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.

my own current predicament. But I didn't have the love of a solid family behind me like Rosa, I was pregnant

belly had massively grown in one day and I was

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

Stigma always sticks.

my own memories coming back in vivid flashbacks every time I close my

rest, I open the bedroom window hoping the night air will cool

figures walking in the distance, my eyes

the pack's Alpha and Beta walking to

demands as she yawns, sounding half hearted in expecting me to carry out

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." +25

I fear I was

own experience resonating with me. I cared for her brother and her parents who will need

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

But I can't stay.

not a cruel

human world for some time. I have money, I could do

window, and am surprised to find not 2 but 3 males returning from the shadows. One being held

held at the throat by Hector, who stops

the grass. It hadn't stopped raining all day and all night so

meeting I attended. This must be the