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.

own current predicament. But I didn't have the love of a solid

had massively grown in one day and

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

Stigma always sticks.

flashbacks every time I close my eyes, sleep

the night air will cool my hot flushes down; caused by

see two figures walking in the distance, my eyes recognising them

was the pack's Alpha and Beta walking to in

she yawns, sounding half hearted in expecting me to carry out

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

I fear I was already

me. I cared for her brother and

care for Hector, I haven't admitted it to myself, but how 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

But I can't stay.

can't raise a pack heir within an enemy pack, I'm not a cruel person...I just couldn't do that to

human world for

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

at the throat by Hector, who stops and I wonder why until

grass.

This must be the male that attacked Rosa, her mate. But if he was an Amber Desert