Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

“Nothing.”

Marcus stood in front of my desk like he was delivering a death sentence. The afternoon light streaming through the office windows

made everything look too bright, too normal for the hell I was living through.

“What do you mean, nothing?”

“Sera was smart about it, Alpha.” Marcus’s jaw was tight with frustration. “Hat, face mask, stuck to back streets. We found footage of her

at three different bus stops, but after that…” He shook his head. “It’s like she just vanished.”

My hands clenched into fists on the desk. “She can’t just disappear.”

Jake said quietly. “No scent trail to follow. No pack connections to trace. She knows how to stay–invisible.”

“And she’s avoiding main roads,” Tyler added. “Sticking to local routes, probably paying cash for everything. She doesn’t want to be

found.”

“I don’t give a shit what she wants,” I snarled, standing up so fast my chair went flying backward. “Find her.”

The three warriors exchanged glances. Marcus stepped forward, his voice careful.

“Alpha, with respect, she’s had almost two days. She could be anywhere by now. Different state, different-”

“I said find her.” My voice dropped to that deadly whisper that made grown wolves show their necks. “I don’t care if you have to check

every bus station, every motel, every fucking diner between here and the Pacific Ocean. Find. My. Mate.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

They filed out, leaving me alone with my rage and grief. I slumped back against the desk, running my hands through my hair.

*Two days.*

Two days since I’d held her. Two days since I’d heard her voice. Two days of Adrian asking where Mommy went and me making up lies that tasted like poison.

My phone buzzed. Text message.

For one insane moment, hope flared in my chest. Maybe-

*Unknown number: “Your warranty is about to expire…*

I threw the phone across the room so hard it shattered against the wall.

crackled. Emma’s voice, professional as always. “Mr. Nightshadow? Your

“Cancel it.”

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they flew

“Cancel everything. I’m leaving.”

out of school. Had to pretend everything was normal when my

apart.

I passed on the street made my heart skip. Every

a double–take.

*She could be anywhere.*

I pulled into our driveway, the sun was starting to set. The house looked the

perfect.

it felt like

Adrian’s voice echoed through the hallway as he came running toward me, still

him in my arms, breathing in his little–boy scent. “How

them can fly really, really far?” His eyes

said some butterflies travel thousands of

*Like your mother.*

pretty amazing,” I

Adrian looked past me toward the front door

closed up. “Not yet,

is she coming

“Why don’t you show me that

stories, tucking him in with promises

it was just me and

chair, holding my daughter while she slept. She was so small, so perfect. Dark hair like her mother’s, eyes that shifted between green and blue

whispered to Lily. “But she’s wrong. There’s no one better than your mama. No

I kissed her forehead, breathing in that

there staring at the empty spot on the rocking chair where Sera used to sit. Where she’d nursed our daughter, sung lullabies, made everything right just by being

her

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apartment complex took fifteen minutes. I climbed

then the peephole went

swung open, and Ophelia’s face appeared. She took one look at me–alone, disheveled, probably looking like hell–and

from confusion

are you

hope in her voice was like