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

Chapter 0522

"I'm not using her."

"Then what are you doing, because you can't have them both."

"I don't expect to have them both, she left last night, I didn't go after her." My lack of action in chasing after Cleo has sealed our fate. With that and ghosting her after the hotel night, I'll be the last person she'll ever want to see.

"Then you leave her alone, because I'm telling you this now. That girl won't survive you Jace, if

you have no intentions in rejecting Callie for her, then you need to leave her alone.

Now come on...you need a shower before the house wakes up."

"How did you where I was?"

"I knew you didn't come back last night, I checked the alpha office...so I knew you must be outside. You have some crawling to do with Callie, and her parents...that's one thing I can tell you for certain." She stands back up, dusting at the back of her legs before placing her hand out, extending it to me to help me get up.

I grab it, leaning on her strength until I am back at my full height.

The world spins slightly, the consumption of alcohol last night now a regretful decision of mine.

I just needed to feel numb, I needed to take the pain away. The wolfsbane hadn't worked as well

as I thought it would, after Cleo left... alcohol at the time seemed like the better option.

"Come on, if we make it back now, Callie won't know you spent the night passed out on the ground."

....

Josie was right, the entire alpha household was still asleep...well except for Knox.

He was standing by the front door, arms crossed with a grumpy scowl upon his face, practically ripping Josie away from me.

mate bond is a

"Where have you been?"

into him, her fingers dancing upon his neck as she

usually plural, more than one...when woke I

now." She coos back at him, his hands roaming over her body and I have

the taste of whiskey starts to repeat on

that their mate bond is a source of happiness for them,

towards my bedroom slight disorientation washing over me

times.

shower to wake

I open the bedroom door, I find Callie sitting up on bed, her

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find forty missed calls.

Forty!

"Callie, I'm.."

don't want to hear it. Were you

no...I was

Because my parents are growing suspicious Jace,

welcoming mate

kidding me? After what they did to