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.

But I didn't have

and I was now starting to find the waistband of my

mate-less

Stigma always sticks.

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

bedroom window hoping the night air will cool my hot

two figures

and Beta walking to in the middle of the

demands as she yawns, sounding half hearted in expecting

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

I fear I

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

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

But I can't stay.

pack, I'm not a cruel person...I just couldn't do that to the child

the human world for

window, and am surprised to find not

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

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

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