Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 28

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Valerie’s POV 1

I honestly never thought I’d see that bitch Seraphina again. After she slunk away from home five years ago with her tail between her legs,

I assumed she’d crawled into some corner somewhere with her little bastard and disappeared forever. The last thing I expected was to

find her working right beside the most powerful Alpha in the territory, looking like she actually belonged there.

The memory of being thrown out of that restaurant still burned in my chest like acid. The way Damien had looked at me-with such cold

disgust-when he’d ordered security to remove me. The way he’d automatically moved to protect Seraphina, like she was something

precious instead of the worthless omega reject she’d always been.

It made me want to scream.

Sitting in the passenger seat of Gabriel’s beat-up Honda, I stared out at the shabby neighborhood we now called home and felt my rage

building with each passing second. This wasn’t how my life was supposed to turn out. When I’d married Gabriel five years ago,

he’d

promised me everything-wealth, status, a position in the Nightshadow family that would make everyone who’d ever looked down on me

pay.

What a fucking joke.

Gabriel had spun elaborate tales about his importance in the pack, about his close relationship with his powerful Alpha brother, about

the inheritance that was supposedly coming his way. All lies.

The truth was that Damien barely acknowledged Gabriel’s existence. Gabriel was nothing more than their father’s bastard son-a

mistake that the family tolerated but never embraced. No money, no power, no influence. Just a disappointment who spent his days

playing video games and eating junk food while I worked myself to the bone trying to maintain some semblance of the lifestyle I

deserved.

“Valerie, baby, come on,” Gabriel whined from the driver’s seat, his hand creeping across the center console to rest on my thigh. “Don’t

be like this. You know I hate it when you’re mad.”

I slapped his hand away with enough force to make him yelp. “Don’t touch me,” I snarled, my voice dripping with disgust. “And don’t call

me baby. I’m not in the mood for your pathetic attempts at affection.”

Gabriel’s face crumpled like a kicked puppy’s. “But I missed you while you were at that fancy dinner. I was hoping we could… you know…”

He waggled his eyebrows in what he probably thought was a seductive manner.

The thought of letting this useless waste of space put his hands on me made my stomach turn. When had I ever found him attractive? He

burden dragging

going to do when we get home,” I said through gritted teeth, “is clean up that pigsty

service, and I don’t want them to think

face fell. “A cleaning

in the cramped car. “I’m not

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time I show my face in public. The least you can do is make

bottles creating obstacle courses across the floor. I kicked an empty takeout container out of my way and immediately pulled out my phone to call the first cleaning service

Services,” a cheerful voice answered. “How

here immediately,” I said, not bothering with pleasantries. “My apartment is… challenging. I’ll pay

can send someone within the

I’ll have someone there

collapsed onto our stained couch with a grunt, already reaching for his gaming controller. “You

little bit, maybe-”

whirled around to face him, my hands clenched into fists. “Maybe I’d be happy living like

his mouth to respond, but the sharp knock on our front door cut him off. I smoothed

see some stranger with a bucket of

I found myself staring into a face I hadn’t seen since high

“Anna?”

stood in our doorway wearing a Martinez Cleaning Services polo shirt and carrying a caddy full of cleaning

hair was pulled back

across her face. “Valerie Knight. Or should I say Valerie Nightshadow

you like this.”

Anna!” I threw my arms around her, genuinely excited for the first time

living room with professional

would set you

chose that moment to look up from his game, his eyes widening as he took in

taking on the tone he used when he

Anna,” I said quickly, shooting Gabriel a warning look. “An old friend from high school. Anna,

obvious disdain, taking in his rumpled clothes, his soft physique, and

him like

can

up with pride. “Yeah, Valerie knows quality when she sees

caught my eye and raised one

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get us some coffee? Anna and I have some catching up to

out of the room, Anna dropped onto our couch with a sigh. “Okay, spill. What the

crying out loud. You should be living in a mansion, not this… whatever this

settled beside her, grateful to finally have someone who understood my frustration. “It’s

family. More like the family disappointment that everyone

“Including his Alpha brother?”

couldn’t keep the bitterness

a moment, her sharp mind clearly working

money for Dad’s medical bills,

I don’t know what I’m going to do.

fall for me. But then that bitch

Anna’s voice sharpened with interest. “Seraphina

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