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.

found it hard not to relate it to my own current predicament. But I didn't have the love of a

one day and I

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

Stigma always sticks.

coming back in vivid flashbacks every time I close my eyes, sleep doesn't come

open the bedroom window hoping the night air

figures walking in

Beta walking

them." My wolf demands as she yawns, sounding half hearted in

we can't stay much longer. We need to start distancing ourselves, not

I fear I was already

cared for her brother

was the complete opposite of Than. He was a leader, he remained strong when others would use their fists. If things

But I can't stay.

enemy pack, I'm not a cruel person...I

or hide in the human world for

the bedroom window, and am surprised to

escape but is swiftly held at the throat by Hector, who stops and I wonder why until I see the car arriving and pulling

leaving muddy car tyre marks in the grass. It hadn't stopped raining all day and all night

This must be the male that attacked Rosa, her mate. But if he was an Amber Desert pack member...why has Than given