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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bench was 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 enough light that I could see pack members in the distance. I continue to watch

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?" This piques my Interest and although I just want

when he was the Alpha of the Clear Waters pack..and your Mother the Luna."

runs in the family." I had been receiving compliments all night but something about his eyes, the

game...they got lost behind." I'm not entirely sure

to you actually about your pack lands and what your father

don't know, I can't help you there.

his last

left everything with my sister to

keen to excuse himself and rejoin the banquet. I wasn't particularly keen in starting a new conversation...I look behind to see

of the Dark Phantom pack. Do

Hector has quite

"Reputation?"

know...for being a bit of a ladies'

words, a

"Oh!"

have

water?" Not many people outside

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Chapter 190

Hector

did he

"Of that night.."

he found me in the water and pulled me

to listen to me and listen to me carefully. I was visiting the pack, I was visiting your Father. I found you in the waters, I'm the one that pulled you out. I saved you." "No, Hector...he's the

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

why would Hector lie

"Why would he lie?"

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

moment and a deep intake of

my head, trying to stop the confusion and doubt make