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

Chapter 0476

- Cleo-

I needed to work out the tension building in my shoulders and upper back.

I hadn't attended training this morning, going straight to the hospital instead and now I was paying the price.

I also needed to keep my body moving to stop my brain thinking, I just needed silence.

The pack gym being the obvious place for me to loosen up the tightness in my body.

However, it wasn't the quietest of places...which turned out to be a good thing.

I may not be able to shift right now but that doesn't mean I still can't train, that I can't still work on my strength.

I was a fast shifter, a fighter...being pregnant isn't an excuse to not be able to defend myself in the

event of a pack attack.

We, the Red Thorn pack, have no quarrel with other packs...but being connected closely to the Dark Phantom and Clear Waters does put us potentially in the firing line for this White Moon pack and the hunters to take revenge.

I saw on a first hand account how easily a well guarded pack can turn into complete mayhem in a matter of moments, how evil can penetrate the defences and murder innocent lives.

I promised myself I would be ready...I would

my family pack, my brother's future pack and I will

are making general conversation with me, spotting me with the weights...watching me work out. I'm not blind to how their eyes roam over my body, I was sweating

around me, I

is attractive, in a typical

I've never taken time to look at males from within

I should do once everything goes back

go back to

Their eyes snap to the door, an alpha's aura suddenly entering into the

males around me start to depart...leaving a gap, I start to see it is in fact

my own thoughts whilst working out, that only when they depart do really take in just

The air around me

overbearing when I have been around the opposite sex. "Alpha!" They tilt their necks in submission before

Ares moves closer towards me, his head shaking in

does it look

working out...pushing

sigh out, not him...I would expect this talk from Mum, even Dad, but not

Cleo. Stop!" He puts his hands out, taking the weight off my

keep my voice low making sure no one was

with clarity, helping me

don't need to give the child up,