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

Chapter 0161

Kala POV

I feel tingles across my face, my own moan waking me from a sweet slumber.

"Kala, wake up...we are here."

My eyes slowly open to find the sun setting, the night sky an array of soft pink and orange, and us parked in front of a guarded gate.

"We are here?" I ask sitting up, it didn't look like much, just a gate.

"Before we enter I just wanted to prepare you...."

"Prepare me for what?"

"A select few have heard you are returning.."

"Returning?" I repeat, my eyebrows furrowing.

"Yes, you stayed with me before you left for the Nightshade Reformed pack. They will be outside the alpha house, don't be alarmed...you left abruptly. They will just be glad you are safe." I hadn't realised until now that his hand was touching mine, his thumb drawing soothing circles on my open palm.

"Okay..." I'm hesitant in how to respond. I had no memory of his pack, of his people. I'm also now very aware as his hand moves away to the steering wheel, my hand missing his touch.

He had almost carried me back into the car from the restaurant, each time I fought against him he applied his lips to my neck, making me succumb to that addictive sensation.

He was a cryptic person, one minute assertive....then playful as he would ignite sparks across my skin in a way only he can do.

guards through his window, the gate opening and the car coming back to life. There was a lot of land, more so than at the Nightshade Reformed pack and at first I think it is just field after field, until we come into the central development. Plenty of buildings, mainly normal sized homes complement the landscape,

unnerves me but the very large

He groans as he slows

be hundreds of people parting as the car pulls up and Hector stops

stepping out of his side of the car and

it, he turns to face them all... their eyes all glaze over as one, their

I exit the car, the collective eyes of an entire pack dart to

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to murmur, their heads bowing in a sign

I turn

Luna of this pack. Hector confirms to me,

and into his home.

pack but I was also waiting to take my place as a Luna. My head was

is our bond. But to have two

He asks as we walk into

feeling slightly overwhelmed." For once I drop the sarcasm and am honest

chides back at me, earning a

a witty reply when a woman flings

back to us." She was

"Are you hungry?"

didn't want to bother you Judging by the way he calls her

snacks to see

them, before they both