Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 2

Seraphina’s POV 1

Ophelia dragged me back to her small apartment above the bakery, her eyes blazing with determination. “We’re not letting those bastards win,” she declared, pulling out makeup and rifling through her closet.

She spun around, holding up an emerald green dress that perfectly matched my eyes. “Tonight, we show them what they lost.”

The dress was beautiful-silky and elegant, with a flowing skirt that hugged my curves in all the right places.

As Ophelia worked on my makeup, carefully applying smoky eyeshadow that made my green eyes pop, I felt something shifting inside

“There,” Ophelia stepped back, admiring her handiwork. “Now you look like the goddess you are.”

I barely recognized myself in the mirror. The woman staring back at me looked confident, mysterious, beautiful. Nothing like the broken

omega who’d fled Gabriel’s house just hours ago.

“Come on,” Ophelia grabbed my hand. “Silver Moon Harbor awaits.”

“I can’t believe we’re actually doing this,” I whispered as we approached the grand entrance.

“Believe it, honey,” Ophelia grinned, straightening her own dress and passed me a mask. “Tonight, we’re not wolves from nowhere.

Tonight, we’re mysterious beauties who belong wherever we damn well please.”

The ballroom took my breath

Way. Crystal chandeliers cast rainbow patterns across marble floors, and hundreds of werewolves in elegant attire mingled beneath soaring ceilings. Everyone wore elaborate masks, adding an air of mystery to the already intoxicating

atmosphere.

breathed, then immediately

shots into my hands, raising her own. “To new beginnings and leaving the past

burned down my throat, but it was a good burn-cleansing, like it was washing away the

immediately ordered two more.

this

find your boyfriend screwing your sister either,” she pointed

measures.”

third round, I was feeling deliciously dizzy and incredibly free. The pain was still there, but muffled now,

corner of

me,” Ophelia pulled me toward the crowded dance floor, and for the first time in hours, I smiled

in the music, spinning and laughing like we didn’t have a care in

too caught up in the moment to

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to suggest we get

turned, and my breath caught in

see was devastating. Strong jaw, sensual lips curved in a slight smile, and eyes… God, those eyes. They were the deepest blue I’d ever seen, so dark they were almost black, but when the light hit them just right, they seemed to

wouldn’t refuse a dance, would she?”

make my

my heart shattered. Instead, I found myself placing my hand in his and letting him lead me onto the dance

not?” I heard myself

that filled out his expensive suit perfectly. When he pulled me close, I could feel the solid warmth of his chest, the careful

in,” he murmured near my ear, his breath sending

captivating.”

after all-but something in his voice

myself asking, tilting my head back to

away?” There was amusement in his voice, and I could see his lips