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.

sed the gym shower and

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

from 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

was all kinds of

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 she’d

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

own emotions.

time wanting the best for him.

arm before we went through the front door to

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

uck,

learning about the spiders and

was trying to be careful about what I said out

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

run. Colt’s still pretty tired from the last

to our apartment opened to reveal

you two

giddy attitude of kids waiting to open their New Moon Festival gifts.

ran into him.