Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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54 Chapter 54

Seraphina’s POV 1

The stranger’s warm blue eyes held a familiarity that made my heart skip, though I couldn’t place why. Something about his presence

made me feel safer, but the fact that he knew me when I didn’t know him sent anxiety spiraling through my chest.

“I’m sorry,” I said, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear nervously. “You seem to know me, but I’m afraid I don’t remember your name.”

“Caleb,” he said gently, his smile never wavering. “Caleb Morrison.”

I repeated the name silently, waiting for some spark of recognition, but nothing came. Just the same frustrating blankness that had

haunted me since the accident. My wolf stirred restlessly, sensing something important that my conscious mind couldn’t grasp.

“Caleb Morrison,” I said aloud, testing how it felt on my tongue. “I wish I could remember you. I’m so sorry-”

When Caleb first looked at me, his eyes practically sparkled with excitement, like a golden retriever who’d just spotted their favorite

person after a long absence. But as my words sank in, I watched his expression deflate like a balloon losing air. His shoulders dropped

slightly, and for a moment he looked exactly like a disappointed puppy who’d been told their human couldn’t play.

“Oh,” he said softly, then quickly shook his head and gave me a gentle, understanding smile. “No, no, don’t apologize, Sera. It’s been so

many years, hasn’t it?” His voice was patient and kind, though I could still see a flicker of wistfulness in his warm brown eyes. “Maybe it’s

silly of me to expect you to remember a scruffy little boy from so long ago.”

The genuine care in his tone, mixed with that hint of boyish disappointment he was trying so hard to hide, made my throat tight with

emotion. “You mentioned my family earlier. You knew about my real parents, about what happened to them. How do you know so much

about my situation?”

Caleb’s expression grew serious, though not unkind. “Why don’t we grab some food and I’ll explain everything? There’s a diner just down

the street. We can talk properly there.”

The diner was small and worn but clean, with red vinyl booths and the kind of fluorescent lighting that made everyone look slightly pale.

The scents of coffee and home-cooked food filled the air, making my stomach growl despite my anxiety.

and slid in across from me, his

approached our table.

get you folks?” she asked with a warm

please,” Caleb said. “And maybe some of that apple

“Coming right up, honey”

hands clasped on the scratched tabletop. “Sera, I need to start by telling you about what’s been happening up here in the north.

I don’t remember anything. What

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Complete chaos.” Caleb’s voice dropped low despite the nearly empty diner. “Rogues

isolated territories.”

them down with practiced efficiency before

been heading south toward the central territories, looking for protection with the bigger, more established Alphas. Families loading

coffee. “Caleb, if it’s that dangerous here, why haven’t you and your family left? Why are you still

someone has to help the ones who can’t leave.

can’t afford to relocate, the people who get

“That’s incredibly dangerous.”

shop for three hundred miles in any

When isolated communities need supplies, they

just abandon

weight of responsibility he carried, the quiet courage that kept him here when others

man, Caleb Morrison.”

his coffee,

and wanted to know

need to understand who

Luna of the Northern Ridge Pack,” he said gently. “Good people. The best,

Your mother had the most beautiful laugh—you have her

know.

“I don’t remember them at

soft with sympathy. “Sera, how much do you remember about us? About

looked at him in confusion. “Caleb, I’m sorry, but I don’t remember anything about knowing you

neighbors when

friends.”

each

walk, we were practically inseparable.

trees, getting into all kinds of

“We

was this old oak tree with branches hanging out over the water-must have been thirty feet