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 solid family behind me like

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

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

Stigma always sticks.

memories coming back in vivid flashbacks every time I close my

night air

I see two figures walking in the distance, my

Beta walking to in the middle

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

was already relying on me too much...I can't, we can't

I fear I

girl, her own experience resonating with me. I cared for her brother and

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

But I can't stay.

within an enemy pack, I'm not a cruel person...I just couldn't do that to the child or the child's

Father or hide in the human world for some time. I have money, I could

but I do keep an eye out the bedroom window, and am surprised to find not 2

throat by Hector, who stops and I wonder why until I see the car arriving and pulling up next to

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

must be the