Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 180

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Damien’s POV

Panic.

Pure, undiluted panic flooded every cell in my b

ody.

“LILY!” My voice tore through the bakery. “LILY!”

The cupcake box hit the floor. Frosting exploded across the tiles in a purple and pink mess. I didn’t care.

“Where is she?” I grabbed Betty’s shoulders. Too hard. My claws were extending. “WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER?”

“I–I don’t know!” Betty’s eyes went wide with fear. “She was just here! Right behind you!”

I released her and spun toward the door. My wolf was surging beneath my skin, threatening to break free right here in this human

bakery.

*Find her. Find our pup. NOW.*

Alex’s voice in my head was feral. Desperate. Every protective instinct screaming.

I burst through the door onto the sidewalk. The street was busy. Too many people. Too many scents mixing together.

But there–beneath the exhaust and perfume and a thousand other smells–I caught it.

Lily’s scent. That unique combination of baby shampoo and the lavender soap and something purely her.

I followed it like a bloodhound. Down the sidewalk. Around the corner. My heart hammering so hard I thought my ribs might crack.

*Please. Please let her be okay. Please let her be safe.*

Then I saw her.

Running toward me on those mismatched shoes. Pigtails bouncing. Face streaked with tears but lit up with something that looked like

pure joy.

“DADDY!”

I dropped to

into my arms.

my chest.

cupping my face. “I found her! I found

words hit me like a

me

voice came out strangled.

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excitement. “She was right

exactly like you

for an entirely different reason. “Lily… baby…

at the cupcakes in the window next door, and then I

knew!”

keep my voice calm. Gentle. “You’ve never met

She insisted. “You tell me all the time! Black hair and green eyes and the most

Fuck.

things. For three years, I’d been keeping

mother even though they’d never truly

green eyes,” I said carefully. “You probably just saw someone

Lily’s voice got louder. More insistent. “It was her!

kneeling so we were eye level. “Mama isn’t here. She’s far away. You just saw

reminded you of her.”

Lily’s bottom lip started to tremble. “And

made me feel

chest tightened painfully. “What did

up with concentration. “That’s what Mrs. Betty has in her

jasmine and rain!”

Oh God.

already lost that,

Look at me. Look

eyes, her own filling with

this

back the way she’d

Two blocks

she talked to you?” My voice was getting

nodded. “She was really nice! Her voice was all soft and pretty. And she

were so pretty! Deeper than mine. Like green

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