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 shower and headed for

the way back. There didn’t seem

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

all kinds of

not to give any hints, but it had been da mned hard 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

if 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 work on him, but Lanie had guessed my plan and talked me out of it. She told me we needed

own emotions.

life resenting my brother and a lot less time wanting the best for him. I hated doing anything, or rather, not doing something

went through the front door to our

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hit anymore, but it doesn’t feel right to wait around with our thumbs up our as s

bored as f uck, man.” I lowered

learning about the spiders

was trying

Alphas,” Xander said. “We’re not meant for

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

our apartment opened to reveal our

you two doing standing out

wide grins and the giddy attitude of kids waiting to open their New Moon

ran into him.