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.

current predicament. But I didn't

show now, my belly had massively grown in one day and I was now

start whispering that I was mate-less but pregnant. That I would be burden to

Stigma always sticks.

in vivid flashbacks every time

open the bedroom window hoping the night air will

see two figures walking in the distance, my eyes

was the pack's Alpha and Beta walking to in the middle

demands as she yawns, sounding half hearted

on me too much...I can't, we can't stay much longer. We need to start

fear I was already

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

today, was the complete opposite of Than. He was

But I can't stay.

enemy pack, I'm not a cruel person...I just couldn't do that to the

in the human

the bedroom window, and am surprised to find not 2

held at the throat by Hector, who stops and I wonder why until I

marks in the grass. It hadn't stopped raining all day and

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