Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond

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Chapter Kaia POV

I was struggling to sleep, my mind was completely on what had happened to Rosa and I found it hard to escape the memories of her haunting cries as the doctor checked her.

She was covered in bruises, whoever he was, he hadn't been gentle. Not what a mate should be at all. This poor girl will be a shadow of herself for a long time.

I held onto her throughout, I had only just met the girl but something hit home with me about what she had been through.

I kept hearing her cries throughout the rest of the day as echoes replaying in my ears. Nausea completely taking over me plenty of times.

Mates can be cruel.

I didn't tell her what the pill was for, I just told her to take it.

Was that wrong?

Did I abuse her trust in me?

She was too young to deal with that, she has her entire life ahead of her. If this was her mate, she deserved so much better, and in time she'll realise that mates are meant to be a gift, not a curse.

I found it hard not to relate it to my own current predicament. But I didn't have the love of a solid family behind me like Rosa, I was pregnant and alone.

I was starting to show now, my belly had massively grown in one day and I was now starting to find the waistband of my clothes getting too tight.

Everyone would soon know, soon start whispering that I was mate-less but pregnant. That I would be burden to this pack.

Stigma always sticks.

With my own memories coming back in vivid flashbacks every time I close my eyes, sleep doesn't come easily to me.

Unable to rest, I open the bedroom window hoping the night air will cool my hot flushes down; caused by the flashbacks.

As I push open the window, I see two figures walking in the distance, my eyes recognising them immediately.

Where was the pack's Alpha and Beta walking to in the middle of the night?

"Follow them." My wolf demands as she yawns, sounding half hearted in expecting me to carry out her request.

"No, we can't get attached to these people. Rosa today was already relying on me too much...I can't, we can't stay much longer. We need to start distancing ourselves, not get more involved." Chapter 0034Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

But I fear I was already there.

I cared for this Rosa girl, her own experience resonating with me. I cared for her brother and her parents who will need help in finding her spark again.

I know I care for Hector, I haven't admitted it to myself, but how could I not? I seemed to have a one sided mate bond with him, and the way he handled today, was the complete opposite of Than. He was a leader, he remained strong when others would use their fists. If things were different...if we had met another time, I would push forward with the connection, fight for him.

But I can't stay.

I can't raise a pack heir within an enemy pack, I'm not a cruel person...I just couldn't do that to the child or the child's father.

Better for us to find Father or hide in the human world for some time. I have money, I could do that.

I ignore my wolf and don't follow, but I do keep an eye out the bedroom window, and am surprised to find not 2 but 3 males returning from the shadows. One being held tightly by the wrists by Beta Ezra..

He makes an effort to escape but is swiftly held at the throat by Hector, who stops and I wonder why until I see the car arriving and pulling up next to them.

The car's arrival leaving muddy car tyre marks in the grass. It hadn't stopped raining all day and all night so far.

They all enter the car, which is driven by the head warrior who was at the security meeting I attended. This must be the male that attacked Rosa, her mate. But if he was an Amber Desert pack member...why has Than given him up?

Than doesn't do anything out of the goodness of his own heart.

I know that now more than ever.

He was stubborn, arrogant and always thinking of the next step.

It suddenly occurs to me...what did Hector promise him in return. What have they agreed to...

I could feel the icy coldness of panic hitting my chest and spreading down my spine. The closing of the bedroom window doing nothing to remove the chill that now

focates me.

I have never felt so vulnerable in arriving at this pack than I do at this

What did Hector promise Than in return, he must have given his w "ery, moment in time.

means I have no choice, I have to leave before I am taken.