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

Chapter 0229

Kaia POV

My heat was satisfied enough for the rest of the journey back to the Nightshade Reformed pack, but I wasn't done...I was still craving more. Still needed more, but I knew what was paramount. Firstly, I needed to get to the cliff tops, I needed to clear my head.

As we enter the pack grounds I knew that I needed to finally take control of my pack.

Be the Alpha my pack members deserve, the alpha that will guide them and protect them...even if that means from the council.

I needed all traces of the werewolf council off my lands.

It was also time for the Amber Desert warriors to go home, I was grateful for their support and held no bad feelings against the warriors, they had stepped up when their alpha hadn't. They had provided protection to my people and helped Alora when needed.

If their Alpha was anyone but Than, I would offer them a transfer...give them an opportunity to try another pack, a pack that would appreciate their hard work and dedication but I've had enough of the connection with the Amber Desert pack. We had no need to liaise with one another going forward. The quicker they left, the better.

I wonder whether Hector would offer them a place with him, he was their true Alpha after all...but it wasn't my place to say, and I think Hector wants a clean break just as much as me.

Clear Waters pack...I can

though I don't remember my childhood home, just the landscape here at the Nightshade Reformed pack makes me feel

connected to the mother I never knew,

to be back with Hector,

had waited until I could no longer deny the mate bond between Hector and I, to the point

show me love and acceptance, he didn't turn me away, he didn't

me the kind of mate he is, the kind

take the word of a man I had just met, the word of a monster. Who tried to

putting myself in danger, but him also. The image is his lifeless body on the dungeon stairs floods back to

keeping our mate

buzz that tempted me with every touch, every kiss...if

has kept things from me such as my marriage to Than...but I can see what he did it now. He was just wanting to protect me. With

trusted in the mate bond, make this choice for myself

Hector for a reason, his strength will become mine, and vice

now what I needed to do. I needed to take the leap, I needed to be all in...because standing on the sidelines wasn't doing either of us any justice. It wasn't letting our mate

has my heart already, now my body....my soul