Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 149

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Seraphina’s POV 1

I couldn’t eat.

For the third morning in a row, I sat at the breakfast table staring at Margaret’s perfectly fluffy pancakes while my stomach churned with

something that had nothing to do with hunger.

“Honey?” Margaret’s voice sounded distant, like she was calling to me from underwater. “You need to eat something. You’re getting too

thin.”

I picked up my fork. Put it down. Picked it up again.

Damien’s voice echoed in my head for the thousandth time. The same words I’d heard through the walls three days ago. The same

broken tone that made my chest feel like it was being crushed.

“I’m not hungry,” I whispered.

Margaret exchanged one of those looks with Robert. “You need your strength,” Robert said gently. “Even just a few bites?”

I managed to force down a piece of pancake. It tasted like sawdust.

Caleb appeared in the doorway, hair damp from his morning shower, work clothes already on. His eyes went straight to my untouched

plate, then to my face.

Something flickered in his expression. Concern. Understanding. Maybe pity.

“Morning,” he said, his voice carefully casual.

“Morning”

The word came out flat. Empty. Like everything else these days.

He poured himself coffee and settled across from me, watching me with those kind eyes that saw too much.

“Sleep okay?” he asked.

“Fine”

Another lie. I hadn’t slept properly since that night. Every time I closed my eyes, I heard Damien’s voice. Felt his presence so close l

could almost touch him.

I pushed back from the table, my chair scraping against the floor. “I should get ready for work.”

“Sera, wait-”

But I was already moving, escaping to the bathroom where I could lock the door and lean against it and try to remember how to breathe.

mirror looked like a stranger. Dark circles under my eyes. Checks hollow from not eating. Hair pulled back in a messy braid because I

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I looked like hell.

who’d made the biggest mistake of her life and couldn’t figure out how to

Work was a blur.

answered phones. Scheduled appointments. Smiled at customers until my

Little glances when he thought I wasn’t looking. That concerned expression that made

for her car,” I called out around

it!” His voice came from under a truck hood.

my practiced smile. “All set, Mrs. Patterson. Oil change

looks good.”

with those sharp grandmother eyes. “Are you

“Just tired,” I lied.

rest. And

chair and stared at nothing.

“Morrison’s Auto Repair.”

“Hi, is this Sarah?”

“Yes.”

calling about my truck. Can

the calendar, my eyes scanning

Are you still

How about

my palms against my eyes. The tears wouldn’t come anymore. I’d cried myself dry over

Margaret with dinner when

asked, stirring the

Just thinking.” He grabbed a beer from the fridge. “I need to make a supply run to the city tomorrow. Stock up on

heart jumped. “The

sale on brake

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hit me like lightning. Before I could

I come with

beer halfway to his mouth. Margaret’s spoon stopped mid–stir. Even Robert looked up from

“What?” Caleb asked carefully.

heart was racing now. “I just… I need to get out. See something different. I’m going crazy staying

carried a warning. “You know that’s not

“Why not?”

his expression serious. “Someone might

one will recognize me. I’ll wear a hat. Keep my head

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