Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

The soldiers lifted the unconscious woman from the ground, her limp body hanging between them like a broken doll. Her matted hair fell forward, completely obscuring her face, creating a curtain of filth and

tangles that made it impossible to make out her features. But something about her size, her frame-

The way her head tilted at that angle. The curve of her shoulder, even beneath the torn and bloodied fabric.

I slammed my eyes shut for a moment, forcing myself to breathe. I was seeing Sera everywhere now. In every shadow, every stranger, every fucking female form that crossed my path. My desperate mind playing tricks

on me, torturing me with false hope when I needed to stay focused. When I needed to find my mate, not chase ghosts.

This was just another rogue. Another piece of garbage that might have information about Sera’s whereabouts.

Nothing more.

“Move her to the jeep,” I ordered, my voice hoarse from three days of shouting orders and calling Sera’s name into empty forests. “Carefully. I don’t want her dying before we can question her.”

My throat felt raw, stripped bare from the constant ache of loss. Every word scraped against my vocal cords like broken glass.

Lucas nodded, signaling to the soldiers with sharp, efficient gestures. They started toward the vehicles, supporting the woman’s dead weight between them, her bare feet dragging through the dirt and fallen leaves.

I watched them move, my silver-blue eyes tracking every step. The woman’s head lolled back, exposing the pale column of her throat. Even from this distance, I could see the dark bruises there. Someone had tried to strangle her. Recently,

My wolf Alex stirred uneasily in my chest, but I pushed him down. I couldn’t afford to lose control. Not now.

Not when-

That’s when it happened.

A sound so soft I almost missed it. A whisper barely audible above the wind in the trees, carried on a breath

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the very depths of her

“Adrian…”

My entire world stopped.

blood in my veins turned to ice water, then immediately to molten lava. My heart

muscle in my

felt like being struck by

world, spoken with such aching longing that it made my chest feel

crushed in

one outside our pack, our family, our inner circle.

that might

veins, followed immediately by fire. Pure, incandescent rage that started

outward like poison.

bitch knew my

so

The trees around us swayed as if hit by an invisible wave. Every soldier within

knee in submission, their heads bowed, their wolves cowering before the fury of

“Put her down. NOW.”

holding the woman released her immediately, confused and terrified by my sudden transformation from controlled leader to barely

to the ground like a discarded toy, her

should have made me feel

just fed

bitch knew my son’s name. She’d been sent here. Sent to hurt my family. To finish

they

they been watching us? How long had they been planning this? First they steal my mate, probably

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name like some kind of sick

experienced consumed me completely. My vision went red around the edges, a crimson haze that made everything look like it was soaked in blood. My hands shook with

as they tried

primal rage that it made my skull feel like it might split apart.

wanted blood.

mind. *RIP HER APART. SHE

strides, my body moving with the fluid

her throat before I even fully realized I