Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV 1

My heart hammered against my ribs as the footsteps behind me quickened. The sound echoed off the narrow buildings lining the street,

creating an eerie chorus that made my skin crawl.

*Move. Just keep moving.*

I clutched my grocery bag tighter, the plastic handles cutting into my palm. The bread was getting squished, but I didn’t care. All I cared

about was getting home. Getting somewhere safe. Getting away from whoever was following me.

The streetlights cast long shadows between the buildings, creating perfect hiding spots for anyone who wanted to stay unseen. But I

could still hear him back there. Still feel his presence like a weight pressing against my spine.

I turned right at the next corner, hoping to circle back toward the main street where there would be more people. More witnesses. More

safety.

But the footsteps turned too.

*Shit.*

My hands were shaking now, making it hard to keep hold of the grocery bag. The peanut butter jar rattled against the loaf of bread with

each step. Such normal, everyday sounds. Nothing like the terror pounding through my veins.

The footsteps sped up.

*Run.*

The thought hit me like lightning. I dropped all pretense of casual walking and broke into a sprint, my sneakers slapping against the wet

pavement. Behind me, I heard a grunt of surprise, then the sound of heavier footsteps giving chase.

*He’s following. He’s actually following me.*

I turned left into what I thought was another street, only to realize too late that it was an alley. A dead-end alley with brick walls on

sides and nowhere to go but back the way I’d

Where he was waiting.

pressing my back against the cold brick wall, my grocery bag falling to the ground

silhouetted against the

I’d thought. Broader. The kind

out, his voice slurred and

else. Something

heading home,” I managed, my voice coming out higher than

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closer, and I could see his face in the dim light.

he said, but there was something in his tone that suggested the

each other.”

closer. I pressed harder against the

to keep my voice steady. “My… my husband is waiting

came automatically, desperately.

looked around the empty alley. “Don’t

supernatural strength or speed. But I still had my

understand you’ve been drinking. Maybe you’re just looking for someone to talk to. But I’m not the right person. There are bars a few blocks over.

studying me like I was a particularly interesting

just said. “Really pretty.

throat went dry. “Thank you, but I really

He took another step, close enough now that I could see the broken blood vessels in his

got time.”

distance between us

something mocking in his voice

wear it when I go out alone,”

girl.” His smile got wider. “Very

my feet rustled in the wind. “What do you say we go somewhere

tone that sent ice through my veins. “I know a place.

sharper than I

flickered across his face. Annoyance.

he said, his voice losing some of its false friendliness. “Don’t be like that. I’m trying to be nice

against the brick wall behind me, feeling for any crack

was nothing except cold stone and the growing certainty that this was about