Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 126

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Seraphina’s POV 1

The morning light filters through our bedroom curtains, casting soft shadows across the hardwood floor. I’m

curled up in the reading chair by the window, watching Lily sleep in her bassinet, when Damien appears in

the doorway with two cups of coffee.

“You’re up early,” he says, crossing the room to hand me one of the mugs. His hair is still messy from sleep,

and he’s wearing just sweatpants, his chest bare and distractingly perfect in the gentle morning light.

“Couldn’t sleep.” I wrap my fingers around the warm ceramic, grateful for something to focus on besides the

knot of anxiety that’s been sitting in my stomach since yesterday. “Lily was fussy around three.”

“I didn’t hear her.” His brow furrows with concern as he settles on the edge of the bed across from me. “You

should have woken me.”

“You need rest too. Besides, it’s not like you could have helped. She was hungry.”

He takes a sip of his coffee and studies me with those silver-blue eyes that seem to see straight through all

my carefully constructed walls.

“I

got a call from Riley yesterday,” he says finally.

My heart does something weird in my chest. “Riley?”

“From the training camp. She wanted me to pass along a message.” Damien’s voice is careful, like he’s walking

through a minefield. “She and Lucas are getting engaged.”

The words slam into me like a punch to the chest. My heart does this weird little skip-part joy, part something that feels uncomfortably like grief. Of course Riley and Lucas are engaged. Everyone’s been

waiting for them to figure it out for years. I should be thrilled.

“That’s wonderful,” I say, and I mean it. My voice only wobbles a little. “They’re perfect for each other. Really

perfect.”

“They want you to come to the engagement party.” Damien sets down his coffee, his silver eyes studying my face. “They all do. The whole team has been asking about you.”

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I feel the blood drain from my face. “Damien, I can’t-”

“Why not?”

time I led that team, I almost got

a punch to the gut. The mission that went wrong six months before my capture. My tactical error that separated the

fault,”

are shaking now, the coffee mug trembling in my grip. “I made the call to split up. I chose the wrong route. If

moves to the chair beside me, his hand covering mine on the coffee

home. Everyone was fine.”

failed them, Damien. And now I’m not even a wolf anymore. What could I possibly offer them

hear him stand, feel him move closer until his heat

the chance to see their friend again,” he says softly. “The chance

someone they care about.”

and steady. “Or you could be a reminder of how strong you are.

something that would have destroyed anyone

I whisper. “About Ayla. About what

traces along my collarbone, a gesture so familiar it makes my chest ache. “You’ll get respect. And love. And

visit.”

lean back against his chest, feeling some of the tension leave my shoulders as his arms wrap around me. Lily stirs in her bassinet, making soft baby

I go and everything

like it’s the simplest thing in the world.

you try!”

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my eyes, breathing in his scent-pine and leather and something uniquely

Maybe he’s right. Maybe I owe it to Riley and Lucas to celebrate this moment with them.

myself to stop

I say finally, the word barely a

“Okay?”

meeting his gaze. “But if this goes badly, I’m blaming

devastating. “I can

lot of the

metal is cutting into

smoothing down the

and fits properly and doesn’t have any stains from baby spit-up.

open with a familiar hiss, and the scent hits me immediately.

experience now, but still recognizable. Weapons

werewolves training

“Sera!”

turn toward the voice and see Jake from communications jogging toward me, his

The sight of his familiar grin does something to ease the

a bear hug that lifts me off my feet. “We heard you were back,

you around. How are you

say automatically.

see the confusion there. The way he’s trying

me. “Thinner maybe, but

smile. “Congratulations to Riley and Lucas.

all saw it coming from a mile away” Jake grins. “Come on, everyone’s in the

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