Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

When Caleb mentioned seeing Anna before, something sharp and urgent twisted in my chest. I leaned forward slightly, my alpha

instincts suddenly on high alert.

“Where exactly did you see her?” I asked, my voice carefully controlled despite the storm brewing beneath the surface.

Caleb stared out the window for what felt like an eternity, his brow creased in concentration. The city lights streaked past us in blurs of gold and white, but he seemed completely oblivious to the scenery, lost in some distant memory.

Caleb’s fingers drummed against his thigh in an absent rhythm, his eyes still fixed on some point beyond the glass. Then suddenly, his

entire body went rigid.

“Oh my God,” he breathed, his hand flying to his forehead as if the memory had physically struck him. “Oh my *God*, I can’t believe I

didn’t make the connection sooner!”

“What?” I leaned forward, every muscle in my body coiled tight. “What do you remember?”

“It was five years ago!” Caleb spun to face me, his eyes wide with the kind of shocked recognition that made my stomach drop to

somewhere around my ankles. “Five years ago, at the Moonlight Grand Hotel!”

The Moonlight Grand. The same hotel where I’d spent that unforgettable night with my mystery woman. The same hotel where I’d left

my pendant beside a sleeping figure I’d never been able to find again.

Tell me everything,” I said, my voice coming out rougher than I’d intended. “Every single detail.”

disgust as the memories came flooding back. “I was there on a job-some rich

me most of the night to

interrupted, though my

“So there I was, around six

when this… *creature* came stumbling

my

shuddered dramatically. “Picture this: a woman wearing what used to be a hotel cleaning uniform-you know,

things-except it looked like she’d been through a blender. Hair sticking up

well, let’s just say she

against the seat, his expression a mixture of horror and dark amusement. “The

had dumped an entire perfume factory into a garbage disposal and then lit it on

growing knot of dread in my stomach, I found myself fighting back a laugh. “That

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make-you-question-your-will-to-live levels of awful.” Caleb gestured wildly with

she leaned into the car window and batted her eyelashes at me, it was the exact same

flashbacks.”

hit me full

to gather his thoughts, then continued with the

that caught the early morning light and threw it back

At first, I thought maybe it was brass or some cheap costume jewelry, but when she

Intricate craftsmanship, obviously expensive. Real gold, unless I

completely dry. “A

eyes never leaving my face. “Shaped like a wolf, with incredibly detailed engravings.

jewelry stores, not clutched in the hands of a desperate hotel cleaning