Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond

Chapter 0035 Kaia POV

My stomach was in complete knots.

What do I do...leave now but it is the middle of the night? I don't even know where Father is, I was waiting for the confirmed new sighting.

Panic was

s continuing to creep in on me, and the lack of sleep was doing things to my usually calm-under-stress mindset.

The house i is dead quiet, so much so that I hear the moment Hector walks back in and presses the ice dispenser on the fridge.

I won't wait for him to hand me over to Than to find out, I'd rather he told me to my face and gave me enough notice to prepare myself. Gave me the respect of at least looking into my eyes when he tells me. I head downstairs, where the ticking grandfather clock at the bottom of the staircase confirms the current time as 2.30am.

The solemn sight of the notorious Dark Phantom alpha isn't what I was expecting at all. A glass of whiskey in hand, he was half bent over the kitchen island work top, his free hand rubbing at his temple. "What are you doing up?" He turns when I enter the kitchen, the floor boards creaking under my steps.

"I couldn't sleep...who was that man?"

A large sigh escapes him as he stands up and turns completely to face me. His lower back resting against the kitchen unit, his legs crossed at the front.

A

How was it possible for him to own a room with only him and me in it.

wasn't so dire I'd reflect more internally on how handsome he looks, how he looks

one that attacked

has traded

"Where is he now?"

"In the cells..."

sarcasm in my voice, his body straitening, no longer at ease as his eyes furrow

Well...yes."

would have wanted something

going

that

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Chapter 0035

am I

I'm

side of Rosa, helping to hold her up with

newborn fawn, as I

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