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.

the waters below me, having now seen the Clear Waters pack...I

the Nightshade Reformed pack makes me feel

connected to the mother I never knew, in

a clear signal that I needed to be back with Hector, that my heat hadn't finished yet. Being marked

no longer deny the mate bond between Hector and I, to the point that denying it caused

and acceptance, he didn't turn me away, he didn't use it for his

of mate he is, the

met, the word of a monster. Who tried to steal my lands and take me

denying Hector not only was I putting myself in danger, but him also. The

keeping our

every kiss...if I had just accepted it first of all...I wouldn't

to reject him... he has been patient, supportive and yes, he has kept things from me such as my marriage

in the mate bond, make this choice for myself as well as put my

a reason, his strength will become mine, and vice

knew 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 bond become

my body....my