Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV 1

The darkness pressed against me like a living thing.

I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t think. My heart slammed against my ribs so hard I was sure they could hear it through the walls.

*Thump. Thump. Thump.*

Each beat screamed his name. *Damien. Damien. Damien.*

He was here. In this house. Looking for me.

I pressed my hands over my mouth to muffle the sound of my breathing. My whole body shook. Every muscle locked tight with terror

and longing and guilt that threatened to tear me apart.

“SERA!”

His voice boomed through the house, raw and desperate and so achingly familiar it physically hurt. “SERA, I KNOW YOU’RE HERE!”

Oh God. Oh God, oh God, oh God.

My knees buckled. I slid down the wall of the tiny hiding space, my back scraping against rough wood. The darkness spun around me.

*I should go to him. I should run out there and-*

No. No, I couldn’t. That’s why I left. That’s why I ran.

But hearing his voice after three weeks…

Footsteps pounded across the floor above me. Heavy. Frantic. The whole house seemed to shake with his fury.

“Your wife?” Margaret’s voice filtered through. High–pitched. Alarmed. “Young man, there’s no one here but family.”

*I’m sorry,* I wanted to scream. *I’m so sorry I’m putting you through this.*

More footsteps. Damien was moving through the house like a storm. I could track his path by the sound–kitchen, living room, now the

stairs.

*He’s going upstairs.*

My breath came in short, sharp gasps. The small space suddenly felt impossibly smaller. The walls closing in.

*What if he finds me? What if he doesn’t?*

I didn’t know which possibility terrified me more,

A door slammed open somewhere above. Then another. Then another.

“Who’s staying here?” Damien’s voice again, sharp as broken glass,

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making a sound. Tears streamed down my face, hot and

floor above my head creaked. He was directly overhead

silver–blue eyes. Looking for any trace

here.

*He’s so close.*

him. The way his jaw would be clenched. The tension

was close to the

her.” His voice cracked, and something inside me shattered at the sound.

here. I’m right here. I’m so

“We were watching some comedy

my whole body curling in on itself. The guilt

What am I

More footsteps. He was moving around up there, searching every

look here. Please

also: *Please look here. Please find me. Please make this decision for

can’t sleep.” Damien’s voice was barely a whisper now, but I heard it like he was right next

she’s okay.”

throat. I stuffed my fist harder against my mouth, my

sorry you’re going through this,” Margaret said, her voice thick with sympathy.

know nothing about.”

air. I could feel it, heavy and

time. Each step

go.

started to move. Started to

*Stop,*

hand on the wall, my whole body trembling with the effort of

reason. Remember? You’re not good enough. You’re human now. Weak. Broken.

hearing the pain in

I could hear him standing at the front door now. Right there. Right fucking there.

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something for me.”

me. Please. Tell me

“What’s that?” Caleb asked.

Time stopped. Everything

her I’m not giving

physical blows. Each

day for the rest of my life if that’s

don’t do

voice broke completely. “Tell her Adrian and her baby girl needs her

I tasted blood. The sob that wanted

and hiding and pretending I was doing the

Lily. Oh God,

said quietly.

front door

Silence.

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