Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 131

131 Chapter 131

Seraphina’s POV 1

The house felt too quiet when we finally made it home.

Damien carried me straight upstairs, setting me down gently in our bedroom like I was made of spun glass. My champagne-soaked dress clung uncomfortably to my skin, and I could still feel tiny shards of crystal

embedded in my hair.

“Let me help you out of that,” he said softly, his fingers already reaching for the zipper at my back.

I caught his hands, stopping him. “I can manage.”

“Sera-”

“I’m fine, Damien. Really.” I forced what I hoped was a convincing smile. “It was just an accident. People spill

things at parties all the time.”

His silver-blue eyes searched my face, and I could see he didn’t believe me for a second. But after a moment,

he nodded.

“I’ll check on the kids,” he said. “Make sure they got settled okay.”

“That sounds good.”

He lingered in the doorway for a moment, like he wanted to say something else. Then he was gone, his

footsteps echoing down the hallway.

I peeled off the ruined dress and dropped it in the hamper, then stood under the shower until the water ran

cold. But no amount of soap could wash away the memory of those whispers, those stares, the look of pity on

Emma’s face.

*Their children must be filthy half-breeds.*

*What kind of mate loses their wolf?*

*The bloodline will be tainted forever.*

By the time I emerged from the bathroom in my pajamas, Damien was back. He’d changed into sweatpants

his hair still damp from his

he reported, settling on the edge of the bed. “Lily went down without

perfect

sat at my vanity, running a brush through my wet hair with mechanical precision.

fun.”

gentle but firm. “We need to talk

stilled on the brush. “What’s

so I could see his

shoulders,

bitter. “Apparently, the pack expects me to find

vanity top as my hands

“What?”

wrapping my arms around myself

do need someone better.”

a blade. “Don’t you dare start

people said.”

not?” The words tumbled out faster than I could stop them. “They weren’t wrong, were

can’t protect our children. I can’t even attend

The mother of my children. The woman I love more than my own

a human, Damien.” The words tasted bitter. “A weak, ordinary

me everything I need.

to believe him. God, how I wanted to believe him.

should go to bed,” I said quietly, pulling away from his touch. “It’s been

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face for a moment, then nodded.

“Sure.”

between us, like we were both afraid of what

evened out after about twenty minutes,

mind racing.

sure he was deeply asleep, I turned

powerful. The line of his shoulders under the thin

peaceful in the

beautiful. Perfect. Everything an alpha

was

my head whispered.

an equal. Someone who can give him strong children and help lead the

slipped out of bed as quietly as I could, padding barefoot down the

ajar, and I pushed it open just enough

was sprawled across his twin bed, one arm flung over his stuffed

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