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

was just too insurmountable.

So, for the last year I've remained quiet in the house he has assigned to me.

In

all honesty, I've grown tired of the life I lead, this wasn't the life I imagined for myself.

I tried to communicate with Than. I tried to put across my case to leave the Amber Desert pack, but he always said that there was still time.

I'm not sure what kind of measure of time he was referring to, but I felt out of time.

Anyway, it turned out that I was his "Luna", but in reality, I was his imprisoned canary.

However, I never gave up and ran, because I felt that my life should not the like this, and be sides, tulso had my own things that needed to be resolved.

His my ears as sit in my bedroom, an internal sigh escaping me for disturbance.

I walk out of my bedroom and downstairs, at first thinking I imagined his voice. Because why would he be

here.

But

this lingering scent was the key detail of him actually being here.

I walk into my living area to find him standing, his back to me. I can feel the chemical reaction of the mate bond trying to encourage me to touch him, to give into that gravitational pull to once again experience those tingles that only a mate can give. I resist. "What are you doing here?" He never visits me, why now.

"This is my pack, I can go wherever I want." His voice holds an irritation to it.

He has clearly been in night training; he is sweaty and dirty...his white tight vest now tingeing on the gre side, his jeans muddy from being left on the ground. His auburn hair now shaved down, not the long boyish strands I used to enjoy running my fingers through. He spins, his ejas turning a deeper brown as they flash at me... I'm only wearing a black slip. I thought I'd be alone as usual, no point dressing up for oneself. nan, why are you here?"

incurred a slight problem...

"A slight problem? And I can help how?"

bottle of whiskey this night. I won't talk to him like

mine. "It would seem I need to have a child..." His voice is cold, holding some kind of

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child?" I hide my scoff internally, as my wolf growls in my mind. She

US.

on me now for my disrespectful comment. His aura increasing, an

to make me submit

He doesn't know why.

much that

I ask why now? Where has this come from? Let's not pretend that you have any feelings for me Than. Why bring a child up in this unloving and toxic environment?" I untangle myself from his hold

goddess for him not to do, he starts walking towards me. His prowling steps resulting

This

man was

muscles, predatory eyes to help

have it wrong, that there has been some kind of misunderstanding between us

scent tickles at my senses, the roasted chestnut smell now mixed

front of me before I can do anything, his hand stroking at my face. A deep gulp

on me, I want to moan with pleasure from his touch,

just naturally continue, as his mouth kisses the tip of my shoulder. He pulls at my black spaghetti slip strap, running his tongue across the

as my head rolls back. I push my wolf away, was it selfish of

slurs on his own words as his hand grips at my neck, his hand angling my neck...a growl rumbling in his

a child? How

bond reduced me to this.

the lustful feel of his touch at my lower core as his free hand lifts under my hem and pushes my panties aside. His other hand remains at my neck, keeping me upright as his thumb now creates circular motions at my clit. Would a child make him love me again? Would a child

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don't think so, how could I knowingly bring a child into a relationship where the father can't be in the same room as the mother. "No!" I gasp out, my body now fighting against the mate bond. Waking up from its

my ear, his hand tightening