Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

Chapter 181

Chapter 181

Damien’s POV 1

The drive home was silent except for Lily’s soft sniffling in the backseat.

I gripped the steering wheel tight enough to make my knuckles ache. My jaw was clenched so hard I thought my teeth might crack.

*She was here.*

Maybe.

Probably not.

And if she was–if Sera was really here, in this city, close enough for Lily to see her–then what?

What did that mean?

That she’d been here all along? That she’d watched us from a distance but never bothered to make contact? That she’d moved on with

her life while we fell apart without her?

The anger hit me like a freight train. Hot and ugly and completely unwelcome.

Three years.

Three fucking years of searching. Of lying awake wondering if she was safe. Of telling my children bedtime stories about their mother so

they wouldn’t forget her face.

And she’d just… what? Been living her life somewhere? Happy? Content?

While I raised our children alone?

“Daddy?” Lily’s small voice cut through my thoughts. “Are you mad at me?”

The question was like ice water down my spine.

I pulled into our driveway and killed the engine, turning to look at her in the backseat. Her face was streaked with tears. Her pigtails

were a disaster. Those mismatched shoes broke my heart.

“No, baby. I forced my voice to gentle. “I’m not mad at you. Not even a little bit.”

“But you look scary: Her bottom lip trembled. “Like you want to hit something”

She wasn’t wrong, I did want to hit something. Preferably whatever circumstances had kept Sera away for three years.

“I’m just tired,” I lied. “Come on. Let’s get you inside”

The house was chaos within minutes.

“Adrian!” I called up the stairs. “Come help me with dinner!”

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from

“Now, please.”

at the top of the stairs, his dark

glasses sliding down his

are we having?”

throw together in twenty minutes.” I headed toward the

feet. “Why can’t we just order

we had

“Pizza is nutritious!”

not

in the kitchen doorway, still wearing those mismatched

table,” I

and ran off to grab the dishes. I heard a

Deep breath.

voice rang out. “It

snorted with laughter.

to

I wasn’t being nice, I’d tell

hand froze on the refrigerator

the crisper drawer. “Lily won’t shut up about her. She

impossible because Mom left

“Adrian-”

fine, Dad” He started washing lettuce with mechanical efficiency. “I’m over it. Mom made her choice.

anyway?

“That’s not true”

me, and the anger in his eyes was devastating “She didn’t even say goodbye. Just wrote a stupid letter and disappeared.

it. What was I supposed to say

Adrian

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her choice. And that choice was to leave

said finally. “We’ll talk

grabbed

stood there in the kitchen, surrounded by half–prepared food, and

The anger.

defended Sera to anyone. Would have torn apart anyone who dared suggest she didn’t

But now?

out most of the rogue territories. Made our pack safe.

hadn’t come back.

really didn’t care

and bitter twist in

Dinner was tense.

occasionally sniffling. Adrian ate

was school today?”

Adrian shrugged. “Fine.”

“Learn anything interesting?”

“Not really

saw Mama today!” Lily announced suddenly. “She

his eyes. “You saw some random lady who looked vaguely like the pictures

Defensive. “She had forest eyes and

about a million other

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