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

Chapter

0008

Kaia POV

"Shall we?" The Alpha places his hand out, gesturing for me to enter his home.

A level of uncertainty washes over me but I ignore it, right now I have no other choice.

Why do I feel as if I am entering the wicked wolf's den?

The doorway is wide, yet I still find myself brushing past him... surely he must feel the mate bond? But nothing, not even a sharp intake of breath.

I pause at the bottom of the stairwell, the dark wooden stair case setting the tone for this house, I hope not for the pack also.

can't be in another pack like before, unable to trust a soul.

Unable to breathe.

But maybe that is my path now, mine and the baby's....just the two of us.

"My office is this way..." His voice echos as he now stands down a hallway, waiting for me to join him. It would seem he was impatient and didn't like to be kept waiting.

I glance behind, the further I walk into his den, the further I am away from a safe escape route.

I have

no choice, I will not go back, I remind myself as I follow him into his office.

"Alpha!" Beta Ezra enters the alpha's office just after we do. A black leather sofa aligns the back wall of the office, as his desk sits by a fire place. This place didn't ooze much warm.

It doesn't have a feminine touch, which tells me he lives alone. #

Ezra places an empty gold goblet on the desk with a silver dagger.

am unable to suppress the fear rising

knife on me? Silver...silver

alpha reaches for the silver knife and, suddenly protective of the life growing inside of me, I take a step back. A flicker of his

I know isn't missed by him. My heart

to the office door only for

dagger's sharp blade, not an ounce

even as his hand opens to show the blood gushing from his palm wound. I hold still, my wolf wanting to check the wound of our supposed new mate, whereas I am not so keen to show him warmth...not

over the goblet as drop after drop of his blood fills the golden cup. The smell of his blood mixed with his burnt oranges and dark chocolate scent creates an intoxicating perfume that tries to

wanted me to complete

is the test...."

I

look from the alpha to the beta, none the

are to stay, then you must drink my blood

words confuse me, I thought I made it clear I was looking to join his pack. How was drinking his blood

my blood, I will become your

usually what an

me as if

a.....rogue..." He quirks an eyebrow at me, little does he know I've not even been a

determination keeping

rim of the goblet, his

Wait..

What?

screams in my

father, how do we know this alpha won't use that against us. Use us and the child as a ransom against the Amber Desert pack?" "We don't" I respond in my

ives off that c

a problem?" He

out now...We won't stay long, once we find

far now, I won't

I refuse to.

his warm thick blood entering my mouth.

"Repeat

after me..." Ezra Immediately whispers into my