Xander It took me a full half a minute to really get what my brother was complaining about. | didnât even remember saying anything that might have made him feel like | didnât respect his Alpha position.
What you said to Lanie about being the Alpha,â he continued. âThat was a shi tty thing for you to say. Especially in bed. | guess it's easy to tell that you really mean it, though, since you were half-asleep when you said it.â
â| didnât mean anything by it other than that she was a wild woman,â | shot back. Lanie let out a small whimper that made me want to punch Mason for making this trouble right now. âShe was all dominant and stuff. | was making a joke. S hit, bro, canât you even take a joke?â
â| donât think making jokes about whoâs the Alpha is funny,â Mason said.
â| wasn't... it wasnât even directed at you!â | shouted. âOf course | know that you're an Alpha, too. Itâs not like you can ever stop reminding everyone about it.â
Mason bared his teeth. âI donât have to remind everyone about it, because itâs just who | am. You're the one who needs to go bragging about it all the time!â
Part of me knew this fight was st upid, but the other part couldnât seem to stop myself from jabbing at him again and again. Not even the sight of my Lunaâs tear-streaked cheeks could stop me.
âBoth of you can keep fighting about who said what, who meant what, and who's hurting whoâs feelings.
but it's not going to get you anything but bruises. On your bodies and your hearts,â Zane added. âSo maybe just cool your jets.â
When the swirl of calming Beta energy came at me, my wolf snarled. | men tally batted it away. I'd just been verbally and physically accosted by my own flesh and blood when | was supposed to be dozing in post-f uck delight. | was not in the mood for any kind of bu Ilsh it from my Beta âHow about you keep out of this?â Mason snapped at Zane. âItâs between me and my brother. Has nothing to do with you at all, Beta.â
âYou made it between all of us when you started trying to fight in our bedroom,â Zane began, but Mason snarled so fiercely that our Beta actually flinched | went to the dresser and grabbed out a pair of jeans | shoved my legs into them while | shot Mason a glare âLay off of him. If your problem is with me, keep it with me Get your lame as s dressed so | can beat it.â
âBeat my a ss? Rilight Iâd like to see you tryâ Mason sneered as he found a pair of jeans on the floor and started yanking them on They were my jeans, and that just made me all the angrier âYou just have to keep coming after everything that belongs to me, huh?â
Zane jumped off the bed between us, a hand out on each side to keep us apart. âI mean it, both of you. 1/2 âHow about you mind your own da mned business?â Mason growled at him.
Zane The two men in front of me literally were my business. But both of them were glaring at me like I'd overstepped. Honestly, | was sick of them both and their constant posturing. All | wanted was some peace and a little nap, and they both had to act like the world revolved around them.
âI'll tell you this much. You're both Alphas, all right, and you're both as sho le s.â | flipped them both the bird and grabbed a pair of jeans from the chair where I'd tossed them earlier. | pulled them on along with a T-shirt and left the bedroom, slamming the door behind me.
| wasnât sure where | was going, only that | needed to get out of that room. | found my boots by the front door to our quarters and shoved my feet into them. My stomach churned, and my heart pounded so hard |
could hear it in my ears.
My wolf paced, whining and chuffing, but | didnât want to take even a minute to calm him. Not here, not still so close to Xander and Mason. | wanted to get far enough away from them that | didnât have to feel their st upid desires, didnât feel my own apparently idiotic need to help them navigate their emotions.
How far would that have to be?
| guessed I'd have to do some running to find out.