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

didn’t talk on the way back. There

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

question Gabriela about her every move. She hadn’t seemed to be acting suspiciously, but

son, even 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

own emotions.

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

on my arm before we went through the front door to our place. “Listen. Lknow we’re

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wait around with our thumbs up our as s es. You feel the same way,

as f uck, man.” I

the spiders

through Gabriela’s eyes, I was trying

meant for all this waiting and watching

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

our apartment opened

are you two doing standing out

kids waiting to open

ran into him.