Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 49

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Damien’s POV 1

The words hung in the air between us like a confession that had been locked away for decades. Sera’s emerald eyes widened with shock

and something deeper.

“Your parents too?” she whispered, her free hand reaching up to touch my face with exquisite tenderness. “Damien, I’m so sorry.”

I leaned into her touch, allowing myself this moment of vulnerability that I’d never shared with another soul. Not even Lucas knew the

full truth of what had happened that night.

“I was eighteen,” I began, my voice rougher than intended as memories I’d buried deep began clawing their way to the surface. “Old

enough to think I understood pack politics.”

Sera shifted carefully in the medical bed, making room for me to sit beside her. The mattress dipped under my weight as I settled against

the headboard, grateful for the solid warmth of her presence as I prepared to excavate wounds I’d spent years learning to ignore.

“My parents had what everyone called a perfect marriage,” I continued, staring at the sterile white wall across from us rather than

meeting her eyes. “Beautiful, powerful, completely devoted to each other and to our pack’s prosperity.”

The irony of those words tasted bitter now, colored by everything I’d learned in the bloody aftermath.

“What happened?” Sera asked gently, her hand never leaving my face.

said, the words feeling like broken glass in my throat even after all these

I was thirteen, though I didn’t learn about it until

fingers tightened against my cheek, offering

wanted me to come with her to her family’s territory.” I closed my eyes, remembering the custody battles that had torn our

loyalty and love.”

just a child,” Sera said softly. “It wasn’t

I was supposed to be at home. My mother was coming for one of her scheduled visits-the court had given her every other weekend and Wednesday

went to a friend’s house. I stayed for dinner, then

mother’s visit meaningless.”

hand moved to cover mine, squeezing tightly as she sensed where this story

them.” The words came out flat, emotionless, because that was the only way

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my father’s study. My mother had been…

over his desk,

God,” Sera breathed, tears beginning

in a calculated way. Specific files were missing from my

contained sensitive pack information.”

mother had vanished completely. No trace of her anywhere, like

she

Sera, seeing understanding dawn in her eyes. “Someone who knew my father’s

close enough to disable the safeguards, who had access

“And Gabriel?”

half-brother. “Gabriel was twelve years old when it happened. Too young

the familiar weight of suspicion I’d carried

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