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.

pack will be

from the document, my eyes readjusting from scanning through

until your child becomes of

would have complete control of

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 your child to be the future alpha...no matter what." "No

die, this pack will protect you Cleo. Your

will look after you. 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 out for you." I let his words sink in, trying to find a

too good to

the future alpha, which not he,

"What are you thinking?"

want

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

sign that you are tricking me, that this is too good

contract if there was. If anything, this contract

right, he was looking out

concerns. Jace has a mate bond to try and save,

the baby is his, he'd come for it. He would demand the baby joins the Clear Waters pack...that my baby would be raise by him

sign this document,

able to use the Amber Desert warriors to push him back from our lives. It wouldn't just be a father trying to gain access,