Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

As we sat together in Sera’s tiny living room after Caleb’s departure, I found myself studying the cramped space with new eyes. The apartment was clean and well-maintained, but painfully small.

But it wasn’t enough. Not for my mate, not for my son.

“Sera,” I said quietly, my voice careful as I watched her help Adrian organize his dinosaur collection on the coffee table. “I want to ask you

something, and I need you to know that whatever you decide is completely your choice.”

She looked up at me with those beautiful emerald eyes. “What is it?”

I took a deep breath, suddenly nervous in a way I hadn’t been since I was a teenager. “I want you and Adrian to come live with me. Both

of you. Permanently.”

The words hung in the air between us, heavy with possibility and promise. Sera’s hands stilled on the plastic triceratops she’d been

holding, and I saw her throat work as she swallowed hard.

Adrian, who had been listening with the intense focus that children brought to conversations that might affect their lives, suddenly

perked up.

big house like in the movies?” he asked, his silver-blue eyes bright

room?”

wanted it,” I told him, my heart clenching at the simple joy in his voice. “You could

voice cracked with excitement.

the emotion threading through her voice, “why don’t you go play in your room for

I talk

pure happiness through

down from the

to look back at us both. “But I think we should live with Daddy.

he disappeared into his bedroom, leaving Sera and me

her hands as they twisted in her lap. When she finally spoke, her voice was barely above a whisper. A single tear spilled down her cheek. “What if I’m not good enough? What if I

in her voice made Alex snarl in my mind, furious at anyone who had ever made her feel less than the extraordinary woman

was.

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‘just’ anything,” I said fiercely, my hands tightening on hers. “You are the strongest, most resilient woman I’ve ever known. You’ve raised our son to be kind and intelligent and brave. You’ve built a life from nothing, earned a business degree while working and caring for a child. And you have your new ability now.

tears streaming down her face as she struggled to process everything

she asked suddenly. “I can’t just abandon her. She’s

her,” I assured her quickly. “She’ll always be part of our lives. In fact,

me.”

the kitchen where