Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

Three weeks.

Three fucking weeks since Sera walked out of our lives, and I was no closer to finding her than the day she left.

I sat behind my desk, staring at Marcus’s latest report without really seeing the words. Another dead end. Another day of hope crushed

into dust.

*“No trace of her at any of the bus terminals in a 200–mile radius. Checked every hotel, motel, and boarding house we could find. It’s like

she just vanished into thin air.”*

I crumpled the paper and threw it across the room, where it joined a growing pile of similar reports. Useless. All of it.

“Alpha?” Marcus stood in my doorway, his expression carefully neutral. Behind him, Tyler and Jake waited with that same look of

professional sympathy that made me want to put my fist through something.

“Tell me you have good news,” I said, though my voice sounded dead even to my own ears.

“We expanded the search to include smaller towns, off–the–grid places where someone might go to disappear,” Marcus said. “Found a

few possibilities, but…”

“But?”

“Without more specific information about where she might go, we’re basically searching blind. She could be anywhere by now.”

*Anywhere.* The word echoed in my empty chest like a death knell.

“Keep looking,” I ordered.

“Alpha-”

“I said keep looking” My voice dropped to that deadly whisper that made grown wolves back down. “Did I stutter?”

“No, Alpha. We’ll keep looking.”

They filed out, leaving me alone with my rage and desperation. I picked up Sera’s letter from my desk, the paper soft from handling, the

ink smudged from my tears.

“I’ll find you if I have to tear apart every town between here and the Pacific Ocean.”

the door interrupted

his usual casy smile, carrying two cups of coffee. “Thought you might

gratefully. At least Lucas still treated me like a normal person instead of

madman.

desk. “How are Sera and the kids? Feels like I haven’t seen

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hit me like a physical blow. I managed to

Lily,” I lied smoothly. “You know how it is with a newborn. She’s exhausted most of the

course.” Lucas’s face lit up with understanding. “New mom life is rough. Riley keeps talking about babies, and

no sleep for months

adjust,” I said carefully.

Lucas agreed. “The way she handles everything–work, Adrian, now Lily.

“Yeah,” I managed. “Amazing”

with those perceptive eyes. “You okay, man?

hours at the

time off. Spend it at home with your family. I’m sure Sera

“Maybe,” I lied.

back in his chair. “God, listen to me giving relationship advice. Six months ago, I

and now I’m acting like

coming along?” I asked, desperate to

He laughed. “I just show up where they tell me to and

anything up.”

“Smart strategy.”

up, checking his watch. “I should get going. Riley’s meeting me for lunch,

gets when I’m late.”

“Give her my best.”

tell Sera I said hi. Maybe you guys can come to dinner soon? It’s been too long since we

her,”

my head in my hands.

every assumption that we were still a happy family, felt like someone driving a stake through

buzzed. Text from

*“Any news?“*

end after dead

immediately. *“We need to

message. Ophelia had been helping with the search from the beginning, using her own contacts and

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