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

Kaia POV

"Glace is your family name, Varon your mate's, but obviously you two aren't married yet, and Sable.... Sable is your married name...although I can't see a change of name being applied for...did you never change it?" He busies himself by flicking through my paperwork before he looks back up at me.

"Change it?"

"From when you married Alpha Than Sable of the Amber Desert pack?" He looks at me as if I have no idea what is going on.

Because I don't and deep down I know he knows that. I can see the glint in his eye, he was enjoying my current confusion. To him knowledge is power, and he is powerful right now. Married...

I feel as if the entire room's flooring has collapsed beneath me.

That the carpeted floor has melted away leaving a black hole that I am currently dropping through, my stomach can feel the drop even though I am not even moving.

"I was married, married to Than Sable?" My eyes dart to Hector, whose eyes aren't denying the claim, in fact, he seems to be pained by the news. My eyes travel along those I considered my friends...Jude, Edmund...Ezra...finally landing on Alora.

My own sister's, my twin, my beta...her eyes are down unable to look me in the eye. They all knew, they all kept this from me. Even Alora, he was her mate...I was married to her mate...

"Yes, you were until recently. You applied for a divorce and it has been granted. I can see both sides have signed. Do you not remember signing this, the date seems to be after your...incident." The way he says incident makes my eyes snap back to him.

"I'm going to..." Hector seethes and for the first time since entering this room I can actually see Jude trying to calm him down.

He hasn't once gotten involved with Hector's previous outbursts but this was different.

"You're going to what, Alpha Hector?" The council man smirks, his voice loud as it bounces off the walls.

Is that why he and Alora aren't together, because of me?

I needed answers, answers only Hector and Alora can give me. I need to get out of here. I need to find out what exactly has happened, how I was married to Alora's mate.

My world was collapsing again, yet four council male's seem to be enjoying my world imploding. In fact, they all, except one, seem rather smug.

"My name is Kaia Glace, for the record." I confirm, my head held high. He might want to play games with me and my mate, a mate that I am furious at right now.

Furious at him, furious at my sister but I will not let that fury rule me, I will not let them see how much it has hurt me.

I will not fall into council's trap and judging by how quickly their smirks drop off their faces, they are starting to understand my strength.

"Then you are released from questioning...until we conclude our investigation." He grunts not hiding his disappointment.

I said before, my pack is not part of your alliance and what happens within pack

"Hmm...we shall see."

I wanted to get out of this room, get my wolf

pack was short, I waited until we were in the secure walls of

was in our office alone, whilst he was talking to

to me, if I strain hard enough, I can hear

wolf tries to calm me, her desire to accept the

married to somebody else

didn't tell us for a reason, just hear him

wasn't even in the courtroom when I heard this bombshell, yet she

mate bond always working its magic,

the hallway, he stops to

I growl as soon as

explain." He holds his hands up

how you failed to tell me something so important that it not only affects me but

Nightshade Reformed pack with Ezra, I was angry at her too. Angry that she would keep something like this from me. Something that has fundamentally impacted her life. "You had married Than, but he tricked you into the marriage, he married you to save Alora."

"To save Alora..."

use

do

ran...that's when I found you and brought you back here,

married to your

"Yes."

claim me, if we are mates Hector, why didn't you claim me

the window. I needed to take a deep

sighs out, eating the space up between us. His long strides

I found you at the

pack, until I realised how blind I had been. Your father sensed it, he knew that we were true mates, he even threatened Than when he came for Alora." His hands snake around my waist, before

was real and what I might

of them didn't make sense and I questioned

hard to have someone else confirm your

want him?"

also banished him from the Nightshade

idea of being married to Than.

for you was real, you