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

Chapter 0544 - Cleo -

I don't know her very well but I couldn't help but think Freya's odd behaviour was something I shouldn't ignore.

All week she refused to leave my side unless I was in the alpha house, so why has she left me alone to tour the hospital. It's not that I can't do it alone, but her sudden withdrawal of the offer to be with me, wasn't sitting well with me.

I take the time to walk around the hospital, meeting some of the Doctors who all greet me by using the title Luna. I guess I need to get used to that.

I'm not sure how not having access to the mind-link will work on a long term basis, I suppose the only way around that would be to become a pack member...something I have already briefly discussed with Than. I'm not marking him, that is for certain. It would just be too weird.

However, the thought of losing the pack link to my family pack, to Dad in particular....sits heavily on my heart.

My pregnancy was still a secret, I had asked Than not to tell pack members, not even his mother. So why did the female living in their house know...and if she wasn't related to them...and was found in the middle of the woods.

Who exactly was she...

I head back to the alpha house, keen to locate Freya but find no sign of her when I enter the quiet house. Not even Than.

Moving into the kitchen, a smile spreads out onto my lips as I find another vase bursting with freshly cut white roses...displayed in pride position on the kitchen side. They were hard to miss.

She knows full well that Luna Medea is going to see those first...see them and lose her composure. My fingers reach out, picking up a rose before placing it to my nose and smelling it.

I place it back in the vase, turning to leave only to find the old lady blocking my path...staring at me with those eery eyes.

"I thought I was alone." I back step slightly, her eyes still unsettled me. I never knew if she was in a trance or staring blankly at me, expecting something.

"You are a werewolf, you are never alone." She cryptically replies. I could be mistaken but there seems to be a bit of sarcasm to her tone...an annoyance towards me.

"Excuse me?"

are never alone, because you have

barefooted, the skin on her feet bearing the same aging spots as her face and

looking for the female beta,

no...but have

guess baby brain really

you call her

no character, does exactly what the alpha and beta command

a

a luna challenges her alpha. She doesn't roll over and let

escapes her as she sits down at the table,

her, my mind trying to think not only who she was but

was pushing

mark....but her min had the wit of

shake my head, refocusing back on

"On Kaia."

"On Kaia?"

the luna here, she was

I know that

willing for

your current state, I would be miles

who am

take a

arms crossed over my chest,

QUMS

being here is purely a game

bite down firmly on my tongue, trying not to rise to her