Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV 1

“I think my mama’s around here somewhere.”

The words hit me like lightning.

My heart stopped. The blood in my veins turned to ice.

Adrian stood there on the sidewalk, his small body tense with concentration, his silver–blue eyes scanning the street with an intensity

that made my soul scream.

“Oh God,” I whispered, my hands flying to cover my mouth. “Oh God, oh God, oh God.”

“Sera, get down!” Caleb’s voice was sharp, urgent. “Get down right now!”

But I couldn’t move. Couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t do anything except stare at my five–year–old son as he searched for me with senses I’d

forgotten he possessed.

“Sera!” Caleb grabbed my shoulder, pushing me down toward the floor. “Duck! Now!”

I collapsed forward, my forehead hitting my knees, my whole body shaking like I was having a seizure. Through the car window, I could

still hear the nanny calling to Adrian.

“Adrian, honey, what are you doing? We need to go home.”

“We’re leaving,” Caleb said grimly, starting the engine. “Right now.”

Through the rear window, I watched Adrian take another step forward, his head tilted, his whole body focused on something he couldn’t

quite identify. The nanny was beside him now, her hand on his shoulder, trying to guide him back to the car.

“Adrian, sweetie, there’s no one here,” she said gently.

Then we turned the corner, and I lost sight of him.

I collapsed back into my seat, my whole body convulsing with sobs I couldn’t control. My chest felt like it was being crushed, hike

someone was squeezing all the air out of my lungs.

I gasped between sobs. “Caleb, he knew I

white on the steering wheel. “He’s

he tells Damien?” Panic clawed at my throat. “What if

That he thought he smelled his mother near his school?” Caleb’s voice was steady, trying

the time. Damien might

tear apart

there.

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hands against my face. “I

sentence. Couldn’t say

stay here.

to the Morrison house passed in a blur of tears and silence. Caleb kept glancing at me, his face tight with

talk. Probably figured I

He was right.

pulled into the familiar gravel driveway, I’d cried myself empty. My eyes

hit

appeared on the front porch before we’d even gotten out of the car, her face creased

opened her

murmured, pulling me against her soft warmth. “What happened? You look like you’ve seen

shoulder. “And

arms tightened around me. Over my head, I heard her and Caleb exchange words in low voices, but I couldn’t focus

All I could think about was Adrian’s face. The way

inside,” Margaret said gently, guiding me toward the house. “Let me make

let her lead me to the kitchen, let her settle me at the table, let her fuss with the kettle and tea bags because it

I was still standing on that

mug into my hands.

sip. It tasted

settling into the chair beside

come out of school. About

with senses that should have been impossible

stay here,” I said

in the

went very still. “What

I looked up at her, saw my own pain reflected in her

to want to see them. And if I

hands free, wrapping them around the warm mug. “I need to go somewhere

different.”

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