Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Seraphina’s POV T

The cold metal of the shackles bit into my wrists as they draggedfrom the cell. My legs barely held my

weight-the wolf poison still coursed through my veins like liquid fire, keeping Ayla buried somewhere deep

and unreachable.

“Move!” The guard’s boot connected with my lower back, sendingstumbling forward down the narrow

corridor.

Every step echoed off the concrete walls. The prisoners in the other cells pressed themselves against the

bars, watching with hollow eyes as | passed. They knew. They all knew where this led.

To the execution chamber.

My heart hammered against my ribs, but | forced myself to stand straighter. Whatever happened, | wouldn't

give them the satisfaction of seeingbreak.

The corridor opened into a larger room that stank of blood and death. Harsh fluorescent lights buzzed

overhead, casting sickly shadows across what looked like an abandoned warehouse. Metal chains hung from

the ceiling. Dark stains covered the concrete floor.

And there, waiting forlike a queen holding court, stood Valerie.

She'd cleaned herself up since our last encounter. Her golden hair was pulled back in a sleek ponytail, and she

wore fresh clothes-black jeans and a red silk blouse that probably cost more than most people made in a

month. But I could still see the faint bruises around her throat from where I'd tried to choke the life out of

her.

Not that | regretted it. Only that I'd failed.

Beside her, Voss lounged in what looked like a throne made from welded metal and animal pelts. The rogue

king was even more massive than | remembered, his scarred face split in a predatory grin as his cold eyes

took in my restrained form.

“Well, well,” Valerie purred, her voice dripping with false sweetness. “Look what the cat dragged in.”

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The guards forcedto my knees in front of them. The concrete was rough and cold against my shins, but |

kept my chin up. Met her gaze with every ounce of defiance | had left.

“Sister dear,” | said, my voice hoarse but steady. “Still playing dress-up, | see.”

Her smile faltered for just a moment. Good. | could still get under her skin.

“You always did have a smart mouth,” she said, taking a step closer. “But that’s about to change.”

| tried to reach for Ayla again, desperate for even a whisper of her strength. Nothing. The wolf poison had

built a wall between us that felt impossibly thick.

“You know,” Voss continued conversationally, “I’ve been running this operation for a long time. Years of

collecting the worst scum the wolf world has to offer. Death row inmates, every last one of them.”

My blood ran cold. “What are you talking about?”

“The cells downstairs,” Valerie explained, her voice bright with malicious glee. “They're not just prison cells,

Sera. They're holding areas. For condemned prisoners waiting for execution.”

“We've been working our way through the list,” Voss added. “One by one.” He grinned. “And now it’s your

turn.”

The casual cruelty in his voice made my skin crawl. But | wouldn't give them the fear they wanted.

“Damien will cfor you,” | said, pouring every ounce of conviction | could muster into the words. “When

he finds out what you've done, he’ll hunt you to the ends of the earth. Both of you.”

Valerie threw back her head and laughed. The sound echoed off the walls like breaking glass.

“Oh, Sera,” she gasped when she finally stopped. “You really think he’s coming to save you?”

“I know he is.”

“Even if he could find you,” Voss said, standing up from his throne to tower over me, “it wouldn't matter. You

see, sweetheart, by the tanyone figures out where you are, you'll be long dead.”

“And even if by smiracle he did show up,” Valerie added, her eyes bright with cruel delight, “what exactly do

you think he could do? You can’t even summon your wolf anymore.”

She was right. The wolf poison had severed my connection to Ayla so completely that I might as well have

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been human. Weak. Vulnerable. Ordinary.

“That's the beauty of wolfsbane,” Valerie continued, beginning to pace aroundin slow circles. “It doesn’t just

block your connection to your wolf-it paralyzes the wolf itself”

My stomach lurched. “Ayla...”

“But here’s the really fun part,” Valerie said, stopping directly in front of me. “The dose we gave you before?

That was just to keep you manageable. What we're about to give you...” She nodded to one of the guards, who

stepped forward with a syringe that looked twice as large as the one they’d used before.

The liquid inside was the ssickly green color, but there was so much more of it.

“This should be enough to kill your wolf permanently,” she said. “And then kill you.”

Terror shot throughlike ice water, but | forced my voice to stay steady. “Damien won't let this stand.

Neither will any of the pack. They’ll—"

“They'll what?” Valerie interrupted. “Hunt down a few rogue wolves who vanished into the wilderness? We'll

be ghosts by the tthey even start looking.”

“You're insane,” | whispered.

“I'm practical,” Valerie corrected. “I always hate you.”

Voss stepped toward me, the syringe ready in his massive hand. “Hold her still.”

The guards grabbed my arms, pinning them behind my back. | struggled against their grip, but without Ayla’s

strength, | was no match for them.

“Wait, | gasped, desperation clawing at my chest.

“No more talking” Voss said firmly. He grabbed my head, tilting it to expose my neck. “Tto say goodbye,

princess.

The needle pierced my skin like a white-hot poker. | screamed as the poison flooded my system, burning through

my veins like molten metal.

The effect was immediate and devastating.

Where the first dose had built a wall betweenand Ayla, this felt like it was tearing down the very

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foundations of my being. Pain exploded through every nerve ending, as if my body was being turned inside

out,

| convulsed against the restraints, my back arching as agony unlike anything I'd ever experienced consumed