Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Mason

Katie put her hands on Xander’s chest and pushed him away

She looked stunned and horrified, but she had to have known what she was doing.

“It’s not what you think, Mason,” she said in a desperate voice.

But Xander charged forward: “No, it is what you think,” he yelled. “Because you're a f ucking liar who tried to steal my mate!” Steal his mate? That was a new one.

She didn’t belong to him, and she

he never would.

“Katie's my mate,” | roared. Colt reared up, pounding at my chest, and | didn’t resist him.

My claws ripped from my hands, and my canines broke through my gums.

| snarled dangerously, and Xander started shaking. He couldn’t keep it together, not without his minion Zane holding him down..

brain

“Her name” Xander growled. is Lanie.”

Lanie? That was his f u cking daughter’s name. Whatever s hit he was on right now was scrambling his

“STOP!” Katie shouted, jumping between us. “Xander, he doesn’t know

Xander glanced from Katle to me, narrowing his eyes like he didn’t believe what she was saying.

“Know what?” | asked.

Katie turned to look at me. She bit her lip and her eyes went glassy. Whatever she was about to say, she

Auldn't like it.

F uck. My heart was sinking further and further into my stomach the longer she stayed silent.

“When Braden bit me,” she finally said in a quiet voice, “the poison from his fangs broke the spell that was

hiding my vampire side. All my memories came back.”

My vision blurred. | closed my eyes and pressed the palms of my hands against them. This wasn’t happening. My worst fears were coming true. | knew as soon as she got her memories back, she’d run straight.

to Xander

Gabriela wasn’t speaking nonsense at Rhiannon’s. He really was her mate.

Katie turned to Xander. “Can you give us a minute?”

Xander clenched his fists and held my gaze, his wolf still flashing in his eyes. But then he let out a

XCLAMA

“So Xander and Zane are your mates, | said coldly

“Yes,” Katie said begrudgingly, “But it’s not that simple. | was their first mate, but they didn’t want me. They only wanted-” “Alice,” | said. “I know.”

Fury shot through me, fast and scorching.

yout

think Xander and Zane never loved you?” | demanded, stepping closer to Katie. She backed up a step. “Well, Alice never loved me, either. Not like she loved them. And now the same sh it is happening all over

again.”

“It’s not,” Katie said, but her voice was so small, so unsure. She swallowed hard. She looked scared.

F uck. My rage was quickly turning into sadness. Heavy, all-consuming, devastating sadness. Why did | have to fall for the she- wolf who was mated to my f ucking brother? What kind of sick twist of fate was that?

| ran my hands through my hair, grabbing chunks of it in a vise grip.

| could barely wrap my head around what it meant that she, Xander, and Zane had been mates. They'd

kissed, they'd f ucked, they'd...

me

Realization crashed over me like a tidal wave.

“Stella,” | said. “Is she Xander’s?”

Katie's lip trembled. That told me all | needed to know.

F uck. She was his, too. Everything was Xander’s. Everything | wanted, everything | loved.

Alow, sharp moan of pain tumbled from my lips. It sounded eerie and animal even to my own ears.

Colt was taking over, | could feel it in the way my head was falling back and my skin was tingling.

“Please don’t hurt Xander,” Katie begged, tears streaming down her face now. “If you hurt him, you hurt

Even in my rage and devastation, | didn’t want to hurt her.

| fell down onto all fours, my fur shooting out across my body. | lunged for the door, swiping it open with my paw, and ran out into the cool night.Belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.

| wouldn’t hurt him tonight...but | would kill him eventually.