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.

in the movies?” he asked, his

room?”

the house if you wanted it,” I told him, my heart clenching at the simple joy in his voice. “You could have a playroom, and a library, and we could build a fort in the backyard if that’s

voice cracked with excitement.

her voice, “why don’t you go play in

while Daddy and I

a jolt of pure happiness through my chest, but I tried to keep my expression neutral

from the

said, pausing to look back at us both. “But I think we

disappeared into his bedroom, leaving Sera and me alone in the

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 an

furious at anyone who had ever made her feel less than the

was.

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brave. You’ve built a life from nothing, earned a business degree while working and caring for a child.

in earnest now, tears streaming down her face as she struggled to process everything I was

just abandon her. She’s been my only family

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

me.”

herself appeared from the kitchen where she’d been giving us privacy, a