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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down from

“Now, please.”

top of the

sliding

are we having?”

together in twenty minutes.” I headed toward

his feet. “Why can’t

we had

“Pizza is nutritious!”

is not a

the kitchen doorway, still wearing

the table,” I told

seriously and ran off to grab the dishes. I heard a

Deep breath.

Lily’s voice rang out. “It was just a

snorted with laughter. “She’s a

to your

wasn’t being nice, I’d tell her she’s been crying about that fake mom lady

hand froze on the refrigerator

at the bakery: Adrian pulled vegetables from the crisper drawer. “Lily won’t shut up about her.

obviously impossible because Mom left three years ago and isn’t coming

“Adrian-”

with mechanical efficiency. “I’m over it. Mom made her choice.

anyway?

“That’s not true”

devastating “She didn’t even say goodbye. Just

opened my mouth. Closed it. What was I supposed to

Adrian was

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made her choice. And that choice was to leave us

said finally. “We’ll talk about this

nothing to talk about.” Adrian grabbed the salad bowl

stood there in the kitchen, surrounded by

The anger.

anyone. Would have torn

But now?

of the rogue territories. Made our pack safe. Built a

she still hadn’t come back. Hadn’t

really didn’t

thought made something dark and

Dinner was tense.

pushed food around her plate, occasionally sniffling. Adrian ate in aggressive silence. I pretended

school

Adrian shrugged. “Fine.”

“Learn anything interesting?”

“Not really

announced

saw some random lady who looked vaguely like the pictures Dad has

Defensive. “She had forest

about a million other women in

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