Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

The morning sun beat down mercilessly as I led Lucas along the eastern border patrol route, but I barely felt

the heat. Every step forward was torture. Every breath was agony.

*Sera.*

Three days. Three fucking days since we’d returned home to find her gone. Three days of search teams

coming back empty-handed. Three days of my world slowly crumbling apart.

“Alpha,” Lucas’s voice cut through my spiraling thoughts. “The thermal drones picked up movement about

two miles north. Could be our search teams, but-”

“But could be rogues,” I finished, my voice rough from lack of sleep. My silver-blue eyes scanned the treeline

ahead, searching for any sign of movement. Any sign of *her*.

Alex, my wolf, prowled restlessly beneath my skin. He’d been agitated for days now, pacing and snarling

inside my mind. But it wasn’t just impatience. It was something worse.

The bond was breaking.

I could feel it happening. Slowly. Like ice cracking under pressure. Each hour that passed without contact,

without even the faintest whisper through our mindlink, the connection grew weaker.

The silence was killing me.

“How many teams do we have out there now?” I asked, forcing myself to focus on the present.

“Twelve, Lucas replied immediately. “Every available warrior. Plus the helicopters and drone units. We’ve

a hundred-square-mile radius around

*Nothing* Always fucking nothing.

into fists. The urge to shift, to let Alex tear through the forest hunting for

couldn’t abandon the patrol. Not when rogue activity had been increasing

borders.

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tone changed, becoming more cautious. “Maybe we should

came out like a whipcrack. “Don’t

held up his hands in surrender. “I’m just saying, maybe we need

If she

I’ll burn down every rogue,” I snarled. My alpha power flared involuntarily, making

menace. “I’ll tear apart anyone who dared to

lingering on the sheets. Adrian’s toys scattered across the floor where she’d been playing

she left. The note she’d written-a simple explanation that she was

worried.

whispered, the words torn from my chest. “Our baby, Lucas. She’s

Hurt. Scared.

The rage and helplessness were choking

inside my mind. His hackles raised, senses

*Something’s wrong.*

hand moved instinctively to

hearing. In the distance, voices. Shouting. The unmistakable

confrontation.

through the dense

not from exertion. From hope.

soldiers stood in a tight formation, weapons drawn. Between them and

A woman.

I

nearest soldier snapped to attention. “Alpha! We found

She was unconscious now.”

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Lucas asked, moving closer to examine