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

Chapter 0067

Kaia POV

"No...she can't let him mark her." A desperate howl almost leaves his lips, forcing my own body to react with knowing dread.

"Hector?"

"It's an invitation to their marking ceremony..." He places a hand to his forehead that firmly leaves red pressure marks visible when he finally lowers his hand back down. "Why would he send that to you?"

"Because he is toxic..." He snaps at me, and I find myself putting my walls back up. My wolf knowing before me what is inevitably to come.

"...because he wants to show that he has won."

Won...

He thrusts the invitation into my hold and I feel sick just holding it, knowing the textured card has been perfectly designed with their happiness in mind.

His own parents announcing the joyous occasion...their names solidifying the bond they share with her... the bond I never had.

They never even tried. To them I was too argumentative.

My thumb strokes the delicately printed flowers bordered with gold ink as my heart aches. A sick 'reminder of what I will never have.

My mate is finally to mark another. I knew he would, after seeing her in the hospital bed. After hearing of her reawakening. I knew this would come.

Maybe I'm just more prepared than Hector, he has never let go of his plans... of his hopes of saving her.

out of the hold their

enough tears over the

"How do you mean?"

this....it just

to stop

the madness of the wolf within. The wolf being denied a mate

as he grabs at his hair, takes

+25 BONUS

Look... it's not even for another fortnight. You have

part of me that wants to join Hector... that wants to stop this ceremony before

guilty of using those against me aplenty, then I

doesn't know what she is

I need to make him

weak, if anything it

he is...you've

of his hands only pauses his self-harassing movements temporarily. He isn't in

way he will

out of my hold, why does such a simple movement hurt so much. Like it carried the weight of a thousand knives being

have to do

me of what else is a stake here if he goes to

sees her...he's going to know. He's going to know how ill she is. He's going to fight to save her and the only way to save her is through me... "Hector,

Kaia, she's my mate. I

can't even find his car keys. Cursing at himself for not being able to find them

his chaotic search objects are thrown to the floor as he searches