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.

mean we’d live in a big house like in the movies?” he asked, his silver-blue eyes bright with curiosity.

room?”

him, my heart clenching at the simple joy in his voice. “You could have a playroom, and a library, and

Adrian’s voice cracked with excitement. “A

the emotion threading through her voice, “why

while Daddy and I talk about grown-up

her lips sent a jolt of pure happiness through my chest, but I tried to keep

down from

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

that pronouncement, he disappeared into his bedroom, leaving Sera and me alone

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 can’t fit into your world? I’m just an omega from a small town, Damien. I don’t know anything about being the mate of

made Alex snarl in my mind, furious at anyone who had ever made her

was.

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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. If

down her face as she struggled to process everything I

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

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

me.”

Sera could ask what I meant, Ophelia herself appeared from the kitchen