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?”

picking him up. But we don’t have any change notification from

never missed a pickup

yanking the wheel toward the school, cutting across two lanes of traffic. Car

behind me.

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said through gritted teeth. “Keep

course. He’s perfectly safe,

call and floored

never forget to pick up Adrian. Never. Which meant she’d planned this. Told Adrian I’d

she wouldn’t be

the fuck is

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

door, her matronly face creased with

so

“Where is he?”

“Right in here.”

office where Adrian sat in a chair that

When he saw me,

He jumped down and ran into my arms. “I knew you’d come! Mama

you would!”

chest while my mind

buddy?”

back to look at me, his

might be a little late but not to worry.

you

never forget about you.” My voice came

understand?”

we gonna go home now? I wanna see Mama and

buddy. Let’s go

pulled into our driveway with enough force to

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driving

I helped him out of the car. “I’m

Lily.”

Same pristine landscaping, same elegant stone facade, same warmth radiating from the lit

the front door and immediately called out,

Silence.

upstairs. No sound of Lily crying or cooing. No familiar footsteps

out, dropping his backpack by

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