Silvertip Mountain Your face-saving promises, whispered like prayers

@Steady
For ease of timeline, this is set the day after Fitz and Zari confirm mateship, so it is prior the cougar thread (where Mason may become a snack xD) <3

 
Mason had not returned to the den after the 'mateship' bomb his Dad had dropped on him. In his mind that was the only one who was at fault here. His Dad had used all his Alpha wily charms and taken Zari in. It wasn't her fault, but still... he couldn't believe she couldn't see it. Dad didn't really love her he just loved the idea of her, someone running the pack with him. He didn't see the tenderness of her smiles when she was paid a compliment by a young lad. Nor did Fitz see Zari as anything other than a second to his mother. That's the notion Mason's broken heart was vehemently flooding through his mind right now anyway.
 
Zari deserved better.
 
He had found an area he knew well and snuck into a small hidey hole to sob to himself. He knew his Dad could track him if he'd wanted to, but thankfully he had let Mason alone. Maybe for time to cool off. Maybe because he didn't care now that he had his Beta. At dawn Mason disentangled himself form his own fur, where his tears had wetted his paws together like a manky glue. He stepped forward, bedraggled, feeling glum and spent. His heart ached for his lost love (crush) and he let out a dry sob as he staggered away from his new den, heading in the direction of the borders.