that none of us could let her know

kinds of f

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

he wasn’t sharing anything with the rest of us. Xander was trying too hard to be strong. I’d thought about asking Stella to

own emotions.

less time wanting the best for him. I hated doing anything,

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

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feel right to wait around with our thumbs up our as s

f uck, man.” I lowered my

about the spiders

see through Gabriela’s eyes, I was trying to be careful

Xander said. “We’re not meant for all this waiting and watching

punched his shoulder. “We could go for a run. Colt’s still pretty tired from the last time, but I’m

to our apartment opened to

are you two doing standing out

and the giddy attitude of kids waiting to open their New Moon Festival gifts. When Xander

ran into him.