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

"There's some paperwork I want you to look at, to read over before you make a decision."

"What kind of paperwork?"

"A contract to read over."

"You've had a contract drafted up already?"

"I'm feeling hopeful." He shrugs out, he was extremely confident that I would take him up on his offer.

We move back to his office, where he places the contract in front of me. A document consisting of page after page, it's going to take me a few days just to read this alone.

"Did you have a legal team draft this up or something?" I laugh out but it falls flat by his blunt and non humourous response.

"Yes. I want to do this right."

I take a seat on the chair opposite his desk...does he expect me to read this all in one sitting.

I wouldn't know the first thing about reading a legal document.

"I want to do right by you Cleo, I want you to know that no matter what happens to me.

will

my eyes readjusting from scanning

until your child

have complete

Cleo, in the event of something happening to me, this contract would protect you. No matter what happens you are legally part of this pack, legally binding to be the Luna no matter what. For

pack will protect you Cleo. Your child will be the next

You won't need to ever feel shame of conceiving a half human child, no one will know. Your child will be an alpha as far as anyone knows. Let me take care of you, let me look

this was too

be the future alpha, which not he, or anybody else can

"What are you thinking?"

think you want

Cleo, just the truth. Let's make that vow to one another right

looking for a sign that you are tricking me, that this is

wouldn't have drafted up a legal binding contract if there was. If anything, this

he was

they had their own lives their own concerns. Jace has a mate bond to try and save, Dad has Mum to keep sane, Ares has the

finds out that the baby is his, he'd come for it. He would demand the baby joins the

if I sign this

to protect my child. I would be able to use the Amber Desert warriors to push him back from our lives.