Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV 1

I stood at the bus stop three blocks from our house. My hands were shaking. My whole body was shaking.

What the hell did I just do?

The bus wasn’t coming for another fifteen minutes. I kept looking back down the street, toward our neighborhood. Toward the house

where Lily was sleeping in her crib, not knowing her mother just walked out on her.

My throat burned. I wanted to cry, but the tears wouldn’t come. It was like my body had shut down completely.

*Move, I told myself. *You wrote the letter. You made the choice. Now move.*

But where was I supposed to go?

I hadn’t thought about that part. I’d been so focused on leaving, on doing the right thing, that I never planned what came next. Now I

was standing here like an idiot at a bus stop, with nowhere to go and no idea what to do.

The small bag in my hand felt impossibly heavy. Just a few clothes, some cash I’d saved up, my phone. Everything I owned now fit in one

little overnight bag.

I couldn’t go to Ophelia’s. That would be the first place Damien looked. And Ophelia would take one look at me and demand answers.

She’d probably call Damien herself once she found out what I’d done.

were still out there. Without Ayla,

Where does a human woman with

phone buzzed. My heart

*Damien.*

was just

Damien’s number before I left. It was the only way to be sure I wouldn’t

was weak like that.

letter made my stomach twist into knots. He was probably reading it right now. Probably

in the book. Probably realizing I was right about

for him. Now he didn’t have to

with a loud hiss of brakes. The doors opened and I climbed on, dropping my fare into the slot. The driver barely looked at me. Just

against the

everything I’d ever loved.

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where Damien and I had our first date. Past the park

I gave

so

I wanted to scream.

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from my children. My chest felt like someone

I kept telling myself. *This is

right. It

had to get off at the next stop because I couldn’t breathe anymore. The bus pulled away, leaving me standing

I didn’t

found a small diner and ordered coffee. The waitress was human. She smiled at me and asked if I