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

low in my belly, and I had to adjust my stance slightly as my pants

uncomfortably tight.

completely, her entire body going rigid, and I could practically feel her mortification radiating through the air like waves

heat.

scrambled to her feet with impressive speed. The movement was fluid and graceful despite her obvious panic, and I

back into place and spun to face me. The sight

way her chest rose and fell with quick, shallow breaths did absolutely nothing to ease the tightness in

beautiful-she was breathtaking in a way that hit me like a physical blow. Her face was

by waves of dark hair, her skin luminous and smooth as cream. But it

knees.

sparkled with intelligence and spirit even as they widened with

something that made my wolf pace

force that

an underlying sweetness that was uniquely hers.

and my wolf howl with recognition

I presume?” I managed to say, though

were wide with what looked

air between us crackled with electricity, thick with an attraction so intense it

suffocating.

could recover from the moment, familiar footsteps echoed down the

back early!” He rounded the corner at his usual energetic pace,

by my desk. “Well, hello

traveling appreciatively over Seraphina’s form, taking in the way

her cheeks, the elegant line of her neck. I could practically see his interest spike,

his most charming smile. “I’m Lucas, Beta

man.” He extended his hand toward her. “And you must be the mysterious

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

my fists to keep from physically pulling him away from

managed to stammer, her voice barely above a whisper as she

way he said her name-like he was

me, are you free for dinner tonight? I

flirtation like a blade, sharp enough to make both of them jump. “Don’t you have somewhere else

be?”

to look at me with raised eyebrows, clearly picking up

wait.” His smile widened as he turned back to