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

Chapter 0190 Kala POV

It is half way through the banquet and I have been introduced to mostly everyone, apparently a new alpha was still expected this evening but hadn't turned up ye

I remembered a few names from the list Aubrey talked me through but there were a lot of Alphas and Lunas to remember. Some spoke as if I had already met them, their eyes turning sympathetic when I would then say I had amnesia and couldn't remember anything before my accident.

"I need to have a private word with Jude in his office." Hector whispers into my ear before he places a gentle kiss upon my neck.

Bastard, he knows I don't want to make a scene....his kiss landing completely on my mate mark. An elderly Luna even makes a noise thinking his interaction with me as adorable. I turn sarcastically sweetly smiling

at him.

"Don't go far." He orders as his hand remains on my lower back before he has the nerve to tap my backside before he walks away. His spot tactfully taken by Edmund as he moves in next to me.

don't need babysitting Edmund." I roll my eyes as I watch Hector and Jude swiftly leave the banquet. "I'm not.."

"Edmund..." I tut at his pathetic attempt to try and fool me.

"I have orders to follow and I feel bad for the pool incident earlier." He admits, although he did nothing.

wrong.

"Bad for whom?" I quirk an eyebrow at him.

"For Alpha Hector, I didn't think. His face when I told him, it stopped my own heart....the panic in his eyes." Really, I start to think of a quit witted response but then I look at Edmund...his sincerity was pouring out of him.

Something inside of me changes..

Maybe I was being unreasonable, maybe I needed to look at it on Hector's point of view. If our roles were reversed, would I be as protective and possessive of him...maybe. But I would let him make his own decistons still.

My head was starting to ache from trying to remember all these new faces and names, and I also didn't need a chaperone.

"There's a bench over there. I'm going to sit on it and enjoy the view overlooking the pack grounds. You will see my back the entire time.. "Luna..I must insist.."

"And so must I Beta Edmund. Not as a Luna but as an Alpha in my own right." I don't wait for his refusal, I pick up a fresh glass of champagne from the bar area before walking over to the bench and sitting myself down.

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at the end of the garden, overlooking the pack lands in the distance. It was getting late but the pack lighting and the glow from the moon afforded

he was built like an alpha, oozing confidence and strength. He had a heavy beard that was starting to curl in on itself. "I was sorry to hear about your Father. He

know my father?" This piques my Interest and although I just want to be left alone, I am keen

knew him back when he was the Alpha of the Clear Waters pack..and

in the family." I had been receiving compliments all night but something about his eyes, the way they trailed up

was a game changer. Those not willing to join the game...they got lost behind." I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that

hoping to speak to you actually about your pack lands and what your father was

there. My

his

left everything with

to excuse himself and rejoin the banquet. I wasn't particularly keen in starting a new conversation...I look behind to see if Hector has re-entered

the Dark Phantom pack.

yes, Hector has

"Reputation?"

know...for being a bit of

comes forward at his words, a feeling

"Oh!"

of course. Do you have any returning memories of the night you fell into the

did you know about me falling into water?" Not many people outside of my

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Hector

he tell

"Of that night.."

in the water and pulled me out

to me and listen to me carefully. I was visiting the pack, I was visiting your Father. I found you

that you give into the bond. He's been lying to you for a long time.

becomes dizzy at his words, why would Hector lie about

"Why would he lie?"

your amnesia to control your pack. To control you like your father did. Those words again...control. That I had been controlled. I have to remind myself where I am, at a banquet, at another's Alpha's pack but really

a deep intake of air, I

were you visiting my father?" I shake my head, trying to stop the confusion and