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

Chapter 0182

Hector POV

After breakfast I head into my office keen to continue reading the file that Jude had provided me with. From what I can understand the ancestors moved from pack land to pack land in search of their original land.

But some kind of conflict occurred within the group forcing them to break apart, to break away. Many joined other packs looking for a way to connect with the more modern shifter lifestyle, while a select few regathered. But I can't seem to find anything on whether this group still existed today and if they did, where they would be now.

I needed to know more, in time I would tell Kaia of my research but not until I knew everything, not until I knew all the information before sharing it with her.

She'll have questions and I want to be able to answer every one of them for her.

Continuing to read, I feel one of the gate guards pushing on the mind-link, they had only switched over from the night shift about two hours ago, why was he contacting me this already. "Yes?"

"Alpha, Alpha Than of the Amber Desert pack is at the gates, wanting entry."

"This early?"

"Yes Alpha, he says it's important." I bet he did. For Than to be here this early, he must have been up even earlier than me this morning.

feelings serve me right, he will be returning the divorce papers. As soon as

"Yes Alpha."

safely back in my safe. Only H and Jude knew about my research

outside but I have no intention of welcoming him into my house, I wouldn't move from my spot. I don't want him to feel welcomed in the home I built for myself. The home my

you direct our arrival into the office

quickly responds

towards my office where she taps on

hands as she lets him walk past her. She remains stood in her spot, staring daggers into his back and I have to

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of whiskey seeping out of his pours. He was a drunk. He had lost weight and his hair was a mess, hadn't been cut for weeks. He looked awful. "You stink." I

see you too

snarl at him as his eyes look around my office, his eyes casting on things that make me wonder if he is trying to find details on what

it was just my paranoia, Than had clearly been hitting the bottle since

fit state to underhandedly gain information