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.

gives me start

At night I could sometimes smell his burnt oranges and dark chocolate scent when I step outside to look up at the moon. The doctor said Lwould experience odd things,

I imagine smelling his

mate bond already trying to push me towards

this time, I refuse to be the moon

Her entertainment.

Chapter 0057

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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 all. The doctor wasn't

She jumps from my sofa as I scream behind

my chest, my breathing heavy before I burst into laughter. At least for a change it

sorry, I

yet didn't wait for a

daily Kaia, more than once. I need to check you

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

"Check?"

is worried...he wants to know you are okay. He says

I full well know I am blocking him through the pack

with Than.

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

"Aubrey...stop."

please...I've never seen him like this. He's not good, he's trying to give you some space. But it is clear how much he misses you. How much he cares

know he had a mate, I

had hoped I was his mate. That's what she was going

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

"Believe me, he did."

explain." This pack was different, and

space. If you need me,

her parting words. But rather then