Page 119 of Chosen Beta

It feels like something I’ve been forced into.

I don’t like that feeling. Not one little bit.

“Come on, come on,” I mutter under my breath, while I pace around like a maniac.

I’m ready to leave, when I turn toward the door and see Ezra’s finally here.

He lets out a soft sigh as he steps into the room.

“This can wait until tonight, if you want,” he offers.

I laugh. “No, I don’t think it can.”

He closes the door.

I hear a lock engaging before he turns back to me, gesturing to one of the tables.

“Do you want coffee, or …”

I shake my head. “I don’t have time for that. I need to assess the building, and you have work to get back to.”

“Right,” he murmurs, as he pulls a chair out.

Sitting down will stop me from pacing, so I take the seat opposite.

Then both of us sit there, staring at each other for several minutes in complete silence.

I’m stuck inside my own head, thoughts swirling as I look at the first mate I ever claimed.

Ezra’s the first one to break the quiet, clearing his throat before he speaks.

“You’ve met Lana now, and you’ve spent some time with her.”

“I have. You have too. She’s ours. We both know that.”

He nods. That was never the question.

“She needs to be here, where she is,” Ezra adds.

“And it’s where you want to be, too,” I murmur as that realization hits me.

It’s like being punched in the stomach. I know it’s true before he agrees.

“It is. Shadow seems to like it, too, and Pete …”

“Pete wouldn’t give a shit where we were as long as we were together,” I finish for him.

All that leaves is me. The guy who fucking hates Cressidan City, and Omega Academies.

The Alpha who swore he’d never come back here when he made the choice to leave his elitist asshole parents behind at eighteen years old.

I’m the problem here.

Everyone else is completely on board.

“How do you feel about it?” Ezra asks.

“I don’t know,” I admit. “Uneasy, for now.”

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