Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

The moment I heard Sera was coming home, I couldn’t think about anything else. I’d been checking my phone every few minutes, my wolf Alex pacing restlessly under my skin. I couldn’t focus on work at all.

Anna had cornered me just as I was heading for the door.

“Damien, we really need to go over these quarterly reports,” she said, spreading papers across my desk with that clingy smile of hers.

“The numbers don’t add up, and the board meeting is tomorrow.”

“It can wait,” I said, already reaching for my jacket.

“But this is important business,” Anna insisted, pressing closer than necessary. “Surely more important than whatever domestic issue is

calling you away?”

“The reports can wait until morning.”

She kept talking, batting her eyelashes and leaning closer every time she made a point about the reports. Her perfectly manicured

fingers would “accidentally” brush against my arm as she reached for documents, and she kept tilting her head in that calculated way

that made her blonde hair cascade over one shoulder.

“You work so hard, Damien,” she purred, her voice dropping to what she probably thought was a seductive whisper. “You deserve

someone who truly appreciates your dedication to the company.” Her hand lingered on my desk, fingertips drumming in a pattern

designed to draw attention to her expensive manicure.

By the time I finally escaped the office, brushing past her with barely contained irritation, I was wound tight as a spring. Every instinct

screamed at me to get home, to make sure Sera was safe, to wash the cloying scent of Anna’s desperation from my memory.

Now, climbing the stairs to her apartment, I could smell her familiar scent of lavender and vanilla growing stronger. But there was

something else mixed in. My wolf immediately went on high alert.

I could hear laughter through the door as I reached her floor. Adrian’s delighted giggle, Sera’s warm laugh, and another voice-deeper,

unfamiliar, male.

knocked, maybe harder than I

the kitchen!” Sera called out, her voice bright and happy in

down the hallway. Adrian was chattering about dinosaurs, but the

this stranger was.

that hit me in the

sauce, her dark hair falling around her shoulders. But right next to her, close enough that they almost touched, stood a man I’d never seen before. Tall, sandy hair, easy smile, holding a

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like a

alpha aura unfurl, filling the kitchen

as he caught

but he

I asked, my

hand. “I’m Caleb Morrison,” he

drove down

my eyes fixed on his face. “And what exactly

he said simply. “Our fathers were friends.

we were children.”

my dark thoughts. I saw concern in her

He’s been incredibly

said carefully. “And you said

met my eyes steadily, and I saw

friends,” Caleb

to the tension, chose that

“Look, this is my mommy’s friend Caleb!

he’s staying for dinner!”

kitchen with predatory grace, every line of

said, the word

hands clench at his sides. Good. He

said, her voice carrying a warning. “Caleb has been nothing but helpful. He

I needed somewhere

forcing my voice level. “How fortunate you had

continued, her green eyes flashing with anger, “Caleb went out of his way to help me, to keep

help me find answers.

more than happy to help,” I replied, staring at Caleb

meaning clear.

stepped forward, meeting my hostile stare with steel in his

calmly. “I was happy to help Sera. She’s one of the most important people in my life, and has been since we were children.