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?”

that team, I

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

wasn’t your fault,” Damien

the coffee mug trembling in my grip. “I made the call to split up. I chose the wrong route. If Marcus hadn’t-if they

Damien moves to the chair beside me, his hand covering mine on the coffee mug. “Everyone

home. Everyone was fine.”

a wolf anymore.

until his heat is a

them the chance to see their friend again,”

someone they care about.”

you could be a reminder of how strong

would have destroyed anyone

don’t even know,” I whisper. “About Ayla. About what

so familiar it makes my chest ache. “You’ll get respect. And

visit.”

arms wrap around me. Lily stirs in her

if I go and everything feels

His voice is matter-of-fact, like it’s the simplest thing in the world. “But you won’t

you try!”

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his scent-pine and

Riley and Lucas to celebrate this moment with them. Maybe

to myself to stop

finally, the word barely

“Okay?”

in his arms, meeting his

devastating. “I can

later, I’m standing in the parking lot of the

metal is cutting into

mutter to myself, smoothing down

fits properly and doesn’t have any stains from

entrance slides open with a familiar hiss, and the scent hits me immediately. Not the

experience now, but still recognizable. Weapons oil and leather and the

from werewolves training

“Sera!”

the voice and see Jake from communications jogging toward

does something to ease the

He pulls me into a bear hug that lifts me off

you around. How are

I say

I can see

about me. “Thinner maybe, but

smile. “Congratulations to Riley

We all saw it coming from a mile away” Jake grins. “Come on,

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