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

- Cleo -

The screams increase...their desperate cries becoming more frantic...and my heart breaks when I hear children crying out.

No matter what has happened between Than and my family, the pack members were the innocent ones and I refused to let them be punished for accepting me.

"Alpha?" Beta Zane storms out of the beta house, alone. My eyes flash up to the top level window, where was Freya...was she still alive.

"We are under attack, protect the borders..."

"Yes Alpha!"

"And report back to me who the fuck is attacking. Although I could have a guess..."

He grips me by my elbow pulling me closely to him, his lips by my ear as he seethes out...

"Looks like lover boy has come for his prize." His heated breath tickles at my ear, anger radiating off him.

Warriors descend upon the front of the alpha house, my family moving into action to fight them off.

I move towards them, needing to help but Than pulls me with him, back into the alpha house, back into his alpha office where it is just the two of us.

My mind is moving at a thousand thoughts per second... trying to think of a way to get them out of this, to stop them from getting hurt.

He moves to his desk, ripping the painting off the wall before tearing open the safe and pulling out a gun.

My eyes widen...watching his every move as he places a small box out on his desk...pulling out silver bullets... flinching as they burn on the tip of his fingers.

"Let me talk to him, I'll get him to stand down." Panic rages through me, my eyes staring coldly at the gun held tightly in his hand.

eyes look at me

you going to do

insurance policy..." His eyes glaze over into

side....Mother!" He roars out, Luna Medea entering into his office...Kaia's aunt

Medea forcibly pushes the woman into a

movement causing the frail female to shriek

touch her." I seethe out, rushing to

face to make sure she has no

points the dagger at me, her

them, bringing trouble on our doorstep." Her face distorts with

out me." I argue pack, my eyes carefully

voice pushes into

out, not wanting

you." Dad's angry voice bellows through the link,

"I'm inside...what's going on?"

and Josie... Cleo, listen to me whatever you do, do

"Dad?"

"Trust me."

he was married to

was dying...he needed an organ donor... he used

out of the mind-link bringing me back into the alpha office, but Mum's voice was trying to reconnect. She needed to

the connection, but Mum uses her Luna aura on

there, whatever it takes. He raped her..." Her voice

"What?"

The