Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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69 Chapter 69

Damien’s POV 1

By the time we reached my estate, the night had settled into that deep, quiet darkness that comes in the hours before dawn. The house loomed before us, all stone and shadow, its windows dark except for the security lights that automatically illuminated our path.

“Thank you for the hospitality,” Caleb said, extending his hand with genuine warmth. “And for the ride. That was… illuminating”

“More than you know,” I replied, shaking his hand briefly. The anger I’d felt earlier had transformed into something else entirely—a

mixture of hope and dread that sat in my chest like a living thing.

“Guest room is second door on the left upstairs,” I told him. “There should be everything you need.”

Caleb nodded and disappeared into the house, his footsteps echoing briefly in the marble foyer before fading as he climbed the stairs. I

stood in the entrance hall for a long moment, staring up at the chandelier that cast prismatic shadows across the walls.

Everything Caleb had said kept circling through my mind like a relentless tide. The description of the woman from that night—emerald

eyes, dark hair, petite build, that underlying strength. It was Sera. Every detail matched perfectly.

I made my way to my study, knowing sleep would be impossible. The room felt hollow despite its rich furnishings, the leather-bound

books and expensive art doing nothing to quiet the storm in my head. I poured myself three fingers of whiskey and settled into my chair,

staring out the floor-to-ceiling windows at the city lights twinkling below.

*Sera.*

Her name echoed in my mind like a prayer, like a curse. How could I have been so blind? The mate bond I’d felt the moment I saw her in

my office, the way my wolf Alex had recognized her immediately it all made sense now. She wasn’t just my fated mate by some cosmic

coincidence. She was the woman from that night, the mother of my child, the missing piece of my soul that I’d been searching for across

five long, empty years.

And Adrian. God, Adrian with his silver-blue eyes that matched my own, his natural charisma that drew people to him like moths to

flame.

burned, but it was nothing compared to

in Anna’s hands? The timeline made sense

after I’d left in such a rush for

been asleep when I

what we’d shared.

same city, breathing the same air, and I’d been too blind to recognize what was right in front of me. Worse, I’d hired the woman who’d stolen our chance at finding each other sooner, given

lie.

was bitter enough

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my phone and scrolled to Sera’s contact information. My thumb hovered over the call button. What would I say?

was the father of her child, that I’d been searching for her for years, that every moment we’d spent together had

she was probably sleeping peacefully in her small apartment, Adrian curled up in his bed down the hall. She deserved better than a rambling confession delivered through a

laptop and began reviewing everything I knew about Sera Knight. Her employment file, her address, her schooling records. Looking for any trace of the woman I’d held in my arms that night, any hint of

official records about five years ago when she’d

a Seraphina Knight from a

cold quickly.

sky pink and gold by the time exhaustion finally claimed me.

Sera’s employee photograph and an empty whiskey glass

uneasy dreams.

crick in my neck from sleeping in

something,” I said

carried that slightly manic edge he got when he’d been

have something, though I’m

suddenly fully awake. “What

a massive failure about three years

managed to recover is… patchy

“And

I’ve got a guy who specializes in data recovery—the kind of guy who can pull

He managed to piece together a few minutes of footage from

room that night.”

to me.

office immediately. The video file was small, barely two minutes of grainy, black-and-white footage. I hit play and

squinting at

first thirty seconds, just the familiar perspective of a security camera mounted high