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 to heal at

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, lack of smell, imaging scents that

else would I

mate bond already trying to push me towards him,

I refuse to be the moon

Her entertainment.

Chapter 0057

+25 BONUS

sitting 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

from my sofa as I scream

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

sorry, I

wait for a

daily Kaia, more than once.

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

"Check?"

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

Must be the hormones." I full well know I am blocking him through the pack

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

"Aubrey...stop."

trying to give you some space. But it is clear how much he misses you. How much

know he had a mate, I had

what she was going to

at this pack. Look at all of this in such a

"Believe me, he did."

of the story. I'm 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

you need me,

leaves, I am left with her parting words. But rather then soothe me, they do