Mated to the Alpha and His Beta (Lanie Stanton) novel Chapter 365

Chapter 365
Zane
I didn’t really want to see my Alphas, but I couldn’t let this argument fester between us. They might have both been d icks to me, but I was still their Beta. Unless I was willing to give that up-and I wasn’t-i t was up to me to get them back together and on good terms…even if I was still more than a little bit pis sed off at them.
That was why I had them meet me on the training field.
If we couldn’t work out our differences with a few hours of punching, running, kicking and jumping, we had bigger problems than some d umba ss argument. I didn’t want to think about what would happen then. I paced the training ground as I waited, centering my Beta energy so it would be ready for them when they got
there.
I could sense the two of them were still not at peace when they arrived. Xander and his brother were no longer furious with each other, but there was a cool distance between them that flared to an even deeper iciness when Mason strode straight to me and took me by the hand. He shook it while he used the other to
grip my shoulder.
I sent some calming sensations toward Xander, who looked totally affronted that his brother had reached me first. Mason, if he noticed, didn’t care. I sighed at their rivalry.
“First off, I’m apologizing to you,” Mason said firmly. I don’t blame you for being pis sed off. We were both heinous as sholes to you upstairs.”
“Hey,” Xander broke in with a scowl directed at his brother. To me, he gave a grim nod before saying to
Mason, “Speak for yourself.”
Mason pulled me into a half-hug before letting me go and stepping back. He made a sweeping gestu Xander. “Fine. I speak for myself. I’m sorry I was a giant di ck to you, and I’m sorry my brother can’t take
ownership of his actions.”
This wasn’t going like I’d hoped it would. I was ready to jump between them, but Xander laughed and
shook his head. He feinted a punch at Mason and then turned to me. “He’s right. He was a giant di ck. But so was I. We shouldn’t have treated you that way when you were just
trying to do your job.”
“Now both of you are trying to do my job for me,” I complained, but without real heat.
A residual tension still coiled in each of my Alphas, but I could hardly be surprised, considering their
personalities. It wasn’t likely they’d never argue again, unless one of them wasn’t around any more. As far as I
was concerned, as long as they were willing to try to get along, that was good enough for me.
“Ahh, there it is.” Xander closed his eyes with a grin and tipped his face to the ceiling. “Gimme that sweet, sweet, Beta energy. Ahhh….”
“You’re being a di ck again.” I punched his arm but also pulsed out some more of my individual glow.
Our wolves greeted each other with snuffling yips. After a moment, Mason’s joined. I relaxed into the
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Chapter 365
“I came down here to let my wolf run free, but I decided it would be more fun if I wasn’t alone,” I said to them both. “I found a great set of corridors off the training field that we can use. Kind of like a race track and an obstacle course combined. You in?”
Mason grinned. “Hells yeah. My wolf’s been dying to get some freedom.”
“I’d love to be in the forest,” Xander said, “but if this is what we can get, yeah. I’ll take it.”
His wolf flashed in his gaze. I started pulling off my shirt, and Xander stopped me with a hand on my arm.
He waited for me to look him in the eye.
“I’m really sorry,” he said seriously. “It shouldn’t take someone else to get me to say it. You are an amazing
Beta.”
When he pulled me into an embrace, I let my arms link around his neck. I couldn’t tell him how afraid I’d been, running out of that room. How terrified that everything we’d built over all the years was crumbling. That I was failing him.
“Never,” Xander whispered in my ear.
I hadn’t said a word, not even though the mind link. I hadn’t had to. He just knew and understood.
When he pulled away, his wolf was rising and rippling across his features. Xander stripped down, racing
Mason. When all three of us were naked, our wolves made their appearance.
Together, we howled at the ceiling, since there was no moon. Then we took off, tearing up the earth of the training field, heading for the track where we’d be able to run, and run, and run..
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