Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 134

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Damien’s POV 1

The traffic on Highway 101 moved like molasses, each red light stretching my patience thinner. My hands

gripped the steering wheel so tight my knuckles had gone white, and Alex was pacing restlessly beneath my

skin like a caged animal.

Something was wrong. I knew it in

my

bones.

I’d tried calling Sera six more times since leaving the office. Every call went straight to voicemail, her bright,

cheerful voice mocking me with its normalcy.

*”Hi, you’ve reached Sera. I can’t come to the phone right now…”

“*

The recording played in my head on repeat, each repetition making the knot in my stomach twist tighter.

My phone rang just as I was merging onto the exit for Adrian’s school. Unknown number.

“Nightshadow,” I barked into the speaker.

“Mr. Nightshadow? This is Adrian’s teacher.”

My heart slammed against my ribs. “Is Adrian okay?”

“Oh yes, he’s fine! He’s sitting right here with me in the office. But…” She paused, and I could hear the

confusion in her voice. “We’re a bit confused about pickup today.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, it’s nearly five o’clock, and Adrian is still waiting. When I asked him about it, he said his mommy told

him this morning that daddy would be picking him up today instead of her.”

The blood drained from my face. “She said what?”

him up. But we don’t have any change notification from Mrs. Nightshadow,

a pickup before without

wheel toward the school, cutting across two

behind me.

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two minutes away,” I said through gritted teeth. “Keep him

perfectly safe,

ended the call and floored the

up Adrian. Never. Which meant she’d

knew she

fuck

and was out of the SUV before the engine finished cooling.

me at the front door, her matronly

Nightshadow, I’m so

“Where is he?”

“Right in here.”

office where Adrian sat in a chair that was too big for him,

backpack. When he saw me, his face lit

into my arms. “I knew you’d

you would!”

holding him tight against my chest while my mind raced. “When did Mama tell you

buddy?”

pulled back to look at me, his silver-blue eyes-so

little late but not to worry. But all the other kids got

you

voice came out

understand?”

“Are we gonna go home now? I wanna

Let’s go

enough force

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you’re driving

I forced my voice to stay calm as I helped him out of the car. “I’m just eager to see Mama

Lily.”

from the outside. Same pristine landscaping, same elegant stone facade, same warmth

opened the front door and immediately called out, “Sera? Baby,

Silence.

response from upstairs. No sound of Lily crying or cooing. No familiar footsteps hurrying to greet

out, dropping his backpack

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