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

Chapter 0181

Kaia POV

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Exhaustion took over me last night and I gave into it. I let my body rest on the bed, wrapped in the towel from my shower...waking up the next day with the morning sun beaming through the gaps in the curtains. My body succumbed to the desperate call to sleep after my euphoric sensation with Hector.

I dressed myself to look irresistible, I wore a tight blue ribbed dress that enhanced my small curves and let my hair hang loose

No, I had nothing to feel awkward about, my question was a reasonable one...even if the timing was off.

Heading downstairs I hear Aubrey cooking breakfast until I reach the bottom of the stairs and his scent engulfs me, it seems stronger this morning than ever before.

Turning the corner I find him cooking breakfast, not Aubrey.

His white shirt was loosely open, revealing some of his chest. The pull to him is like that vortex from last night and I worry that if I get sucked in, I may never be able to climb my way out again. "Morning...sit." He orders as he glances behind him as he returns to the hob. Sitting at the breakfast island I peek over to the sight of eggs in the frying pan.

Soon enough he plates me up and I take a bite.

"Hmm I like these eggs."

"They are how my Mum used to make them." He casually states as he sits on the stool next to me and a sense of intrigue takes over me.

"What was it like for you....her passing I mean." As soon as I ask the question I wished I hadn't. Hector's mood shifts completely as he places his cutlery down to look at me. "Shit, sorry...I shouldn't have asked."

"No it's fine. I don't really talk about it much...I suppose my situation is different to others."

"Because your mother and father weren't mates?" I gently press...he knew so much about me, but I knew

nothing.

and I don't care how much he denies it, he loved her completely. Then he found his mate and, well,

wouldn't have given her a second thought. Then Mum died and I moved in with them." The words roll of his tongue too matter of factly for my

of the eggs, his

pack..." He pauses again, there's a rawness

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Chapter 0181

what happened?" Now that he was sharing with me, making him less of a puzzle... wanted to know more. Wanted to decode this enigma before

but Medea made it very clear that my brother was to be the next alpha, because I was only half a werewolf. Father

runs the pack but we don't

"Why not.."

right not his." A darkness takes over his eyes and I can see the hurt and resentment within them. He

have

another pack. A pack that most likely wouldn't even

myself." I don't miss that resentment again in his tone, the bitterness

had a clear path for you and you've proved him wrong anyway." "Who?" His eyes follow my fork again as I move it to my

strongest alpha around. Wait... the Amber Desert

"Yes..."

you grew up

"To a degree, yes."

that mean, to

she knows your brother

"Yes they are mates."

on the piece of egg that had lodged itself in the back

clear my

say?" His