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.

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

one day and I was now starting to find the

start whispering that I was mate-less but pregnant. That I

Stigma always sticks.

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

the bedroom window hoping the night air will

I push open the window, I see two figures walking in the distance,

the pack's Alpha and Beta walking to in the

she yawns, sounding half

to these people. Rosa today was already relying on me too much...I can't, we can't

fear I was

cared for her brother and her parents who will need

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

But I can't stay.

an enemy pack, I'm not a cruel person...I just couldn't do

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

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

stops and I wonder why until I see the car arriving and pulling up

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

the head warrior who was at the security meeting I attended. This must be the male that attacked Rosa, her mate. But if he