Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV 1

The morning sun streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Nightshadow Industries, casting everything in a golden glow that should have felt hopeful. Instead, as I settled into my desk chair, I found myself bracing for whatever fresh hell Anna Blackwood had

planned for today.

I didn’t have to wait long.

“Good morning, bestie!” Anna’s sickeningly sweet voice cut through the peaceful morning atmosphere like nails on a chalkboard. She

sauntered over to my desk in a tight red dress that looked more appropriate for a nightclub than a corporate office, her platinum blonde

hair bouncing with each calculated step.

“Sleep well?” she asked, though her tone suggested she didn’t particularly care about my answer. “You look a little tired. Rough night?”

“Actually,” I said, looking up from my computer screen with a smile that was all teeth and no warmth, “I had a wonderful evening. Very…

therapeutic.”

Anna’s perfectly plucked eyebrows drew together in confusion. “Therapeutic?”

“Oh yes,” I continued cheerfully, turning my full attention to her now. “Sometimes a girl just needs to work out her frustrations, you

know? Get rid of some toxic influences in her life.”

Something flickered across Anna’s face-uncertainty, maybe even a hint of fear-but she quickly masked it with her usual superior smirk.

“I have no idea what you’re babbling about, Sera. Maybe you should focus on your work instead of whatever fantasy life you’re living in

your head.”

laughed, the sound sharp enough to make her take a small step backward. “That’s interesting. Tell me, Anna, have you

dear

instantaneous and delicious. Her fake smile faltered, replaced by something much

she asked, though her voice

said innocently, returning my attention to my computer screen. “I just

friends, after all. I’m sure

head as she tried to figure out what game I was playing. After a long moment, she

room.

rising in pitch as

minutes later, her perfect makeup couldn’t hide the pale undertone of her skin. Our

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near my desk for the rest

my life miserable with casual cruelty and calculated humiliation. To have her suddenly keeping her distance

Damien’s afternoon schedule,

and aware than it had ever been before. *I’m not entirely sure, she admitted, her

“Awakened?”

strength, the claws, the rage-none of that was normal omega behavior. Hell, it wasn’t normal behavior for most wolves, period.* Ayla paused, and I could feel her confusion mixing with my own. *It felt

Valerie off the

it’s connected to my bloodline?”

voice grew quieter. *Your adoptive parents never told you anything about

“Elizabeth always said I was just some orphan they’d taken in

now…”

when I was eight years old, old enough to remember fragments of my life before. But those memories were hazy, dreamlike, as if someone had deliberately tried to make me

“Seraphina?”

up to find Claire standing beside my desk, her elegant face creased with concern. “Are you alright, dear? You looked like you were a million miles

the elevator chimed and Damien stepped onto the floor. Even after everything we’d shared, everything

eyes found mine immediately, and the intensity of his gaze made my pulse quicken. There was something different about the way he looked at me now-something warmer, more possessive, Like I was something precious he’d finally