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

Chapter 0367

"What has Auntie Alora got to do with this?" Jace was the one to ask the question swirling around my head.

"I have a younger half brother, his name is Than Sable and he is the Alpha of the Amber Desert pack." Dad turns to us but keeps his reassuring hands on Mum. "An Alpha?" My voice repeats.

"I created the Dark Phantom pack when my position as Alpha of the Amber Desert pack was denied to me. The Alpha position going to Than."

"Why?" Jaxon's eyebrows knit together.

"My father and step mother made the decision..."

"Step mother? Why are we only hearing about this now?" Dad never really talked about his childhood, and to think of it, neither did Mum. They never spoke of our grandparents, I just assumed they died when both our parents were young adults. "Because we felt it best to let the past stay buried, as it were." Dad sighs out, a hand moving to pinch at the bridge of his nose.

been the first born of the alpha?" This didn't make sense, the first born was always alpha. Even in the case of Jaxon and Jace. If there wasn't the Clear Waters pack for Jace to lead, he would be

leave a silence hanging within the air around us. His aura was withdrawn, low. He was opening his soul to us, his wolf also willing

the word that I seem too shocked to say

a human?" Knox's asks, as my brothers and I stare dumbfounded at Dad. A human? Dad is half human, half

was felt as a hybrid

as I am. Knox was right,

I have my mate by my

for your hard work darling, this pack was already succeeding long before I

don't we know him,

Mum wasn't a strict parent, that's not to say we got away with things, but when she put her mind to it...like now...so could be formidable. A force I particularly wouldn't want to go up against. Then you remember that she was an Alpha in her

for him, pulling him closer to me. We haven't had a moment to ourselves yet since I shifted, and I could sense the

are our daughter's mate Knox, you are family." Dad declares, his eyes falling upon Knox before landing on me. Yes, Knox was my mate, and is a