Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV

The concern in Damien’s eyes was so profound it made my chest tighten with worry. Whatever had

happened to me, it was clearly far more serious than I had initially thought. The sterile hospital room, the

medical equipment, his haggard appearance-it all pointed to something significant.

“Damien,” I said softly, my voice still rough from disuse, “please tell me what happened. Why am I here?”

He squeezed my hand gently, his thumb tracing circles across my knuckles in a gesture that was both

comforting and nervous. The doctor beside him cleared his throat, consulting his clipboard with a mixture of

professional concern and barely contained amazement.

“Seraphina,” Damien began, his voice carefully controlled, “you’ve been unconscious for ten days.”

The words hit me like a physical blow. “Ten days?” I repeated, my voice rising in disbelief. “That’s impossible. I

feel like I just closed my eyes and had the most peaceful sleep of my life.”

“I know it’s hard to believe,” he said, leaning forward in his chair, never letting go of my hand. “But it’s been

ten full days. We’ve been here, waiting, hoping you’d wake up.”

I stared at him, trying to process this information. Ten days of my life, gone. Ten days where I’d been lying

here, unaware of the world around me, while Damien had clearly been suffering. The stubble on his jaw, the

wrinkled clothes, the exhaustion in his eyes-it all made sense now.

“But I don’t understand,” I said, struggling to sit up more fully despite the weakness in my limbs. “What

caused it?”

Damien paused, seeming to choose his words carefully. “You pushed yourself too far, Sera. Your body couldn’t

handle the strain”

The memories came flooding back then-the makeshift medical tent, the wounded fighters, the desperate need I’d felt to help them all. I remembered the feeling of energy flowing out of me, the growing weakness, the dizziness that had gradually consumed me.

“The soldiers,” I said urgently, gripping Damien’s hand tighter. “Are they all right? Did I manage to-”

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single one of them made a full recovery. You saved them all, Sera. But you nearly

weight of his words settled over me like a heavy blanket. I had nearly died. For ten days, I had been teetering on the edge of death while

blur my vision. “I’m so sorry

know… I didn’t think…”

on the edge of my hospital bed, his

cup my face. “Don’t you dare apologize. You did something incredible,

because

suffered,” I said, studying his haggard appearance. “You look like you

a priority when the most important person in my world was fighting for her

emotion barely held in check, made my heart ache. I

savoring the warmth of his palm against

said softly. “I’m awake, I’m

there was something in his expression-a mixture

was more he needed to tell me. “But Sera,

while you were unconscious.”

my stomach clench with anxiety. “What is

a deep breath, his silver-blue eyes searching my face as if he were trying to memorize every detail. “The doctors ran extensive tests to figure out why you weren’t waking up. And

to phrase whatever revelation he was about to share.

closer, his expression kind

to recover, the reason it took so long for you to wake up, is because you weren’t just healing yourself. You were

burst open with such force that it slammed against the wall, making

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us jump. The sound of running footsteps echoed in the corridor outside, growing

Ophelia’s voice, high with excitement and

room.

with

he cried, his voice

sight of my son-healthy and whole and running

and confusion of the past few minutes dissolved in the face of his radiant

her face as she carefully

of the

“We

lose you.”

as tightly as I could

chair Damien had vacated, his small hands patting

that I

his silver-blue eyes-so much like

better? Does

his dark curls, marveling at how much

but had apparently been

feel much better now that I can see you,” I told him honestly. “Were you good for Aunt

sleeping?”

“I helped take care of you and Daddy, and I talked to you every

little boy sitting beside my hospital bed, talking to my