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?”

I led that team,

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

fault,” Damien says

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

to the chair beside me, his

home. Everyone was fine.”

And now I’m not even a wolf anymore. What could I possibly

stand, feel him move closer until his heat

their friend again,” he

someone they care about.”

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

that would have destroyed anyone

even know,” I whisper. “About Ayla. About

won’t get pity from them.” Damien’s thumb traces along my collarbone, a gesture so familiar it makes my chest ache. “You’ll get respect. And love. And

visit.”

his arms wrap around me. Lily stirs in her bassinet, making soft baby

if I go and everything feels

it’s the

you try!”

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breathing in his scent-pine and

I owe it to Riley and Lucas to celebrate this

to myself to

finally, the

“Okay?”

his arms, meeting his gaze.

smile is slow and devastating. “I can live

parking lot of the

the metal is cutting into

I mutter to myself, smoothing down the simple black dress I chose for today.

but it’s clean and fits properly and doesn’t

open with a familiar hiss, and

experience now, but still recognizable. Weapons oil

from werewolves training at

“Sera!”

the voice and see Jake from communications

sight of his familiar grin does something to ease the knot in

me into a bear hug that lifts me

seen you around. How

I say automatically. “Much

look good.” His eyes are kind, but I can see the confusion there. The

about me. “Thinner

smile. “Congratulations to Riley and Lucas. I heard the

finally, right? We all saw it coming from a mile away” Jake grins.

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