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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overlooking the pack lands in the distance. It was getting late but the pack lighting and the glow from the moon afforded enough light that I could see pack members in

to see you." A big bullt male with a heavy beard sits down next to me. I could tell immediately that he was of alpha parentage, he was built like an alpha, oozing confidence and strength. He had a heavy beard that was starting to curl in on itself.

Interest and although I just want to

of the Clear Waters pack..and your Mother the Luna."

his eyes, the way they trailed up my body

got lost behind." I'm

was hoping to speak to you actually about your pack lands and what your father was up to." He

can't help you there. My sister is running the pack

through his last will and

with my

not seeming to be keen to excuse himself and rejoin the banquet. I wasn't particularly keen in starting a new conversation...I

Phantom pack. Do you know

has quite the

"Reputation?"

being a bit of a ladies'

jealously comes forward at his words, a feeling that was

"Oh!"

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

into water?"

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Hector tell

did he tell

"Of that night.."

found me in the water

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

the bond.

would Hector lie about such a claim...would

"Why would he lie?"

you, use 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 I wanted to

a moment and a deep intake of air, I collect

my father?" I shake my head, trying to stop the confusion and doubt make