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 have the

had massively grown in one day and I was now starting to find the waistband of my clothes getting

would soon know, soon start whispering that I was mate-less but pregnant. That I would be

Stigma always sticks.

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

open the bedroom window hoping the night air will cool my hot flushes down; caused

figures

and Beta walking to in the middle

half hearted in expecting me

these people. Rosa today was already relying on me too much...I can't, we can't stay much longer. We need

I fear I

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

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 would push forward with the connection, fight

But I can't stay.

I'm not a

or hide in the human world for some

I do keep an eye out the bedroom window, and am surprised to find not 2 but 3 males returning from the shadows. One being held tightly by the wrists by

effort 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 up next to

marks in the grass. It

all enter the car, which is driven by 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