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.

by pas sed the gym shower

didn’t talk on the way back. There

as tired, both in his body and his mind. After all, it was his mother who’d turned out to

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

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.

spent my life resenting my brother and a lot less time wanting the

my arm before we went through the

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anymore, but it doesn’t feel right to wait around with our thumbs

bored as f uck, man.” I

the

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

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

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

door to our apartment opened to

two doing standing

her shoulder, I spotted Zane. Both of them had wide grins and the giddy attitude of kids waiting to open their New Moon Festival gifts. When Xander and I went

ran into him.