Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 97

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Seraphina’s POV 1

The silence from Damien felt like a physical weight pressing down on my chest. I sat behind his desk-our

desk-staring at the stack of reports that needed my attention, but the words kept blurring together as my

mind wandered to all the terrible possibilities that could explain his prolonged absence.

*Damien? Please, if you can hear this…* I tried the mindlink again, pushing the thought out with all the

desperate hope I could muster. The response was the same empty void.

“Luna?” Marcus’s gruff voice brought me back to the present. He was standing in the doorway with his usual

serious expression. “The morning briefing is ready whenever you are.”

I forced myself to straighten my shoulders and project the confidence everyone expected from their Luna.

“Of course. Give me just a moment.”

As Marcus left to gather the others, I closed my eyes and took several deep breaths, trying to center myself.

*He’s fine,* I told myself firmly.

But nothing about this felt normal.

The briefing went smoothly enough. Border patrols reported continued quiet-no rogue sightings, no

unusual activity, nothing that suggested any immediate threat. Everything was exactly as it should be.

So why did I feel like something was terribly wrong?

After the briefing, I retreated to the office and immediately tried the mindlink again. *Damien, I’m really

starting to worry now. Please, just let me know you’re okay.*

Silence.

news, no contact, and no relief from the crushing anxiety that was making it difficult to eat,

office as if I could will it to deliver good news through sheer

setting a plate of soup and crackers on the desk

mansion to help

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said automatically, though my stomach was rumbling. The morning

but anxiety had taken its

to eat,” she said firmly, using the tone that

Adrian is watching

into the chair across

shook my head, not trusting my voice to remain

she said with fierce conviction. “Damien

from checking in, it’s not because he can’t handle

her. But the silence was

and overcast, matching my mood perfectly. I’d barely

ceiling and trying not to imagine all the horrible things

bedroom asking about breakfast, I felt like

truck.

your eyes are all red,” he observed

in lying to him.

about people they love.

hand, the gesture so tender and mature that it

harder.

okay, Mommy,” he whispered. “Daddy always comes home. He

pulled myself together and gotten Adrian settled

renewed determination. If I could just focus on

at bay for a few

more of the same-no incidents, no threats, no news

been reassuring, but instead it felt ominous, like the calm before a devastating

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