Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV 1

I sat beside Damien in the military aircraft, watching his jaw clench tighter with each radio update that

crackled through our headsets. The news kept getting worse.

“Alpha King, this is Base Commander,” came the latest transmission, barely audible over the rotor noise. “We have two more casualties coming in from the Riverside patrol. Critical condition.”

Damien’s hand found mine, his fingers intertwining with mine in a grip that was both reassuring and desperate. “How bad is it really?” I asked quietly, my voice barely carrying over the helicopter’s noise.

His silver-blue eyes met mine, and I saw the truth he’d been trying to shield me from. “Bad enough that some of the younger wolves are talking about requesting transfers to safer territories.”

The helicopter began its descent, and through the small windows, I could see the sprawling military base that had been established to guard the eastern approach to our territory. Guards who couldn’t be more than twenty-one or twenty-two stood at their posts, their faces pale and drawn with exhaustion and fear.

The moment we landed, we were surrounded by activity. Medics rushed past carrying stretchers, officers barked orders into radios, and the acrid smell of antiseptic mixed with the metallic scent of blood hung heavy

in the air.

“Alpha!” Base Commander Chen jogged toward us, his uniform pristine despite the chaos around him. He was a stern-faced man in his fifties with prematurely gray hair and eyes that had seen too much conflict. “Thank the Moon Goddess you’re here. The situation is… challenging.”

“Report,” Damien said curtly, immediately slipping into his role as military commander.

“Seventeen confirmed casualties from last night’s attacks, with three in critical condition. The rogues hit us

at three separate points within a two-hour window.”

Damien’s voice carried a dangerous edge. “Show me the wounded.”

The medical tent was a scene from a nightmare. The most seriously injured lay on cots arranged in neat rows, their bodies bearing the savage wounds that only rogue claws could inflict.

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I stopped at the first cot, where a boy who couldn’t be more than nineteen lay unconscious, his left shoulder

nearly shredded. His breathing was shallow and labored, and even from several feet away, I could smell the

infection beginning to set in.

“This is Private Williams,” the head medic, a tired-looking woman with kind eyes, explained quietly. “The

wounds are too extensive for conventional treatment, but we’re doing everything we can to keep him stable.”

moved to the next cot, where another young wolf lay with deep gashes across his

rogue claws were clearly poisoned

anything like

I looked around the tent. Seventeen wounded warriors, most of

teens. Three who might

was gentle but concerned. “You don’t have to

and something had shifted inside me. The self-doubt that had been eating at

was overshadowed by something stronger. “These are our people,

members. I need

his throat. “If I may, Alpha King, the morale situation is becoming critical. Word of

through the ranks, and some of the newer

to patrol

to address the troops,” I said suddenly, surprising

me. “Sera,” Damien began,

to know they’re not being sent out to

they won’t be

respect,” Commander said carefully, “I’m not sure

can heal them,” I

silence that followed was

the wounded. “The poisoned wounds, the infections, the

fix

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was sharp with alarm. “You nearly killed yourself healing

ago. Seventeen

need to see,” I interrupted, meeting his gaze steadily. “You want to know how I can prove I deserve to

walked to the first cot and placed

healing light that flowed from my hands was brighter than it had ever been before, as if my desperation. to help was amplifying my abilities. Private Williams’s breathing

infected wounds began

even as his injuries disappeared, I felt the corresponding drain on my own energy.

pull a plug in my chest, letting my life force leak out drop

said, moving to Corporal despite the dizziness that was

“Luna, perhaps you should–“”

“Next,” I repeated firmly.

By the time I was working on the fifth casualty, there was

outside the

me to my knees. The wolf had taken a rogue’s claws directly to

his spine. Repairing that level of damage

on the previous

enough,” Damien said, his voice rough with worry and command authority. “Sera, you’ve done

Step away”

and saw the terror in his eyes. But