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CHAPTER 19: He Saved Me!
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The Deaf Alpha’s Unexpected Mate CHAPTER 22: Chemistry
SERAPHINEThe room was arranged again exactly as it had been the first night, and by now the ritual of it had almost become familiar, though it still stole my breath every single time I crossed the threshold. Fresh towels folded into precise squares stacked on the dresser. New nightwear laid across the bed like an offering, pale silk catching the last of the evening light through the tall windows. Bottles of perfume and lotion lined along the vanity, their labels in looping script I couldn't fully read, the glass catching gold from the lamp beside them. And beside the bed, wrapped in tissue thin as breath, a new dress for tomorrow's meeting, a new bag, and a pair of shoes.I lifted the bag first and set it right back down the second I caught the little gold plate on the price tag, the number stretching into thousands before the decimal point even arrived, more money than the entire orphanage saw in half a year combined. My stomach turned over at the sight of it, the same uneasy lurch
The Deaf Alpha’s Unexpected Mate CHAPTER 21: Be My Guest
SERAPHINEDinner should have ended an hour ago, and I was already reaching for my bag, my mind halfway down the road back to Riverside, mentally counting the hours until my kitchen shift and calculating whether I could still make it in time if I left within the next ten minutes. The chandelier above the table had burned low, throwing warm amber light across half-finished plates, and somewhere beyond the tall windows I could hear the low chorus of crickets starting up in the hedges, the sound almost peaceful after the chaos of the afternoon."You'll be staying the night. We have an early meeting."Kael's voice stopped me mid-step, and I turned back toward the table, my bag still clutched against my shoulder."I have an early shift at the orphanage kitchen." The words tumbled out too fast, panic climbing my throat before I could smooth it down. "Calista will make me pay if I don't show; she's been looking for a reason since."The sentence caught and died in my throat. Kael didn't look u
The Deaf Alpha’s Unexpected Mate CHAPTER 20: Isolde Flinched
KAELI found my mother pacing my study when I finally escaped the wreckage of the sitting room, her heels tracking a hard, restless line across the carpet, back and forth, back and forth, the way she used to pace when I was a boy and something hadn't gone her way. The candles along the far wall had burned low, wax pooling in thick amber ridges down the brass holders, and the fire in the hearth had settled to embers that pulsed faint orange light across the room every few seconds, like the house itself was holding its breath along with me.I took one long breath before I crossed the threshold, rubbing a hand over my face, already certain this was going to be fire before a single word passed between us. My jaw still ached faintly from where Isolde's palm had nearly landed in the sitting room, and some part of me, some old, tired part, had known the moment I stepped between her and Seraphine that this conversation was inevitable. My mother did not absorb humiliation quietly. She stored i
The Deaf Alpha’s Unexpected Mate CHAPTER 19: He Saved Me!
SERAPHINEI was late.Not by minutes, by nearly an hour, my leg dragging the whole road from Riverside like it wanted to punish me for every decision I'd made since sunrise. By the time the manor gates came into view, I was already breathless, sweat sticking my dress to my back, my hair coming loose from its pins in a way that would have made Ally wince.The courtyard was quiet in a way I didn't like. No guards at ease near the fountain. No servants crossing between the kitchens. Just a stillness that felt deliberate, the kind of quiet a house holds when someone important is inside deciding how the day is going to go.I found Isolde in the east sitting room before I'd even had the chance to catch my breath, arranged on a chaise like she'd been carved into it, a porcelain tea service laid out on the low table in front of her, untouched."You're late." She didn't look up from the book in her lap."I'm sorry, ma'am. The walk from the orphanage...""I don't care for excuses." She closed t
The Deaf Alpha’s Unexpected Mate CHAPTER 18: Better to Stay Than to Break
SERAPHINEIt was almost time for roll call, and I still hadn't woken. I pulled the blanket over my face, shutting out the thin morning light creeping through the shutter slats, and let myself lie there a moment longer than I had any right to. Somewhere behind me I could hear Ally moving fast, the rustle of fabric, the soft thud of her sandals against the floorboards. There was too much to do this week, the renovation had every hand in the orphanage stretched thin, and you dared not stand still for long or Calista would find a reason to make an example of you."You've got to be kidding me." Ally's voice cut through the fog of half sleep. "You better get your ass up and start your morning duty before you even think about heading to work. There's no entourage coming to pick you up today."I didn't answer. I was too busy trying to hold onto the last few threads of sleep, the only place my mind wasn't circling back to a pair of kohl rimmed eyes."Sera?" Calm this time, testing. Nothing. "S
The Deaf Alpha’s Unexpected Mate CHAPTER 17: The Woman Before Seraphine
KAELI found my mother standing in front of the painting.She hadn't asked permission to enter my study a second time that afternoon, but then Isolde never asked for anything she could simply take. She stood with her hands clasped behind her back, that same storm colored coat still buttoned despite the warmth of the room, studying the canvas the way she studied everything, for weakness, for value, for whatever leverage a thing might yield if pressed hard enough.I'd hung the painting behind my desk the week before, where I could see it without anyone noticing I was looking. I'd caught myself staring at it more times than I could count when I thought the room was empty."She's gifted," Isolde said, without turning from it."You didn't travel all the way to the countryside to discuss my painting. Let's get to it." I gestured for Mohan, who slid into the chair beside my desk, hands ready, the quiet fixture he always became whenever my mother required translating into a language I could n
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