Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

11 Chapter 11

Damien’s POV 1

The private jet touched down at Silver Moon Harbor International two hours ahead of schedule, but I’d been restless for the entire flight, unable to focus on any of the documents spread across my mahogany desk. Something about tomorrow’s dinner arrangements-and more specifically, the woman who’d managed them-had occupied far too much of my mental bandwidth over the past twenty-four

hours.

It was ridiculous. I was a powerful Alpha who commanded respect from wolves across three territories, yet here I was, completely distracted by a voice I’d heard exactly twice over the phone.

I couldn’t stop thinking about those two conversations. The way her voice had trembled with barely controlled fury when she’d called my request unreasonable. Most assistants either cowered in terror or quit via email after their first encounter with my temper. But Seraphina Knight had done neither. She’d pushed back, challenged me.

“You’re thinking about her again,” Alex observed with what sounded suspiciously like amusement.

I ignored him, but my wolf wasn’t wrong. I was thinking about her. Far more than was appropriate for an employer contemplating an

employee he’d never even met.

“Maybe she’s already gone,” I found myself thinking as the car pulled up to Nightshadow Industries, and the possibility sent an

unexpected spike of panic through my chest. “Maybe the reality of working for me finally sank in and she decided to cut her losses.”

What the hell was wrong with me? I was practically eager to meet a woman whose only qualification so far was that she hadn’t run away

screaming.

As I strode through the marble lobby, employees immediately straightened to attention, offering respectful nods and murmured

greetings. But as I approached the executive floor, something unexpected caught my attention.

The door to my outer office was slightly ajar, and through the gap, I could see a figure bent over what appeared to be scattered papers

on the floor. The woman was on her hands and knees, reaching under a desk, and the position offered a spectacular view of long, shapely

legs encased in silk stockings, a perfect curve of hip and thigh, and the tantalizing glimpse of delicate lace underwear beneath a hiked-

up emerald dress.

My steps slowed involuntarily. The woman’s movements were graceful despite her awkward position, and something about the elegant

line of her back, the way her dark hair had come slightly loose from its updo, sent an unexpected jolt of attraction straight through me.

unable to ignore the professional impropriety

to the enticing view. Heat pooled low in my belly, and I

uncomfortably tight.

could practically feel her mortification radiating through

heat.

impressive speed. The movement was fluid and graceful despite her obvious panic,

into place and spun to face me. The sight of her flushed face, those wide,

shallow breaths did absolutely nothing to

in a way that

her skin luminous and smooth as cream. But

knees.

emerald green, framed by thick lashes, they sparkled with intelligence and spirit even

about them, something that made my wolf pace

my consciousness with such force that

jasmine with an underlying sweetness that was uniquely hers. It

my head spin and my wolf

to say, though

green eyes were wide with what looked like panic, and I could

at the base of her throat. The air between us crackled with electricity, thick with an attraction so intense it

suffocating.

either of us could recover from the moment, familiar footsteps echoed down the hallway, followed by

saw your car pull up-you’re back early!” He rounded the

woman standing frozen by my desk.

over Seraphina’s form, taking in the way the emerald dress

elegant line of her neck. I could practically see his interest spike, and my wolf

his most charming smile. “I’m Lucas, Beta of this pack and

“And you must be the mysterious new assistant I’ve

of him reaching for her hand sent a bolt of pure rage through my system. My

clench my fists to keep from physically pulling him

her voice barely above a whisper as

and the way he said her name-like he was tasting something delicious-made

beautiful woman. Tell me, are you free for

sharp enough to make both of them jump. “Don’t you have

be?”

me with raised eyebrows, clearly picking up on the dangerous

but I suppose that can wait.” His smile widened as