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

Chapter 0057

Chapter 0057

Kaia POV

I was back alone, back in a home to myself.

But this time was different, the pack wasn't ignoring me. I wasn't being shunned.

Word must have got around because every morning I opened the front door to find baskets of freshly baked bread and cakes, freshly picked fruit or vegetables from their gardens.

They cared and that meant the world to me.

I just couldn't properly digest that right now.

I was still healing.

When I am ready I will thank them all with the gratitude I hold deep within me.

My new home wasn't near the pack borders a I had requested, it was close to the alpha mansion and pack house.

Hector claims it is the only one available but I don't believe him. I know for a fact that there are unused houses by the borders.

He's keeping a close watch on me. If I should leave, he'll lose all bargaining power with the Amber Desert pack.

Lose any chance of getting her out...what did he say, freeing her?

She wasn't a prisoner, I was their prisoner. She was loved and adored by the alpha, by the pack who helped keep the past from me. She didn't need rescuing.

Sleep I was struggling with. The silence of the night making more own thoughts louder, the moon's powerful glow reminding me of what I have lost.

me start to heal at the stillest of

said Lwould experience odd things, lack of smell, imaging scents that don't exist. That with my wolf regaining her strength, yet the reducing pregnancy hormones confusing her just as much as me, that I might have a

else would I imagine smelling his

bond already trying to push me towards him, already trying to

I

Her entertainment.

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in the front room when I come down from my morning shower that has me almost jumping out of my own skin. I didn't sense her presence through smell or hearing at

from my sofa

clutch at my chest, my breathing heavy before I burst

I

didn't wait for

once. I need to check you are

I do feel guilty, I was fond of Aubrey but I just

"Check?"

wants to know you are okay. He says you are blocking

I full well know I am blocking him through

with Than.

sighs as she walks towards me, trying to pull me into her arms. I don't want to be touched right now, not by anybody. The fear of my inner turmoil leaking out is stopping me from leaving

"Aubrey...stop."

clear how much he misses you. How much he cares for

had a mate,

mate. That's what she was going to

of this in such a short space of time. It's as if he didn't have a life before this

"Believe me, he did."

not saying move back in but just let him explain." This pack was different, and maybe I owe them for their kindness...just to hear their alpha out. "I'll give it some

some space. If you need me, please

with her parting words. But rather then soothe me, they do quite