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

Chapter 0038

Than POV

Utter horseshit.

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I could feel the moment my pack member died. The one I just gave away.

What else could I have done, Hector had me over a barrel and he knew it.

As an alpha I was entrusted to feel each birth and each death, a hard part of being an alpha sometimes... but it was part of the balance.

I've been told it feels different for every alpha, but for me it feels like a candle has been blown out, the soft glow of life now a small cold void. However, it doesn't last long before a new pack birth enters the void, the circle of shifter life.

I could of killed him myself for fucking things over.

My plan has been delayed now.

The now dead male having taken matters into his own hands.

his mate, but if I didn't hand him over my reputation would be smeared as the

into their alpha mate's ears...sealing the deal each night in

to make a lasting impression, impress the

of gold. Which

forget the day she last saw Hector, trying to throw him out by the scruff of his neck. She wasn't pleased with Father for getting involved. He always had a way of reining her back in. But Hector had

watching my sleeping mate, Hector has been busy making alliances with the other packs for a while now, cementing his reputation in the alpha circles. Flirting with the lunas to gain their trust. It's not just the Dark Phantom pack I'm up against now...it's all

do a trade, which didn't surprise me at all. He'll wait for the most opportune moment for him before he suggests a trade. I know

more underhanded, I need to start being more like him...

carved this reputation out as

the Dark Phantom pack, staying with him because she feels

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Chapter 0038

she know that he can't be trusted. You'll

to meet me at the borders.

a message to her, but we

him, that he is only keeping her to get

ahead of me, an idea comes

at Zane through the mind-link, giving my beta full authority

Where