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.

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

in one day and I

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

Stigma always sticks.

every time I close my eyes, sleep

the night air will cool my hot

two figures walking in the distance, my

Alpha and Beta walking to in the middle of the

as she yawns, sounding half hearted in expecting me

relying on me too much...I can't, we can't stay much longer. We need to start distancing ourselves,

fear I was

cared for her brother and her parents

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

But I can't stay.

within an enemy pack, I'm not a

hide in the human world for some time. I

eye out the bedroom window, and am surprised to find not 2 but 3 males returning from the shadows. One

who stops and I

arrival leaving muddy car tyre marks in the grass. It

warrior who was at the security meeting I attended. This must be the male that