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

Chapter 0224

Kaia POV

I almost jump out of my skin from a voice coming behind us. I thought we were being watched and part of me is glad it was her and not what I thought... the trees.

She had long silvery hair that was thinning slightly on top. Her eyes were a grey blue that seemed to be covered with something, almost like she was currently in a mind-link and they were glazed over...like a white shadow.

Her lips were more purple than a soft red and she hold aging spots on her face, neck and arms but rather than be a translucent brown...they were purple.

She pays Hector no mind, he was the biggest thing in this woods but she seems unbothered by him. Her eyes only for me.

"We were sent..." I try to cover the awkwardness that had settled between us.

"I know who you are. You should come in...never can be careful of who is watching." Her eyes turn behind her, her level of paranoia was unsettling.

It had me feeling at unease but I wasn't sure if it was to where she was looking behind her or from actually not wanting to enter the small hut with her.

She picks up some kind of wooden bucket off the ground before moving past us and towards her hut. She opens the door, leaving Hector and I both watching from a distance.

A soft glow of a fire provides a source of light in the otherwise dark wooded area.

I take a step forward, Hector's arm coming out to stop me.

"Maybe we should head back." His voice is a low growl.

"It would look rude."

"Sweetheart, I don't give a fuck about pleasantries..." He barks back at me, my eyes closing to calm the rising unsettling feeling within me.

Of course I wanted to head back but she had seen us now and we may not get another chance to meet her.

"It's fine, she might have answers." I place the palm of my hand on his chest before I follow her path and take my first step inside the hut, Hector breathing down my neck as his hands wrap around my waist. His touch was addictive, and I wanted more. "Put her down, I won't hurt her!" The woman clicks her tongue as she places water from the bucket into a pot on her fireplace.

"I can hold my mate all I like." Hector growls out, tactfully moving ahead of me. He was on edge...but I don't think she will harm us. She seems...sad to me.

I watch her as she moves to a counter, grabs a bottle of something and walks back to the fireplace.

She adds a few drops of liquid from the small bottle into the water before stirring it with a large wooden spoon.

her was as some kind of hermit witch that had been banished to the

a cup into the boiling water, places it to

a muffled pain escapes her. Whatever she just took, caused her severe pain. "Are you alright?" I call out to her, her eyes reopening as they turn a

did you just take?" Hector growls, pulling me into his lap as he perches against a dusty armchair where the

if we just witnessed a normal thing and we were the crazy

Hector roars, standing up and pulling me

this was a bad

it?" I ask out as Hector backs me towards the

the only way to keep

"To keep them out?"

"The pack."

you rogue?" I push against Hector as he almost has me

rogue, I'm in my own never-ending purgatory. A product of my own

was clear she wasn't willing to chase after

no

""How so?"

but he did not accept my rejection." Her eyes close, her

White Moon." She mutters as she

your pack?" I was keen to get as much

mentioned a pack called the White Moon when he

he is the alpha. He still hunts

take the wolfsbane, to suppress your wolf, to suppress the bond." Hector asks understanding that we might

her body." My wolf's voice enters my mind. My sadness for her was only

her shadowy eyes, her purple lips and her age spots...her body continues to fight against the wolfsbane, the poison that had been torturing her every day. "He cannot find me." She snarls, which without her wolf coming forward is a little

what happens if he finds

are the white wolf?" Her eyes roam upon me and I feel Hector shuffle

have lost your memory."

"I have amnesia."

told you would help us, that you would cooperate." Hector

that I will. But first I have to be sure you are of no threat to

to you!" Hector rattles out, his patience

prove that to

She points

roars, the flimsy hut shaking like trees moving

where you end up. The choice is yours. I have nothing