Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

I hadn’t slept.

Couldn’t sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that fucking letter. Her handwriting. Her words tearing through me like silver bullets.

*Please don’t look for me.*

*Let me go.*

I sat on the edge of our bed as dawn crept through the windows, holding the letter in my hands for the hundredth time. The paper was

starting to wear soft from my grip.

She was wrong about everything. Every goddamn thing.

But she was gone.

My chest felt hollow, like someone had reached in and scooped out everything vital. Alex was silent inside my mind, which somehow

made it worse. Even my wolf had gone quiet with grief.

A soft cry from the nursery made me fold the letter and shove it back into my jacket pocket. Lily was awake.

I found her in her crib, tiny fists waving in the air, making those soft baby sounds that usually melted my heart. Today they just reminded

me that Sera wasn’t here to feed her.

“Hey, beautiful girl,” I whispered, lifting her against my chest. She settled immediately, her little hand curling around my finger. 1

*She deserves a real mother.*

Sera’s words echoed in my head, and I had to grip the edge of the crib to keep from putting my fist through the wall.

“Your mama is wrong about a lot of things,” I told Lily softly. “But she loves you. Don’t ever doubt that.”

Lily made a contented sound, her eyes drifting shut again. I stood there holding her, breathing in that sweet baby smell, trying to figure

out how the hell I was supposed to explain this to Adrian.

The sound of small feet in the hallway made me look up. Adrian appeared in the doorway, his dark hair sticking up at impossible angles,

still in his pajamas.

Daddy,” he said, rubbing his eyes. “Where’s Mama? She usually

throat closed up. “Mama had to

“Go away where?”

to take care of,” I said carefully. “Grown–up things. But she’ll… she’ll be

lie tasted like

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confusion. “But she didn’t say goodbye. Mama always says goodbye when

grown–ups have to leave quickly. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t love

Adrian seemed to accept this with the resilience only children possessed. “Can you make pancakes?

but you’re okay

I can

moving. Keep pretending everything’s

later, I was in my office, staring at reports I couldn’t focus on. The numbers blurred together on

I reached

it down again. If word got out that the Alpha’s

This had

I was looking

“Alpha?”

my office. Now. And bring Tyler and Jake with

“On our way.”

trusted warriors stood in front of my

them knew how to

I said without preamble. “Quietly. No questions asked. No one else can know about this

nodded. “Who are we

“Seraphina. My mate.”

see the questions in their eyes, but none of them

I continued, my voice steady despite the chaos inside my head. “I don’t know where she went.

what she’s planning. I just need her

Alpha?”

a bus. She wouldn’t go north into rogue territory.” I paused, my jaw clenching. “And she doesn’t want to be found.

off

forward. “What are our orders once

me.” My voice dropped to that dangerous tone that made lesser wolves show their necks. “And if any of this gets back to the pack, I’ll personally tear

clear, Alpha,” Marcus said