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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a full recovery. You saved them all, Sera. But you nearly died in

ten days, I had been teetering on the edge of death while everyone I

to blur my vision. “I’m so

know… I didn’t think…”

chair and perched on the edge of my hospital bed, his free hand

you dare apologize. You did something incredible,

because

haggard appearance. “You

rueful smile crossed his lips. “Sleep wasn’t exactly a priority when the most important person in my world was fighting

barely held in check, made my heart ache.

warmth of

said softly. “I’m

there was something in his expression-a mixture of relief

needed to tell me. “But Sera, there’s something

while you were unconscious.”

his tone made my stomach clench

my face as if he were trying to memorize every detail. “The doctors ran extensive tests to

with how to phrase whatever revelation he was about to share.

his expression kind

body was working so hard to recover, the reason it took

such force that it

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running footsteps echoed in

voice, high with excitement and relief, preceded her

room.

disheveled and her eyes bright with unshed tears. Behind her, moving

his voice

son-healthy and whole and running toward me-broke something loose in

confusion of the past few minutes dissolved in the face of

me first, tears streaming down her face as

of the

my God, Sera,” she sobbed against my shoulder. “We were so scared.

lose you.”

her as tightly as I could

vacated, his

reassure himself that I was

said, his silver-blue eyes-so much

feeling better? Does

how much he seemed to have grown in what

but had

you,” I told him honestly.

sleeping?”

you and Daddy, and I talked to you every day so you wouldn’t

at the image of my little boy sitting beside my hospital bed, talking to