Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV 1

The world seemed to tilt on its axis as Adrian’s innocent words echoed in my mind. *Baby. Little brother or

sister. In your tummy.*

“I’m…” I began, my voice barely a whisper, “I’m pregnant?”

My free hand moved instinctively to my still-flat abdomen, pressing against the thin hospital gown as if I

could somehow feel whatever new life might be growing there.

Damien’s hand tightened around mine, his thumb continuing those soothing circles across my knuckles.

When I looked up at him, his silver-blue eyes were soft with a mixture of wonder and concern.

“Yes,” he said gently. “About six or seven weeks, according to the doctors.”

“But how…?” I started, then stopped, heat flooding my cheeks as I realized how ridiculous the question was. I

knew exactly how.

“But I don’t understand,” I said, looking between Damien and the doctor. “What does this have to do with why

I was unconscious for so long?”

The doctor stepped forward, his expression kind but professional. “Miss Knight, when you overexerted

yourself healing those soldiers, your body should have… well, to be frank, you should have died.”

A chill ran down my spine at his matter-of-fact tone. I had come that close to death? That close to never

or Damien

to struggle with the words. “The baby was protecting you, lending you strength. And you were protecting the baby

stared at him in amazement, my hand still

confirmed. “It’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. The life signatures were completely intertwined, each

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sprang to my eyes as the full weight of what had happened settled over me. This tiny, growing life

and had fought to save

God,” I whispered, my voice breaking. “I’m going to

to his lips and pressing a gentle

exchange with the focused attention that children

they sensed were important, suddenly bounced in his chair

brother!” he exclaimed, his voice filled with pure joy. “A real big

I couldn’t help but smile at his

big brother.”

the certainty that only a four-year-old

at school. And

her shoes

brother?” Ophelia asked with a gentle smile,

from her cheeks.

seriously for a moment, then shrugged. “That’s

Either way, I’ll be the best big

I told him,

processing this monumental news, something else began to register in my

at the edge of my consciousness since I’d first opened

frowning as I tried to identify what was different.

sharpening with attention. “What kind of

was like there was a new energy thrumming through my veins, something

stopped, uncertain how to explain it. “Different. Like something has changed inside

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what you were before? What your wolf classification

omega,” I said, confused by the question. “You know that. I’ve always been