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

Chapter 0540

- Jace -

"Grandchild?" A few voices ask at once, all eyes looking to Jaxon in replica astonishment, myself included.

"Jaxon, what are you talking about..." Josie calls out, but my eyes are locked on my brother, whose hand...that has remained on my shoulder for some time, suddenly has some weight to it.

Suddenly I can feel myself being pushed down by a gravitational weight.

"Jace..." He turns to me, a graveness within his eyes.

"Jaxon?" Mum demands out but she is immediately hushed by Jaxon.

"Mum, just stop... Jace..." My head tilts slightly to his hand on my shoulder, he had crossed the floor to be by my side...he was preparing to support me before I even knew why.

Why would he need to support me..

Then a flashback, to their odd behaviour the other night. The way he wouldn't leave her alone...the way he snatched the champagne flute out of her hand.

"No.." I gasp out.

"Yes."

for my beach club and I put an end to that...being with her instead. "Of course I

she was pregnant with my child I would have felt it, I would have recognised the pull even

sensed if

towards me is replaced with a yearning for her, a fear that I've done things

couldn't make sense of what was being said. But now that I am met

it, the mate bond was trying to warn me, trying to force me to open my eyes to it. But I kept denying it, kept pushing it back down...ignoring

tried to reach out to me

anything I

I

very eyes, touched another.....purposefully, when my

her heart yet again, pushed her to an

mistake against us, against our parents.

dare have what is mine? Dare have what is destined for

no Jace.. " Callie's voice is tearful,

have I done." I breathe out, my

have you done?" Ares shoots me a glare, his jaw

baby....it's mine." I close my eyes, my admission

The baby is a human." A tearful wail escapes

am in love with