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 didn't have the love of a solid family behind me like Rosa,

and I was

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

Stigma always sticks.

coming back in vivid flashbacks every time I close

night air will cool my hot flushes down;

I see two figures walking in the distance, my eyes recognising

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

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

on me too much...I can't, we can't stay much longer. We need to start distancing ourselves, not get more involved." +25 BONUS Chapter

I fear I was already

her own experience resonating with me. I cared for her brother

handled today, was the complete opposite of Than. He was a leader, he remained strong when

But I can't stay.

raise a pack heir within an enemy pack, I'm not a cruel

or hide in the human world for some

don't follow, but I do keep an eye out the bedroom window, and am surprised to find not 2 but 3 males returning

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

marks in the grass. It hadn't

attended. This must be the male that attacked Rosa, her mate.